Our trip home

We're now in Great Falls, Montana. We left Mackinac City, drove over the Mackinaw Bridge, and through the UP (upper peninsula) of Michigan. We found a cute little township RV park for $10 a night in Michegan. Next we drove through Wisconsin, and into Minnesota. We stayed at a campground near Detroit Lakes. And, boy was it hot and muggy. Once we setup in the campground I never went outside.

After Minnesota we drove through North Dakota. We were driving on I-94 and decided to stop for the night in the Badlands National Park (Theodore Roosevelt NP). In one of the tourist magazines there was information about the Medora Musical. We called and ordered tickets and were sure glad to we did. We went to Burning Hills ampitheater where the musical was performed. The show started at 8:30. It was a really nice evening - although we were glad we had our coats. It offers a breathtaking extravaganza of fireworks, horses, and outstanding professional entertainment. The music ranged from Patsy Cline to Kenny Chesney to a fiddler playing the Orange Blossom special. They danced, they clogged, they sang, and kept us thoroughly entertained.

The next day we moved from the commercial campground in Medora to the National Park (for $5 a night). We took a drive around the 36 miles south unit loop to see the badlands. We did a nature walk that had lots of blooming wildflowers including many Pricly Pear Cactus.

Sunday morning we drove to Great Falls, Montana. We are staying at the AF base family camp. It's a beautiful RV park with full hookup sites for $19 a night. We decided to stay over for the 4th as we heard from a friend that driving on the 4th would be difficult with the holiday drivers. So, today we did a bike ride along the Missouri river, saw two falls along the river, saw the Lewis and Clark Interpretive center, and in the afternoon saw the C.M. Russell museum. Charles Russell completed about 4000 during his lifetime. He was the first Western artist to live the majority of his life in the west.

We would highly recommend a visit to Great Falls, Montana. It reminds us a lot of our home area of Wenatchee. I think the weather if fairly similar.