Three months to go!
Today it is three months to our crazy, exciting, looong road trip! I'm not sure if I should jump for joy or be filled with dread at the thought of dragging the kids most of the way across the country and back. I've been scouring the internet, consuming massive quantities of tripadvisor, and sending away for every tourist guide I can to prepare for the trip. I'm posting here some of the things I have planned in hopes that those of you who've visited where we are going can give me feedback. Are we missing anything? Are some of the stops duds? (I know some of the stops are tourist traps but remember, I'm traveling with children who love tourist traps)
Black Hills area of North Dakota We're spending five days here. In Rapid City we'll visit: Black Hills Maze (or Pirate's Cove Mini Golf), Storybrook Island, Cosmos of the Black Hills. We're camping in Custer State Park at Stockade Lake North Campground. While there we're going to: drive the Needles Hwy, visit Mt. Rushmore, enjoy President's Alpine Slide, tour Jewel and Wind Caves, bike the Mickelson trail, be junior palentologists at Hot Springs Fossil Dig, drive the Wildlife Loop and Iron Mtn Rd.
Driving I-90 through South Dakota
stop at Wall Drug for donuts, tour Minuteman Missle National Park, drive through the Badlands and camp at Cedar Pass Campground.
Our fun stop in Iowa Lost Island Waterpark, camping at George Wyth State Park
Illinios visiting Grandma and Grandpa, can't wait!
Nebraska (I-80 corridor) Omaha- Winter Quarters, Pioneer Cemetery, Zoo, camping at Mahoney State Park, Buffalo Bill State Historic Park, Bailey Railyard, Lake Maloney State Park
Colorado Denver- Denver Mint and Denver Museum of Nature & Science, then drive through Rocky Mtn. National Park
Utah
Moab area-Island in the Sky, Mills Stop & Eat for burgers
Kanab- North Rim of the Grand Canyon, 1/2 day mule trip, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Coral Dunes State Park, Moqui Cave
Zion National Park- use the shuttle and take a few short hikes, float the Virgin River near Springdale
If you have any experience with these parts of the country, are we missing anything?
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