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South Dakota Bound!

  Our objective for today was to make it to South Dakota…the closer to The Badlands the better!  We started our day in Iowa City and drove about 240 miles across Iowa. Iowa Farm This part of Iowa is beautiful!  Lots of rolling hills and multi-colored fields dotted...

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Day 26 – Mountains in my rear view mirror!

Sounds like a country song, doesn't it? Maybe it could start like this: Mountains in my rear view mirror. Each mile bringing me nearer, Back to the center of lands I roam. Yes, back to my home sweet home! Okay, I won't quit my day job. Come to think of...

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Day 25 – Head East!

Sunrise Over Grand Junction The time has come to head east…back to the Lou and to Decatur.  But first, a short trip to Utah.  Geocaching is our hobby and we’re trying to find caches in all the 48 contiguous states this year.  Grand Junction is only 30...

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Day 24 – Snow

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="286"] Snow Capped Majestic Mountains[/caption]   We started the day in awe of the beautiful views of snow-covered mountain to the north.  I'm not sure we would have enjoyed their beauty as much had we known we were going to drive over them.  But I'm...

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