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Some Iowa and Some Hannibal, MO: Finally Wrapping Up Summer 2022

May 10, 2024 by kokotg Leave a Comment

enjoying ice cream from Iowa's Best Burger

travel dates: July, 2022 And then we left Ingalls Homestead and headed home! There were still several stops to go, though, because we don’t live anywhere near South Dakota. Also because Ari had a gig doing research at Iowa State that summer, and we wanted to stop by and visit him. I already told the […]

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Filed Under: 2022 Mountains, Campground Reviews, iowa, missouri

A Return to Ingalls Homestead and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant in De Smet, SD

April 21, 2024 by kokotg Leave a Comment

kitten sleeping on its back

travel dates: July 2022 Our first visit to the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, SD in 2016 ranks right up there with our very best travel memories. The kids spent their time riding bikes across the prairie, running from barn to barn to cuddle with kittens, and just generally having the time of their lives. […]

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Filed Under: 2022 Mountains, south dakota, Uncategorized

Storybook Land and Wylie Park Campground in Aberdeen, SD: A Surprise Hit

March 17, 2024 by kokotg 2 Comments

boys with Wizard of Oz characters

travel dates: July, 2022 I don’t remember how I came across Storybook Land way back in the planning days before our 2022 summer trip. It was pretty much on the way between Theodore Roosevelt National Park and our next planned stop at the Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, SD. We needed something to break up […]

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Medora Campground by Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Campground Review

March 2, 2024 by kokotg Leave a Comment

walking back to Medora Campground at dusk

travel dates: July, 2022 This post is where you’ll find all the info about stuff we did while staying at Medora Campground I talk about Medora Campground and Theodore Roosevelt National Park on this episode of the RV Atlas podcast  I’m a sucker for a campground from which we can walk into town. And one […]

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Three Days in Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Medora, North Dakota

February 20, 2024 by kokotg 4 Comments

Abe climbing on a cannonball concretion

travel dates: July 2022 I talked about Theodore Roosevelt National Park awhile ago on the RV Atlas Podcast, if you’d care to listen.  You can’t spend much time in Theodore Roosevelt National Park without hearing someone or other invoke the 26th president’s thoughts on North Dakota: “I have always said I never would have been […]

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Going Underground in Havre, MT: Havre Beneath the Streets Tour

January 5, 2024 by kokotg Leave a Comment

saloon at havre beneath the streets

travel dates July 2022 Our original plan called for us to spend a couple of nights in Great Falls after leaving Glacier, check out Lewis and Clark stuff and all that. But I got very nervous looking at a map of our route east after Great Falls, which included a long stretch on “the Loneliest […]

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Glacier National Park East (and the Going to the Sun Road Finally Opens!)

November 6, 2023 by kokotg Leave a Comment

kids in front of Virginia Falls

travel dates: July 2022 After seeing the western side of Glacier National Park, we made our way east still not knowing for sure when the Going to the Sun Road was going to open. Rumors were swirling, but all the rangers we encountered steadfastly refused to verify the rumors. The road ended up opening on […]

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Glacier National Park with Kids and Teens: Western Half Edition

September 17, 2023 by kokotg 2 Comments

milo paddle boarding on Lake McDonald

travel dates: July 2022 Several years ago we went to Lassen Volcanic National Park in early July and found massive mounds of snow still blocking park roads and cutting us off from many of the park’s biggest attractions. Some research confirmed that we were exceptionally unlucky; the park websites has records listing the date the […]

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West Glacier KOA Resort: A Fancy Campground Review

August 22, 2023 by kokotg 1 Comment

Mountain View from West Glacier KOA

travel dates: July, 2022 KOA is fairly stingy about handing out their “resort” designation. KOAs are labeled “journey,” “holiday,” or “resort” based on level of amenities, but, of the more than 500 KOAs, only 17 are currently resorts. We’ve stayed at a couple of different ones and have sometimes felt the resort label was a wee bit […]

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Three Days in Missoula, Montana with Kids and Teens

August 1, 2023 by kokotg Leave a Comment

long grass on l trail

Travel dates: July, 2022 We love a good college town, and Missoula is an excellent college town. We spent three days there last July, which felt like a good amount of time to see a lot of the city. Missoula offers a great blend of urban and outdoorsy stuff to do, something Montana in general excels at. […]

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