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Hope to be home August 21st late or August 22nd at the latest.

 

Date

Day

TO DO

Town

6/19

Thu

Bike out!

Sandpoint

6/20

Fri 

Morning at Springy Point, day in Sandpoint, go pick up Don from Libby in afternoon, take to campground in pm

By Warland, ID

6/21

Sat

Morning can go to dam at Libby and get a tour. Afternoon on to Rexford Bench Campground – swimming in lake

Eureka

6/22

Sun

Worship. Leave early to go to Whitefish and spend day at KOA – Smiths arrive around 1 or so

Whitefish

6/23

Mon 

Morning in Whitefish, then Glacier Park throughout day, to campsite in evening, day with Smiths, happy anniversary!

St Mary

6/24

Tue

Glacier during the day, on to Choteau

Choteau

6/25

Wed 

Morning at hotel, on to KOA for water playground

Great Falls

6/26

Thur

Water playground then Great Falls for Lewis  Clark national interpretive center – junior ranger program, evening to park

Hobson

6/27

Fri

Get going early to Roundup. Play at free City Pool

Roundup

6/28

Sat

To Hardin for 10 am parade, arts and crafts, Custer battlefield field trips, on to KOA to swim in afternoon, 5:00 pm Custer's reenactment 7pm bed races 8:30 street dance, Walmart

Hardin

6/29

Sun

Morning in Hardin – 7:30-10am county fair for breakfast, church at 11 am Big Horn County Fairgrounds then on to KOA

Sheridan

6/30

Mon 

Day at Sheridan KOA,  Walmart in Sheridan, on to Gillette for swimming at city pool

Gillette

7/1

Tues

On to Keyhole State Park to spend day, Devil's Tower in the evening, Go see Close Encounters at KOA at night.

Keyhole State Park

7/2

Wed 

Take Don to Sundance,  storybook island,  maze

Custer Park

7/3

Thur

Day in Custer Park – Sylvan lake, needle drive, evening at mt rushmore fireworks

Flintstones Campground

7/4

Fri

Flintstones village and mammoth dig

Rapid City

7/5

Sat

wal drug,  badlands, koa pool  in afternoon

Interior

7/6

Sun

Morning at KOA, Philip prairie homestead - genuine sod dwelling, afternoon on to Pierre – go get Don

Pierre

7/7

Mon 

spend day in Pierre, cute town, on to Lake Louise in afternoon

Lake Louise by Miller

7/8

Tues

Spend day in Aberdeen

Aberdeen

7/9

Wed 

Morning in Aberdeen, on to Watertown in PM

Watertown SD

7/10

Thur

Go to DeSmet for little house on prairie day open 9-7  then on to Lake Benton

Lake Benton

7/11

Fri

Day in Lake Benton, ride with Dad, 9 pm evening pageant

Walnut Grove

7/12

Sat

Laura Ingalls look alike contest 12:00 am registration, 1pm contest, activities 1-6, pick up don on way to storm lake

Storm Lake

7/13

Sun

Kings Pointe Waterpark Resort then onto harlan

Harlan

7/14

Mon

Partial rest Day with family in Omaha – pick up Don and go to Henry Doorly Zoo, Heartland of America Park, Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Old Market

Omaha

7/15

Tue

Drop don off at council bluffs, go back to hotel to get kids – use adventure cycling route, spend afternoon in KOA

Rock Port

7/16

Wed

Use adventure cycling route, day at KOA

Lewis & Clark State Park

7/17

Thu

Day in kansas city  Union Station, Planetarium – Do Round Trip Ticket

 Lawson

7/18

Fri

Day at Watkins State Park, Get Don, head to Lake of Ozarks State Park (64 miles)

Lake of Ozarks State Park

7/19

Sat

Morning at Lake of Ozarks, afternoon at Camdenton, evening back up to Jefferson City, hotel time

Jefferson City

7/20

Sun

Morning in hotel, bike with daddy, afternoon in hermann -swimming at city park

Hermann

7/21

Mon

leave in morning to go to koa

st louis

7/22

Tue

st louis zoo - free first hour open at 9 am, magic house, science center, arch, transportation fees, ted drewes ice cream – get it!

st louis

7/23

Wed

city museum, Grant's Farm – outside s of town, take don out of st louis to get started? Spend evening in Murphysboro

Murphysboro state park

7/24

Thur

stay in murphysboro as long as possible, ride with daddy

Elizabethtown

7/25

Fri

Morning at Tower Rock, Afternoon at Windy Hollow

Owensboro

7/26

Sat

Spend day at windy hollow campground swimming, etc, afternoon at rough river state park

Rough River State Park

7/27

Sun

Morning at rough river state park, afternoon at campground, walking around town, maybe a carriage ride?

