Rolling Rolling Rolling......Marseilles, IL

A short 200 mile day. No pictures again today. If Jody & Randy saw today's CG I would feel bad that they felt they needed to start supporting us immediately. This CG is a lulu. It's one of the membership CGs we belong to, AOR. This might be the second AOR CG we have ever stayed at and we will not be returning here even if it is only $12 for FHUs (full hook ups). The other was in Indiana and was pretty nice. This place is called Glenwood RV Resort & where the heck they got the word "resort" I will never understand. The pool looks new & nice but other than that.......the roads are rutted like you wouldn't believe (worst I've seen & felt) & 5mph is WAY too fast, it says over 1000 sites but none are marked, I was told by two guys to stay on the gravel otherwise you'll sink to your axles (like the motorhome did yesterday) due to LOTS of recent rain, & it looks like there are many permanent folks here that must be Democrats as the government supports them by their appearance. OK, Judy reminded me this IS an adventure. Kidding aside, the residents in here are probably really nice & would share their supper of roadkill.

Rolling Rolling Rolling.....Baraboo, WI

The winds have died down and we made the 240 mile trip arriving in the Wisconsin Dells area at 1pm. It was an all expressway ride. After setting up camp we fueled the truck and next door was an ice cream shop Judy had to visit. The NASCAR race is at Chicagoland Speedway tomorrow night which is kinda close to tomorrow nights campsite so we'll have to double check tomorrows plans.

Stopping Stopping Stopping.....Maple Plain, MN

Due to some strong gusty winds we decided to spend another day here. I managed to wash the bugs off the trailer cap and install a modified screen door knob and do not much more. Judy drove 30 miles to the Mall of America to check it out. When she returned we had a burger on the grill for supper. We'll continue the journey to Michigan tomorrow.

Rolling Rolling Rolling........Maple Plain, MN

Another 260 mile day to Maple Plain, MN on US12; it's a western suburb of Minneapolis. We arrived about 1:30 and are back in civilization. We had more headwinds but they were much lighter today. This is a very nice "reserve" compared to last nights $15 full hookup muddy fairgrounds. But.....it's $25 and no water or sewer. Judy got to go to Curves this afternoon, we had dinner at Mickey Ds, fueled the truck, picked up some groceries and back home we went. Rolling rolling rolling.........

Rolling Rolling Rolling.......Aberdeen, SD

We covered another 260 miles today on US12 to Aberdeen, SD. A strong headwind wanted to blow us back to Montana but the Ford huffed & puffed east, mileage was down to 8.5 mpg. Saw three pheasants, two made it across the road.

Overcast all day and before arriving at the Brown County Fairground CG it had rained so the CG is a nice mud bog. We cleaned two days of bugs off the trailer cap and pounds of mud off wheels, tires & wheel wells.

OK, I have to say it.....I'm glad he's underground or wherever. I'm sick & tired of hearing about him & how wonderful he was. Fast forward gets me through the news to more important topics. They even expect the California taxpayer to pay for safety & crowd control. Give me a break. Did you know there were seven American troops killed Monday in Afghanistan? THEY are the heroes but does the media say anything about them, no. The media and American people have their priorities screwed up. End of rant, for now.

Rolling Rolling Rolling.......Bowman, ND

Yesterday was chore day. Judy called a local Lutheran Church in Laurel, was told the service starts at 10am (just like the sign in front of the church said), we arrived a little before 10am......as church was ending! Ha Ha on us. We did the laundry and I washed the bugs off the trailer front cap. We did a little visiting with other campers and that was it.

Today we drove 290 miles to Bowman, ND. Half the trip was on I94 and the last half on US12. There are still some hefty looong hills in southeast Montana! I wanted to do some traveling on the secondary roads and US12 fits the bill. No road shoulders or cell service if we should have a problem. One 15 mile stretch of US12 was a meat grinder & we are glad the rig didn't bounce apart. The land is starting to flatten out into long rolling hills & lots & lots of nothing up here. There are BIG farm fields all over. We are in a nice 100 or so site CG (no water or sewer) maintained by the city, we are the 3rd rig in the entire CG. We arrived about 3pm and are sitting comfortably in the A/C, 84 & sunny outside. We stopped for fuel 30 or 40 miles back so didn't disconnect the truck, it's the first time this year we haven't. Lots of bugs on the trailer & truck. Bummer!

We have seen some unexpected animals out here, in Wyoming there was one field that had bison & 5 camels. In Montana we saw several white pelicans on the Madison River, & today we saw two zebras on the Montana North Dakota border. I wasn't expecting to see those critters around here.

4th of July parade in Laurel, MT

Today we went to the Laurel, MT parade. They did an excellent job and the parade lasted one hour. I was impressed when the train went by and on top of that there was a fly over by two F15 fighters. Probably coincidence but they did fly over during the parade and a pretty low level. I think the survivalists came down from the mountains and joined the parade, there were several families with anti government posters. Judy invited several of the other families camping in the park over for a cookout this afternoon. I believe there are a few families here that are not near as fortunate as we are and I'm proud of what Judy did. Tonight we went down to the boat launch ramp and watched the fireworks across the river. They lasted 45 minutes and were the largest in the area if not the state, it is the fire departments 100th anniversary & they put on the display. Hope everyone had a good 4th of July!!!!