Buffalo Country - North Dakota

Today we arrived in Jamestown, ND, home of the world's largest buffalo. It weighs 60 tons and is visible from the Interstate. We left Rapid City yesterday, a day earlier than was planned. Mom and Dad learned that Sitting Bull was buried in Mobridge, SD so we went there to see the gravesite and spend the night. Right beside Sitting Bull's grave is a memorial to Sacagawea, who served as a scout and guide for Lewis and Clark on there first trip to Oregon.

Jamestown is a neat town with a frontier village and a herd of buffalo. The herd is right beside our RV park. There is an albino cow and calf in the herd. Remember, "when the chips are down the buffalo is empty". Jamestown was also the hometown of Western writer Louis L'Amour. His writing shack is now in the frontier village.

We will be here until Tuesday then we will be heading to Minnesota. Take care!

Its Official, Dad's An Old Codger

Today, Dad received his first Social Security check so he is now officially an "OLD CODGER". Thats OK, we still love him. We certainly are enjoying our visit to the Rapid City area. Sunday we went to Devils Tower in Wyoming. Mom and Dad have also visited Jewel Cave, Wind Cave and the National Presidential Wax Museum. Today they plan on going to Deadwood, where Wild Bill Hickok lived and died. They previously have been to his grave and the grave of Calamity Jane, which are in Deadwood. Our time here is winding down as Sunday we leave for a two day visit to North Dakota.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend From Mt Rushmore

From Rapid City, SD, Lenny and I want to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day. We hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend, but please take time out to remember those who paid the ultimate price so we can enjoy the freedom we have.

We are having a blast in the Rapid City area. So far we have visited Mount Rushmore, The Badlands, The Crazy Horse Memorial, the Minuteman Missile site, Custer State Park and seen Fort Hayes from the movie "Dances With Wolves. This is a beautiful part of the US with magnificent scenery and lots of wildlife. So far we have seen buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, a coyote, wolves, bears, wild burros, mountain goats, wild turkeys (the birds not the booze), prairie dogs, rabbits and rattlesnakes.

We are staying at the Rushmore Shadows RV Park which is very nice with lots of room for me and Lenny to run. The weather had been nice but today it turned cold so we have had to have the heater on.

That is all for now but again, have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Winding Down In Nebraska

We are finishing our four day visit to Nebraska. We have managed a lot of sightseeing in these four days. Since arriving in Gering, NE, we have visited Scotts Bluff National Monument where we saw remnants of the Oregon Trail. We have a beautiful view of Scotts Bluff from our RV park. This morning we went to the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Afterwards we headed to Fort Robinson. We learned that no one knows where Crazy Horse is buried. After he was killed, his family took his body and never told anyone where they buried him. We did see the exact spot where he was killed at the fort. Fort Robinson, during World War II, housed German POWs.

We then took a side trip into Wyoming to visit the historic Fort Laramie. It's amazing that it is pretty much as is was in the 1800's. So much for Nebraska, tomorrow morning we head off to Rapid City, SD for a two week stay.

Fortunately we are now in Nebraska. We had a very trying time in Kansas. As we were pulling into a gas station in Newton, KS, the bracket holding our trailer's 3rd axle broke off, leaving the wheels hanging loose. Emergency road service came but could not fix the axle until the next day. They took the axle and wheels off so we could limp into an RV park with only two axles. The next day we spent six hours in Salina, KS getting the axle reinstalled, along with two new tires. Mom and Dad were not happy campers. Needless to say, we never made it to the Eisenhower Center.

We got into North Platte, NE around 11:00am today, so we were able to do some sightseeing. Hence the pictures. Mom says after we are through RVing, Dad can work at the original Pony Express station and we will all live in the Sod House in Gothenburg, NE. Lenny and I would prefer to live in Buffalo Bill's house on his ranch in North Platte.

Friday, we leave for Gering, NE and will be seeing some National Parks there. Also, we are going to try and find the grave of Crazy Horse in Fort Robinson Cemetery in Crawford, NE. That will look good with our picture of the Monument of Crazy Horse in South Dakota.

Happy Mothers' Day

Happy Mothers' Day to all of the wonderful Moms out there. This morning Dad, Lenny and I gave Mom two new shirts for Mother's Day. After that, Dad took Mom out for breakfast. Today is our packing day as we head out for Kansas in the morning. We love Grove, OK but are so ready to leave. It has rained so much here that we haven't had many chances to get out and play. The lake level is so high that several RV sites are under water. Last evening the park hosted a free cookout for all campers in honor of Mothers' Day. Of course Lenny and I were not allowed to attend.

For the next week, we will be spending two days in Kansas and four days in Nebraska before we get to Rapid City, SD next Sunday. We plan to visit The Eisenhower Library in Abilene, KS, Buffalo Bill's Ranch and Scott's Bluff in Nebraska. Stay tuned and maybe will have some some pictures to post.

Hitch'em Up Pa

Now that Mom is back home, it is time to hitch'em up Pa. Bright and early tomorrow morning we leave Texas and start our summer journey North. During the next couple of months we will be visiting Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. We have a lot planned to see and visit during this journey. We also plan to visit a couple of Canadian Provinces while we are up there. By the end of the summer we will have now visited the 48 contigous states.

Stay tuned "For More Of The Continuing Saga of Trike and Lenny".