Bardstown

7/28

Mon

spend day in Louisville  - 43 miles away – kentucky derby museum – barn and backside tour  at 10am-12, slugger museum 1-3, buy a bat

Lexington

7/29

Tue

Lexington  for 9am meet draft horses, then 10 am horse drawn trolley ride at ky horsepark use AAA, on to Breaks Interstate Park

Breaks Interstate Park

7/30

Wed

Spend morning at Breaks Interstate Park – pool, lake

Abingdon

7/31

Thu

Morning at Breaks, Afternoon at Grindstone

Grindstone Campground

8/1

Fri

Morning in Campground, afternoon on to hotel

Radford

8/2

Sat

Morning in hotel, on to Natural Bridge in afternoon

Natural Bridge

8/3

Sun

Campground during morning, go see Lexington - Cocoa mill chocolate company, lee chapel and museum, campground in pm

Sherando Lake

8/4

Mon 

Spend morning in Charlottesville, go to glass place with family to make memory, Monticello with Don at 3  pm

Charlottesville

8/5

Tues

Day in Richmond – Hollywood Cemetery – George Pickett and J Davis buried here, Museum & White House of Confederacy, st paul's episcopal – jefferson davis and robert e lee worshipped here, canal walk, st johns church is where patrick henry did give me liberty or ddeath speech, botanical gardens, get Don, bring into city

Richmond

8/6

Wed 

Colonial Williamsburg spend day then go to yorktown victory center -

Williamsburg

8/7

Thur

Jamestown Settlement in am, yankee candle company, on to d.c.

Washington D.C.

8/8

Fri

8:15 tour bureau of engraving & printing, 12:00 tour capitol, washington monument . Supreme court is closed, walk the mall, lincoln memorial, 4:30 tickets for washington monument, 6 pm d.c. by foot - 90 minutes

Washington D.C.

8/9

Sat

 10:30, 11:30, 1:30 or 2:30 tour of Lilbrary of Congress, 3:35 for International Spy Museum (Dad, Elsie, James only) is by holocaust and mint tour

Washington D.C.

8/10

Sun

10am church at washington national cathedral, 12 noon holocaust museum, end up at union station and postal museum, changing of guard at arlington, Air and space museum outside of DC

D.C.

8/11

Mon 

In A.M. Drive to Gettysburg National Military Park, in pm go to Hershey – open until 10pm

Kinzers

8/12

Tues

Drive through Lancaster – Amish Land, then on to Philadelphia –tour at 3:15 for Independence Hall, see bell from 9-5 close or 24 hours far, in evening go to new york

 

8/13

Wed 

Park at Staten Island Ferry parking, take across, then subway/train to Manhattan for Today show by 9:00 am, Times square – toys r us, m&ms, central park, Ground zero,  

 

8/14

Thur

Park on Jersey side, – Need to catch ferry at 8:30am, be there by 7:45 am for 8am security check in, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, drive to Boston

 

8/15

Fri

Bean town trolley tour, freedom trail, USS Constitution, black rose pub, quincy market, drive to campsite late evening in Saco Maine

 

8/16

Sat

See Portland – Old Port – drive 9 hours to niagara falls

 

8/17

Sun

Niagara falls, fireworks!!!, maid of mist? Drive late at night 5 hours to dearborn – toll road

 

8/18

Mon 

Henry ford museum –  drive to Holiday RV Park 60 mins

 

8/19

Tues

Leave early, drive 4 hours to chicago, spend day at sears tower, Lincoln Park free zoo, etc., 7:05 game wrigley field, 7:30 wicked

 

8/20

Wed 

Try to get to Glendive MT at least

 

8/21

Thur

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