Day 1

This was a mileage day.  We drove west through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.  In total we drove about 750 miles.  We stopped to camp at a South Dakota State Park on the Missouri River.  It was a pretty large campground, but we were the ONLY ones camping!  It was a beautiful spot on the river, which looked more like a lake where we were.  Basically pitched camp, made dinner, slept, and left first thing in the morning.

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View of the Missouri River from the campground

Cooking our first dinner

Herman got thirsty from chopping firewood

Beautiful moon that night