Made it to Bozeman

Well it's been a while. We have done a ton of traveling this last week and a half. After the Badlands we went to Greybull, WY where we camped at a KOA. It was really nice there. From there we went to the Grand Tetons to stay for a while, where we called with a grizzly sow and her two cubs nearby. Never did get to see them. At night we'd hear the wolves howling which was pretty neat. There was only one trail accessible by foot at the time, because everything else was snow covered. As it was, I sank up to my hips in snow through the trail a time or two. It was gorgeous country though. Clear, fresh air. Bright blue skies. It was pretty spectacular. From the Tetons we headed to Yellowstone through the Teton pass, where we got caught in a snowstorm. I'm happy to report that everything was fine in the storm and God protected us through it. We got to Yellowstone around 1pm and Old Faithful was going off around 2pm, so we hurried up and got there about 5 min before it went off. It was cool to see. Then within 30 min we had rain change to sleet, sleet to snow, with snow ending up about 2 inches deep within the 30 min timeframe. Since it kept snowing and the park was clearing out, we decided to see the sights in the snow. A lot of the times we went to a place it was so steamed up you couldn't see much, but when you could, it was gorgeous. Picture deep blue and gold and purple against a white backdrop. Not something many people get to see in person. After getting thoroughly cold, and wet, we checked in to a locally owned hotel which turned out to be really nice. Again, God blessed us with a great rate for a couple of nights. We rests a day or so, then headed to north Yellowstone to camp and hike. All the southern trails were closed. We hiked around some trails and saw lots of different animals and some amazing views. After a couple of days, we headed out to see Bozeman, because it was recommended to us by a gentleman we met who owned a local laundromat. Now we are here and have met some really great people and are camping for the night! Follow us on G+ to see pics!

South Dakota

What a journey. In 5 days we have driven through 5 states, seen a couple big cities and a bunch of small ones. God has made some beautiful country for us to experience and we're just getting started.

When we left Kansas city we headed to the Badlands. The speed limit changed to 75mph, which was weird, and we had a 35mph crosswind, which on the plains is pretty good wind. Kinda made it feel like we were driving a kite.  Meagan was getting pretty depressed with 10 hours of plains, and Balto was getting bored. Then all of a sudden BAM! The prairie gave way to awesome formations of all different colors. It was truly spectacular.  It's hard to put into words how it hits you after seeing nothing by grass and prairie for hour after hour.
I couldn't imagine being one of the first settlers to see it. Pulling up in your wagon to a huge wall of rock and trying to figure a way across or around it. Gives us a lot of respect for those who had to deal with that.

We camped at Sage Creek Campground, which is a primitive campsite in the Badlands. The road to get to it was not paved, but it was pretty neat. We got to see a couple of prairie dog towns, and a bunch of bison. When we got camp set up and started cooking, a bison wandered into the camp, eating and staring at us. Balto wasn't sure what to think about it, and the bison wasn't sure to think about Balto. Both were eyeing each other, until we made Balto lay down. Then they each did their own thing. That night the coyotes were yipping and howling and the big sky was bright with stars and the moon.

The next morning we spent 4 hours repacking the car to make things fit more comfortably, hiked for a bit in the back country of the Badlands, then headed to Wall Drug South Dakota for donuts, ice cream, and coffee. After that we went on to rapid city where we got a really nice Comfort Suites for a really good deal. We are staying two nights here, then heading to either wind cave, the black hills, or wherever. The next place we will definitely be camping again, but we are going to try to find a site that you can have a campfire at. Stay tuned for more on this journey.

Kansas City

Well we made to KC last night. Got in about midnight and went to bed. We decided to stay all day Thursday and explore. It's actually a pretty neat city. We are staying at the Hotel Phillips (thanks an express deal), which is historical in itself. We visited the WW1 museum and then went to the top of the liberty memorial. Balto went up with us and loved being 21 stories above the city.

This is surreal. We can't believe that we are now on the way to Montana. We keep talking about how it seems like a dream. God has been really blessing us with good driving conditions, places to see, and we can't wait to be out in His country and beauty tomorrow.

We took some pics and posted them to the G+ account, since I couldn't get them to load onto this blog. If you're not following us be sure to! Even better pics to come!