North! Wisconsin.... Minnesota.... Norta Dakota.... Montana.... and Beyond!

On the road again en route with a more northerly heading than we have previously taken before. After we dropped Ben off at the airport in Bloomington, IL, we immediately started up the state to our good friends for an awesome breakfast. Our visit with them was entirely too short, but we had to hit the road again.

Since we were going up through Wisconsin, we HAD to find a cheese store. I texted google on my phone to find the nearest shop, which first took us to a residential area. I’m sure many people there had cheese in their refrigerators, but not exactly what we were looking for. We finally found an authentic cheese factory with a mouse, that had been exposed to radioactive material, outside.

After the day of travel through Wisconsin and into Minnesota, we stopped at a little diner with the “Big Al” burger. Dad was hungry.

The night was spent in Frontenac State Park. We didn’t stop at any historic markers there, so we still don’t know what Frontenac is. We’ll google it when we get home. Our lively family around the fire.

A very lovely lady sitting in the outside amphitheatre.

The next day we went through the town of Red Wing. Interestingly enough it is where they make the famous “Red Wing Shoe” which is pretty much the only shoe dad wears. We had to make a stop.

This day was spent mostly driving through Minnesota with very few stops. The kids were working on navigating with the free AAA maps we got.

Arriving in Fargo, ND we found that the airport there was probably named after our family. We should inherit it I think.

We spent the night in Bismarck, ND at the local Super Wal-Mart, which is always fun! Since it’s the capitol we decided to stop by the building. One of the ugliest capitol buildings I have ever seen. It looks like a hotel.

Mom has a fascination with history which is actually rubbing off on all of her kids, so since we were in the area we had to stop by one of the forts that Lewis and Clark built. We spent most of the day in the Fort Mandan area.

Dad is ready to defend the fort.

We tried to see if we could stay in the room for the night, but the tour guide wasn’t willing.

Inside the visitor’s center Bex decided to play with fire. Bad idea.

Anthony was kinda hungry. Even if it was plastic.

Furs furs furs!

Oh give me a home….. Where the buffalo roam….

Lewis and Clark had a dog named Seaman. He was a big dog.

After the fort, we made our way to the Badlands of North Dakota. A whole family shot at one of the lookouts.

After this shot with the buffalo we ran back to the RV. The buffalo started chasing us.

We found a very nice couple there.

We had a lot of driving ahead of us, and I was ready to take on the road.

Although Anthony wasn’t too excited about all the bugs on the front. I was happy we did our job in reducing the number of pests in the world!

We are currently in Montana, making our way through this huge state. We have to make it to Boise by Friday to pick up a sail boat part, but who knows what we’ll see along the way!