I am starting to run out of adjectives to describe the beauty I have seen on this trip. It is just so remarkable! The camp owner from this morning in Billings suggested I take a trip down the Gallatin Parkway which goes along the Gallatin river and takes you to big sky resort which is…

I left my campsite in Hewlett, Wyomingand took a relatively short drive to Devils Tower National Monument. One of the most memorable movies of my childhood was “ Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and I wanted to see this site in person. It is so unique. I’ll provide a few pics. you’ll have to…

This trip has not been all rainbows and roses! For example, as beautiful as this campsite is, it is at a fairly busy intersection in this small town so the noise from the traffic did not let up until 930 or 10 o’clock. It started to rain again last night at about midnight, which woke…

I’m on mountain time and at 3:30 in the morning. I learned that I am now a great uncle! Congratulations Robert and Leeanne and welcome to Robert Edward Berger the fourth! Prior to venturing further west, I received some great advice, including going around a major construction project, obtaining routes that are not on the…

I woke up early here in the mountain time zone anticipating a bit of exercise. Boy did I get some exercise! I sent an earlier post while I was having my coffee about this wonderful hip camp site. Because I am staying another night, I did not have to break everything down and pack so…

Each one of these homeowner campsites is better than the last! This one is in Hermosa just outside of Custer State Park. They have set up a number of shelters, including modifying an old shed to an unbelievable standard! Tongue and groove interior walls and ceiling with bunk beds, and a loft! Tent shelters and…

People have been writing comments and some of them come back as anonymous. Please just type in your name so I can respond to you if needed. Also, to add to the band list, I can’t believe I forgot Fleetwood Mac and also, everyone’s favorite band to hate… Nickleback! Ha! I love them.

A couple of people told me Mount Rushmore was just a quick drive-by site as was the Crazy Horse national monument. They were both so much more! First, the setting in the Black Hills was amazing. Every corner I took from Rapid City to the Monuments, which were not far from each other, gave spectacular…

Before I entered the Badlands, there is a national monument just off the exit relating to the Minuteman (nuclear) missile. Unfortunately, due to the recent federal cuts it was not open on a Sunday. I wanted to stop because of the significance it stood for my generation in our youth. I actually feared nuclear war…