From Bandera we went to Johnson Creek RV Resort in Ingram TX. This is one of the nicest RV Park’s we’ ve stayed at in over 40 years of Rv’ing. We spent a restful week . The dogs love running in the pecan orchard. Although Lilly doesn’t do much running anymore. From here we headed north to start our trip to Alaska. We went to Abilene TX for an overnight. Then on to KS.. While in KS we learned one of the couples we where meeting for the trip had a medical problem and cannot make the trip. We will be going with another couple, we hope to meet up with them this week in SD. Then it’s off to Alaska.

We spent 2 days in KS. Liberal, is the home of the “OZ” and the Dorothy exhibit and Coronado Museum. Interesting but we would not go out of our way to see it. Then we went to Red Willow SRA. This is a super State Park on a picturesque lake. A very very pretty park. Next we found ourselves in North Platte and Scout Rest Ranch home of Buffalo Bill, a NE State Historical Park. A very beautiful home and interesting tour. We would recommend this place. Be sure and check out our Google Map to follow our travels with additional information.

We did a overnight in Valentine NE. Then we went to Badlands Ranch & Resort. www.badlandsranchandresort.com This park is just outside the Badlands National Park in SD. www.nps.gov/badl/ We toured the park for 2 days and went for a very exciting horse back trail ride. This was a trail ride, up and down hills and around rocks and washouts in the badlands, but just outside the parks boundaries. We really had a few great laughs as Bob’s horse cut a new trail down a very steep hill with Bob hanging on for dear life. Then Linda’s horse cut her a new trail and went around the hill. She did catch up with us a little later.

We then went to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in ND. www.nps.gov/thro This is a very neat park, a little similar looking to the badlands but with a lot more color. We also saw a lot more wildlife. The RV Park is in 5 miles from the entrance. On the way in we saw many buffalo and deer. The buffalo and deer come right thru the campground. The weather took a big dip. Two weeks ago we where in the 90’s in TX and now its in the 40’ with a 30-45 mph winds. We had about 6 hours of snow showers with the winds. The next day turned out great, bright and sunny. We met up with Bill and Barb our traveling companions for the next couple of months. We left ND and are now in Montana. We will cross into Canada tomorrow, stopping near Calgary for a couple of days. We’ll keep you posted. MT is our 38th state that we slept in for at least one night. We don’t count a state until we spend a night. Look for photo’s.