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| Our first view of the Arch as we crossed the Mississippi in the rain heading West (Go West young man) |
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This was a special trip for us in many ways.
We were able to spend a week with our marvelous
granddaughter as we explored South Dakota.
We enjoyed a visit with a delightful cousin and learned more about our family
while we were in South Dakota.
We went
to the Northernmost Point in the Lower 48 at Angle Inlet, MN. We've now been to the Eastern, Southern and Northern-most points! (Yes, we are map geeks.)
We stopped, rested, and did laundry at our daughter Marie’s
house 4 times during the trip. We generally
don’t get to spend a lot of time with Marie, Dean and Marina, so it was very
special for us to be part of their lives off and on for the month of July. We really appreciate that they kept a bed
made for us.
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| Family 4th of July in Minneapolis |
We had a pleasant surprise on the trip home. We stopped over one night in Fort Wayne Indiana
at the city run Johnny Appleseed Campground.
John Chapman’s (a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed) grave was on the hill just
behind the campground. Apparently, he
lived in Fort Wayne for the last years of his life, and is buried there. We just had to pay the grave site a visit.
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| Johnny Appleseed gravestone |
So, here is our trip by-the-numbers:
5,753 miles (our longest trip, yet!)
38 days
20 places
stayed (11 private campgrounds [1 twice], 4 municipal campgrounds,
3 state
parks, 2 relatives [1 - 3 times])
8 National
Parks, Memorials, Monuments and Scenic Trails (Happy 100th Birthday NPS!)
13 States and 1 Province visited
3 new
States and 1 new Province visited
2 caves
visited
2 kayak
paddles
2 lighthouses
49° 20’ 43” N Latitude, 95° 03’ 46” W Longitude - northernmost
latitude visited
In honor of the 100
th birthday of the National
Park Service, we are including photos here from the 8 NPS sites that we
visited.
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| Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch), MO |
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| Effigy Mounds National Monument (Big Bear), IA |
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| Badlands National Park, SD |
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| Mt. Rushmore National Memorial (our first look from the road), SD |
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| Wind Cave National Park (Boxwork), SD |
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| Grand Portage National Monument (Birch bark canoes), MN |
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| Isle Royale National Park, MI |
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| Ice Age National Scenic Trail, WI |
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