It got quite cool overnight, it must have gone down to the single digits. It stayed rather cool in the morning until suddenly the wind picked up and blasted us with warm air. The kids really wanted campfires but with all the one night stays we didn’t really have time, but decided with the cooler... Continue Reading →

We woke up to a cool morning, but with the sun shining it quickly warmed up. Having to set up and pack up our tent and everything inside every day was starting to get tiring, and we were looking forward to getting to Grand Teton and Yellowstone in a few days where we will be... Continue Reading →

We woke to a beautiful sunny blue sky. Even early in the morning the sun was strong and there was not much shade to take cover. We got to enjoy a meal for the first time at the site’s picnic table. We then packed up and headed out through the scenic Badlands road towards our... Continue Reading →

We woke up to winds starting to pick up. According to the forecast the winds were going to be sustained around 35km/hr with 48km/hr gusts. The winds were definitely weaker than last night, so we must have had close to 80km/hr or higher gusts of wind. We decided we were not going to risk leaving... Continue Reading →

We woke up to the sound of trucks driving down the I-90 and sun beginning to hit our tent. It was going to be another very hot day. We had a quick breakfast of eggs and cereal. While Katherine cleaned up, packed up our tent, and had the kids burn off some energy, I headed... Continue Reading →

It had rained quite a bit overnight, but it had stopped by the time we woke up. Everything was wet but was starting to slowly dry up. We had breakfast, kids did a bit of school work, and played at the campground park with a couple of other kids from the park while we packed... Continue Reading →

We left Chicago around 10:30AM. The next few days was going to have our longer driving days of the whole trip at about 3.5 to 4.5 hours each day. Despite it being mid morning the highway was quite busy at the beginning and until a fair ways out of the city. We thought it might... Continue Reading →

We decided to go check out the free Chicago Zoo in Lincoln Park and the Navy Pier for the day. We got free fountain juices from the hotel lobby and brought up our cereal breakfast to the hotel rooftop patio. It was nice except even at 9AM the sun was very hot as there was... Continue Reading →

We woke up to a nice sunny unlike the previous morning. We had breakfast and left our tent up while we went out to complete the “3 Dunes Challenge”, which is a hiking trail that goes to the peak of the 3 largest (?) dunes in the park around 200ft. We checked out the visitor... Continue Reading →

By the morning the rain had changed to a light drizzle and we made breakfast of eggs/bacon and oatmeal, packed up our very wet tent, and headed out of the campground. We quickly stopped by the camp office that was finally open, and I had a quick chat with the older lady. I asked if... Continue Reading →