Saturday, June 30, 2012

Myre big island State Park-Badlands National Park – Black Forest Koa (camping ground) 560miles

Myre big island State Park-Badlands National Park-sheep mountain table road– Black Forest Koa (camping ground)   560miles


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We were attacked Mosquito last night, by 6:50am  to get up, loading  all kinds of objects into the car, then 9:40 left camp ground . We drove on the famous Highway I-90, we will be traveling on the road for whole day,  the speed limit is 80 miles per hour (108 km). Now we are traveling in southeastern Minnesota, where mainly in agriculture and forestry, the beautiful scenery along the high way all over the farm, the residents are locals, more reserved the local Americans style.
Lunch time We went off the highway to a local PIZZA house for lunch, thin PIZZA—too delicious, we had all the food eliminated.
With the disappearing farmland pasture, gradually emerging is a vast expanse of desert. 17:22PM, we finally came to our first national park on this trip - Badlands Nation Park. The park is located in the southwest of South Dakota, an area of ​​244,000 acres (990 square kilometers), there are many mounds, spikes and grass. It is already evening time, but the sun is still burning hung in the air, the thermometer displays outdoor temperature of 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees Celsius). Parks everywhere loess hills of sand and gravel, the mountain yellow mixed with a layer of layer of red, stone was sediment, barren, far aloft looked like pot boiled dry seawater marine. The road to sheep mountain table is very tough, but offering a great view.
Tonight's camp is located in the Black Hills National Forest- KOA campground, which is a famous chain camping agencies and facilities in good condition, have a bath as well as laundry. We live in the tent area, one night camping fee is $ 35. After we built our tent, Rachel lost one tooth by Daddy’s help.






sheep mountain table - Bad lands National Park


sheep mountain table road





Thursday, June 28, 2012

New York, New Jersey – Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana 647 Miles

Rachel and I have started to plan this across North America for a long time, this time by the opportunity to go west, we decided to drive our minivan to have a cross country trip. Before the trip, we installed roof cargo, hitch cargo on our 2006 Toyota sienna AWD, it makes this minivan likes a "mini RV", we equipped all camping gears on the car which include  camping tent, inflatable beds, sleeping bags, batteries, gas stovegas & solar generators. Believe or not, we spent two days to load our minivan. 








Pokagon State Park is located in northeastern Indiana close to the village of Fremont and 5 miles (8 km) north of Angola. The park is bordered by Lake James on the west and south and Snow Lake on the north. Various wetlands can be seen throughout the park, and the Potawatomi Nature Preserve makes up a large portion of its east side. Over ten miles (16 km) of hiking trails wind through the park.
The Wisconsin Glacier, the last of the Ice Age’s four glaciers that covered Indiana, created the rolling terrain found in Pokagon. Glaciation’s influence can be seen in many of the features of the park, including Lake Londiaw (a kettle lake), Hell's Point (a kame), and various glacial erratics.
The toboggan run is a popular destination during the winter. Visitors can reach speeds of 35–40 miles an hour (60 km/h) on the quarter-mile (400 m) long track.




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