Hitting the Northern Plains!

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There are still a few places in the USA that I've been wanting to revisit since our big trip of 1968. While I was pushing for yellowstone and glacier national parks this year, the choice was mount rushmore and the badlands. Well, if we're gonna be in south dakota, it's about time we hit north dakota as well (a state I'd never been to). And since we were flying into denver, there were a number of things in that corner of colorado that needed exploring.

This was gonna be the most miles driving around in a "loop tour" yet, surpassing last year's southwest trip. If you've never been out west, it's fantastic. This trip included the rocky mountains and lots of open country. It's our big annual trip. It's the Northern Plains: 2007.

day 1: saturday, august 18
Our plane left philadelphia an hour late (is this a rule?) and after a scheduled change of planes in akron and another scheduled stop in chicago, were on our way to denver, colorado . . .