Picked up our camper and travel west to Buffalo, WY.

This was our first look at the Carriage Royals International 5th wheel which we purchased from Tiara RV in Elkhart, IN.  We’re happy and excited now!


Now the work begins.  We had the back of the truck loaded with initial supplies for the camper and that truck was FULL!


Sue’s trying to get everything organized.  I’m just taking pictures.


This was the the first meal….chicken scampi.  It’s one of my favorites!!


Now we park with the big boys at rest stops.


My first day pulling an RV, and as we traveled through Chicago, a severe thunderstorms strikes.  What a way to gain experience.


One of our first campsites was on an island in the Mississippi near La Cross, Minnesota.  We enjoyed it and stayed three days.


We went on a side trip to see Lock #9.  While there we watched a tug pushing 12 barges through the Lock.  That tug captain knows his stuff!


South Dakota  has some interesting sights along route I90.


We stopped for lunch in Mitchell and toured the Corn Palace.  Notice Sue is having a corn on the cob at the Corn Palace.  She said you have to eat corn at the Corn Palace!


We saw thousands of acres of Sun Flowers in South Dakota.  They were so beautiful!


This is Wall Drug.  It doesn’t live up to its reputation or the hundreds of signs on I90 leading up to it, but it was still fun to visit.


Sue spent some time with Annie Oakley while I met this “lady” smoking a cigar while she tried to talk me into a game of 5 card stud.


This soddy was located just outside the entrance to The Badlands.


Starting a day trip through the Badlands.


Traveling the park road you see why this country got the name “Badlands”.


If you are mechanically inclined you may see something wrong with this picture.  I noticed that I lost trailer brakes on the trip between Wall, SD and Buffalo, WY.  Someone forgot to add the cotter pin that keeps the disk retaining pin in place.  The disks are missing and the caliper piston pushed against the rotor, ruining it.  We didn’t expect to need a brake job this soon, but at least it’s under warranty.


While waiting for the parts to be shipped to a local service center we will be staying in Buffalo, WY, a very nice town at the foothills of the Big Horn mountains.


On a day trip up into the mountains we found this view of some the the peaks over 10,000 ft.


There’s another advantage of spending some unplanned time here.  This trout wasn’t very big but he was tasty.


Our wedding anniversary is in a few weeks so we decided to celebrate early with a dinner at The Virginian.  We ate buffalo in Buffalo!


While here in Buffalo we visited Fort Phil Kearney.  This fort was involved in many Indian fights. 


There’s a running/biking/walking trail near our campgrounds, while we were walking back to the campgrounds last night we saw this 10 point buck.

Tomorrow we are scheduled to get the brakes repaired so we’ll be back on the road soon.