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June 23, 2017 Day 3 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to

We woke up shortly after six, cleaned up the tent and cooked up some pancakes for breakfast.

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June 21, 2017 Day 1 Home to Indiana Dunes, IN

Teton finally got the house to herself at 11 am.  We did a quick stop over to say goodbye to Pepe and we cruised on down the road to get stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on 290 about an hour later.

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July 2016 Trip Wrap Up

Days Traveled: 24

Ending Mileage: 123,382  from 119,517

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July 28, 2016–Day 24–Mitchell, SD to Home

The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD

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July 20, 2016–Day 16–Jeanette Lake to Bismarck, ND

The last few photos of one of our favorite campsites- Jeanette Lake.

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July 21, 2016–Day 17–Bismarck, ND to Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit

The best way to shake off having only a few hours of interrupted sleep – a warm breakfast.  A rare moment of eating out.

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July 22, 2016–Day 18–Theodore Roosevelt National Park–North Unit to South Unit

The full moon and the yipping coyotes woke me up on and off throughout the night.  I kept thinking I heard bison too, but it turned out just to be Cody a little congested with the dry air.  Thankfully it cooled off during the night and I actually had to pull out the sleeping bags in the middle of the night.  Site number 12 was a walk-in site, but well shaded and very nice. We had some pan fried granola and were on the Caprock Coulee Trail by 10:15.

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July 23, 2016–Day 19–Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Unit to Spearfish, South Dakota

Scott woke up early for a 24 mile bike ride around the park.

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July 24, 2016–Day 20–Spearfish, South Dakota

Showers today!!!

We had intended to go climbing today, but it rained most of last night and kept drizzling a little bit into today. Plan B – Be Spearfish and Deadwood Tourists

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July 25, 2016–Day 21–Spearfish, South Dakota to Custer, South Dakota

Scott fit in a two hour mountain bike ride before 9:30. He said he liked the trail, but next time he is going to have me drop him off at the top since he said most of the time climbing up.