After visiting Little Bighorn Battlefield, we stopped by Custer Battlefield Trading Post & Cafe on the Crow Indian reservation.
Swag:
Cafe:
Menu:
We’re big fans of Indian fry bread, so had Indian tacos for dinner:
food
A sampling of interesting restaurants.
Travel from Mitchell to Custer, South Dakota
We drove our coach 313 miles, about five hours of driving, from Mitchell, South Dakota to Custer, South Dakota.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Heading west of I-90:
Rest area stop:
Sunflower field:
The Dignity of Earth and Sky sculpture:
A Tiffin Allegro Red motorhome passing us:
Lunch stop at Hutch’s Cafe:
Menu:
Back to our coach:
Entering Mountain Time Zone:
Passing Badlands National Park:
Another rest area:
Paladin sat in his dash bed for a while:
Firehouse Brewery & Winery had several fire trucks along the freeway:
Paladin asleep on the floor:
Busts:
Entering Custer State Park, our favorite state park:
Curvy road:
Whatever we do, don’t turn onto Needles Highway with our coach! Very narrow and short tunnels:
Legion Lake campground entrance:
Our site, with a glimpse of the lake in the background:
Mall of America
We visited the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
According to Wikipedia, it is the largest mall in the United States, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the twelfth largest shopping mall in the world.
We had dinner at Shake Shack (first time we’ve seen one since we visited New York years ago):
In addition to being a huge mall, the center is filled with an amusement park:
Minnesot-ah!:
It’s an impressive mall… but still just a mall.
Baseball: Minnesota Twins vs Philadelphia Phillies
We attended a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Philadelphia Phillies, playing at the Twin’s ballpark,Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Target Field entrance:
Seating:
Selfie:
Team store:
Cheddar brats and pretzel:
A citizenship ceremony:
Map:
Ballpark from outfield:
Putting:
Winnebago camper van:
More ballpark angles:
“Win! Twins!”:
Rotating ball and big screen:
Concessions:
Mascot TC Bear, kid, “animal control” handler:
Lots of screens:
“Unapologetically Loud”:
Mascots:
Dippin’ Dots:
At one point the lineup screen showed the Mariners lineup?!
Then the screens blanked out while they fixed that:
Run scores:
Twins win:
Final score and stats:
Travel from Oakdale, Wisconsin to Maple Grove, Minnesota
We drove our coach 198 miles, about three hours of driving, from Oakdale, Wisconsin to Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Checklist:
Lunch stop:
Paladin on the dash while leaving the truck stop:
Roadworks:
Rest area:
I-94:
Chimney:
Minnesota Welcomes You:
Rest area:
Crossover:
Our destination, another KOA:
Guided to our site:
Baseball: Cedar Rapids Kernels vs Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
We attended a game of the High-A minor league team Cedar Rapids Kernels, playing against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, at the Kernels’ Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The concourse:
Menus:
Burger and fries:
Our seats were in the front row, right behind the net:
Selfie:
Stands:
Mascot:
Other angles:
Spiderman:
You can see where our seats were; look for Jenn with the teal hat and green shirt:
A run scores:
Another run scores:
Pizza race:
3,756 attendance:
Kernels Win:
Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
We attended a game of St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs, playing at the Cardinals’ ballpark, Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.
An interactive map:
Center field entrance:
The ballpark:
Team store:
Birb:
Perficient Perch:
Chicken and fries:
View from our seats:
Mascot and cheerleaders:
Gateway Arch:
Views from elsewhere:
Our seats were in the sun on a really hot day, so we moved to stand in the concourse:
Then we left early. It was just too hot, and we didn’t particularly care about either of the teams playing.
Travel from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri
We drove our coach 255 miles, about five hours of driving, from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Water lilies:
Heading on to I-69 North:
Pulling up a yellow stripe:
Love’s fuel stop:
87.122 gallons of diesel for $367.57; we saved $58.42 off that pump price via our fuel discount card:
Bridge roadworks:
Wabash River:
“Welcome to Illinois”:
We haven’t seen a pump jack for a while:
More bridge roadworks:
Rest area:
Crossover roadworks:
An interestingly shaped trailer (a mobile stage):
Another rest area:
A sign that says “After 11 hours driving, you need 10 hours rest”; we prefer to drive only two hours, but will go up to six on interstates, and stay at least one night when “sprinting”, preferably one to two weeks:
Our first glimpse of the Gateway Arch:
“Missouri Welcomes You”:
Six Flags theme park, yep, with six flags out front:
Approaching our destination, Meramec State Park:
Our site:
Travel from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana
We drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Toading up:
I-65 South:
Bridge:
Fun with zoom:
Exit to a service area:
Huck’s service plaza:
Lunch:
“The Journey is My Home”; that could be our motto:
Back to our coach:
I-165 North:
We had a fun new issue: we turned on our generator while driving, so we could run our air conditioners, it being rather hot. But when we tried to turn it off via the switch on the dash, it didn’t turn off. I also tried using the Coach Proxy web app, which also failed, and reported an error:
This has been a problem since; we’ll probably get it looked at when we go back to Red Bay in December. In the meantime, I have to open the generator compartment (once we stop, of course) and turn it off via the switch on the generator itself. A bit of a pain.
Owensboro water tower:
Rusty twin bridges over the Ohio River:
Ohio River:
“More to Discover in Indiana”:
I-69 North:
Road to the campground:
The GPS alleged that the road had a 10 ton weight limit, but it didn’t (I knew about that ahead of time from reviews of the campground):
Pond with water lilies:
Entering the campground; no human interaction required:
We just headed to our site:
Travel from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky
We drove our coach 227 miles, about four hours of driving, from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Dollywood:
Gocart track:
MagiQuest:
Leaning building:
Crossover intersection:
I-40 West:
Knoxville:
Fun with zoom:
Fuel stop:
A tank or something on a truck:
Our coach:
We went to the Iron Skillet restaurant at the truck stop for lunch:
Truckers chapel:
“Enter Central Time”:
Fun with zoom:
Rest area:
Monterey:
Livingston Highway:
Paladin asleep:
Fun with zoom:
Celina Highway:
Celina:
Horses sign:
Bathroom stop at a gas station:
“Welcome to Kentucky”:
A pond:
A horse and buggy sign:
Fun with zoom:
Paladin asleep:
Entering Mammoth Cave National Park:
The RV park’s office is across the road from the campground, at the Diamond Caverns attraction:
Paladin sat on the dash for the drive from the office to the campground:
Welcome:
We untoaded here:
Following the coach:
Our site:
