We drove our coach 324 miles, about five hours of driving, from Mitchell to Custer, South Dakota.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

Here’s another variation of the map showing time zones (Mountain and Central) and elevations for the whole year, with a circle showing the highest elevation of this trip; a lot of climbing at the end of the trip, though not as much as ones coming up soon:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Wind turbines and corn fields:

Dignity of Earth and Sky sculpture at a rest area:

The aforementioned rest area:

Crossing Missouri River:

Fun with zoom:

Sunflowers:

There seems to be a Beetle crawling up that silo:

Paladin reaching out to touch my foot:

Fun with zoom:

Entering Mountain Time Zone:

Stagecoach art:

Rest area:

Narrow roadworks:

Passing Badlands:

More roadworks:

Exit:

Buffalo sculpture:

Interesting rocks:

Arriving at our campground:

We drove our coach 143 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cloquet to Kabetogama, Minnesota.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Paladin on the dash while leaving the campground:

A gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright:

Saunas for sale:

Route 33 North:

UFO and aliens:

Route 53 North:

“Dirty Dreams”:

Rest area:

Towards Route 37 West:

Route 53 North:

“Welcome to Orr”:

Lake Kabetogama:

Arriving at the Pines of Kabetogama Resort:

Dusty:

A steep single-lane road up the hill:

We drove our coach 235 miles, about five hours of driving, from Hancock, Michigan to Cloquet, Minnesota.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Our coach leaving our site:

A campsite with tents, a boat, and a portable sauna; must be Finnish:

Drawbridge:

Roadworks:

45 South:

Enter Central Time Zone:

Ski Capital of the Midwest:

Rest area:

Wisconsin Welcomes You:

Highway:

Bad River:

Industry:

An interesting building in Ashland, Wisconsin:

Faceplanted Paladin:

Bridge over Saint Louis River:

Minnesota Welcomes You:

Train overpass:

Fuel stop:

Guided to our site:

We drove our coach 191 miles, about four hours of driving, from Moscow, Iowa to Milton, Wisconsin.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east then north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-90 East:

Iowa 80 truck stop:

Fuel stop:

And Blimpie subs for lunch:

Welcome to Illinois:

Exit to I-88 East:

Roadworks:

Paladin on the couch; an unusual place for travel days:

I-39 North:

Wisconsin Welcomes You:

Arriving at a KOA:

Our site:

We drove our coach 201 miles, about four hours of driving, from Foxboro, Massachusetts to Plattekill, New York.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Lots of kids:

Leaving the campground:

I-495 North:

I-90:

I-90 West Mass Pike:

“The Last Green Valley National Corridor“:

I-84:

Picnic area:

Paladin normally faces forward when sitting beside the passenger chair, and seems confused when he goes in the wrong way and ends up facing backwards:

“Welcome to Connecticut”:

Fun with zoom:

East Hartford:

Fireflies mural:

13 foot 7 inches clearance; our coach is 12 foot 7 inches high:

Fancy building:

Heavy traffic:

Due to a crash:

Clock tower:

Snuggly Paladin:

“Welcome to New York”:

Super snuggly Paladin:

Route 32 North:

Arriving at KOA:

Pond:

Office:

Our site: