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5/21

  • Drive to Minnesota, slept at Blue Earth rest stop

5/22

  • Drive to Black Hills, oil change in Sioux Falls, camper part in Rapid City
  • Played disc golf at Pageant Hill in Custer, slept at hotel in Custer, SD

5/23

  • Wind Cave, tour, drive around park
  • Drive to Longhorn Ranch in Dubois, WY

5/24

  • Drive to Grand Teton, Continental Divide, park camper at Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center
  • Hike to Taggart Lake and then to Bradley Lake
  • Take camper to campsite, shower, and dinner at Pioneer Grill
  • Drive Jenny Lake Loop, then up to Signal Mountain Summit for sunset

5/25

  • Sunrise at Oxbow Bend
  • Hike around Jenny Lake, Inspiration Point, and into Cascade Canyon (black bear, marmots, moose), take Jenny Lake Boating shuttle back to visitor center
  • Dinner at Snake River Brewing in Jackson, WY

5/26

  • Drive to Yellowstone, grizzly bear siting
  • Old Faithful and walk around Geyser Hill, take camper to campsite
  • Grand Prismatic viewing point
  • Back to Geyser Hill
    • Giant, Riverside, double rainbow, Castle
  • Dinner at Bear Pit Lounge in the Old Faithful Inn

5/27

  • Canyon Village
    • south rim and Artist Point
    • north rim and Brink of Lower Falls, Grand View, and Inspiration Point
    • lunch at Canyon Fountain and Grill
  • Drive from Canyon Village to Beartooth Highway
    • Dunraven Pass
    • Lamar Valley
      • baby cranes, baby bison, Alaska!
    • Beartooth Pass (so many marmots)
    • Rock Creek Vista Point
  • Drive back and to Mammoth Hot Springs
    • lower and upper terraces, Palette Spring

5/28

  • Breakfast at Canyon Fountain and Grille
  • Drive through Shoshone National Forest along North Fork of the Shoshone River to Cody, WY (U.S. 14/16/20)
  • Lunch at More Burger and Shakes
  • Drive east through Bighorn National Forest on the Cloud Peak Skyway Scenic Byway to Gillette, WY

5/29

  • Drive to Bear Lodge (Devil's Tower)
    • Joyner Ridge Trail hike
  • Drive east, lunch at Green Bean in Spearfish, SD
  • Drive to Badlands
    • Pinnacles Overlook, Panorama Point, visitor center
  • Drive east, late dinner at Culver's in Mitchell, SD
  • Drive to Minnesota, slept at Adrian rest stop 

5/30

  • Drove east, stopped for donuts at Dough & Joe in Cresco, IA, got home around 1pm