Day Five of 2015 Drive Across America

Day Five
North Dakota

Say Hello to Salem Sue! (The world's largest Holstein cow)  She is located in New Salem, ND.

 We spent a lovely afternoon at Great Uncle Warren and Aunt Doloris' farm.  She served a tasty lunch and the kids won't soon forget getting TWO pieces of yummy chocolate cake.

(New England, ND)

 The girls loved playing with the cats!

Chad standing in front of Great Grandma Anna's house (where Grandma Anderson grew up)

We also got to stop in and visit Great Aunt Orlene and Uncle Ervin for a little bit.

(Hazen, ND)

At Lake Sakakawea... This area was part of Lewis and Clark's exploration trail.

Geographical Center of North America

You can't get any farther from an ocean in North America than standing right here.

(Rugby, ND)

It has been about 15 years since I was in North Dakota in the summertime.  I forgot just how beautiful it is this time of the year.

We made it all the way to Walhalla, ND today.  We are staying tonight and tomorrow night with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson.

Day Four of 2015 Drive Across America

Day Four
South Dakota, North Dakota

 We started the day visiting Mt Rushmore.

We walked the Presidential Trail.

 Our lunch picnic was in the beautiful Black Hills.

As we traveled north the landscape changed to open plains.

This was Great Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's house in New England, ND.  (The house Grandpa Anderson grew up in)

We spent the night with Great Aunt Arlene and Uncle Vern.  Aunt Arlene took us to the famous Medora Musical.  (Medora is in the beautiful Badlands of North Dakota)

 The kids got to go up on stage.

Great family fun day :)

We spent the night at Great Aunt Arlene and Uncle Vern's house in Dickinson, ND.

Day Three of 2015 Drive Across America

Day Three
Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota

Today was a mostly driving day.

This is how Baby Girl traveled for part of the day (cozy under a sheet)...

Black Hills South Dakota

We had time to get some swimming in.

Daisy was confident enough to swim without her life jacket.  Yay!

We spent the night in Custer, SD.

Day Two of 2015 Drive Across America

Day Two
Idaho, Wyoming, Montana

Today was Yellowstone National Park Day for us.  Needless to say it was beautiful.

Old Faithful...

Chad, Daisy, Mike, Rose, Grandpa, and Grandma Anderson at Mammoth Hot Springs

 Rose touching Firehole Lake....   Yes it is super hot!

We spent the night in Big Timber, MT.

Day One of 2015 Drive Across America

Another road trip across America, this time to move from Reno, NV to Kentucky.  We are so excited to be moving ‘home.'

Rose asked me to blog this trip like I did our last trip across America, so after a two year blogging break...here I am :)

Good-bye Reno.  Good-bye Tahoe.  We will ever be thankful for our four years here.  We feel fortunate to have experienced desert life and Lake Tahoe beauty, but most of all we are thankful for our two blessings that we adopted here!

But now I am beyond excited to be moving to the location where my heart already is.....Kentucky!!

We are taking about 10 days to get there so we can visit Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, family, Mall of America, etc.  Our last drive across America we took a southern route, this time it is a northern route.

Day One

Nevada, Idaho

The morning started in our house with lots of guests:  The five of us, Grandma and Grandpa Anderson, Uncle Cody, Auntie Denise, Brittany, Nate, Cassie, and Tabby.  We finished cleaning up the house for the new buyers then headed out. 

The first five days of our trip Grandma and Grandpa Anderson will be traveling along with us.

Today was mostly driving.  How do you check your map? ....

We stayed in Idaho Falls, ID for the night.