We have enjoyed this 3800 mile adventure. We spent our last 3 days in Bowling Green, Kentucky where we were able to meet up with great friends, the Palmers from Washington State, and the Elliotts from Owensburg, Kentucky. We spent our last 3 days relaxing and enjoying friends -- what a perfect way to end our trip. And as you can see from below, Erica finally got her way!
Playing Chess, Campground style!
We travel in 11 states, in 17 days and we came up with our favorite 5 things from our trip. We also thought we would share some of our favorite "Griswold" moments.
Our Top 5 Favorite things:1. Custer State Park - experiencing the buffalo
2. Needles Highway - beautiful mountains
3. Wild Life Safari outside of Omaha, Nebraska
4. The Bad lands
5. Amazing use of wind mills for energy in many of the midwest states
Top 10 Griswold moments:1. A man took a picture of me and Nathan while he was screaming (for hours) in the St Louis Arch - I think we will go into his scrap book as memories from his visit to the arch. I looked at Erica and said "did he take a picture of us?" with eyes real big she shook her head Yes! I just laughed and cried at this same time.
2. Dennis had to back-up the camper and truck down a 1-way road in St Louis when we couldn't fit under a bridge (and I had to get out and move "do not enter"signs). Yes, the rednecks have left St. Louis.
3. A Tractor-trailer driver had to motion for Dennis to pull our rig over because our electral system was dragging on the road!
4. Nathan got kicked out of the pool (No infants in the pool) and this red-neck Mom wanted to bonk the old-man tattle-tell that brought it to the lifeguard's attention.
5. Erica got us in trouble when she had to go to the bathroom at a campground that we were considering staying for 3 days. The manager didn't believe us and got mad and told Dennis he owed her $5 for flushing the potty - which Dennis said "No." The manager's heart sank when I told her my name (I had called ahead and she was dying for our business) and we decided NOT TO STAY at a campground with such a hateful manager. She lost a sale BIGTIME! Our joke for the rest of the trip was "we could always go back to Whispering Pines!"
6. We drove an extra 50 miles to the ONLY campground on Lake Michigan in the Chicago area. The campground had been CLOSED due to storm damage! We considered breaking in, but "Clark" didn't.
7. Our last week consisted of a bathroom door with the handle missing (we called it a semi-private bathroom).
8. Dennis "sub-let" a campsite in Okaboji, Iowa from a guy because there were NO campsites in the entire city and we had driven an extra 50 miles to stay in this area.
9. Dennis was locked out of the campground when he went to the store because he couldn't find the security code. Redneck from Tennessee!
Our Top 5 Favorite things:1. Custer State Park - experiencing the buffalo
2. Needles Highway - beautiful mountains
3. Wild Life Safari outside of Omaha, Nebraska
4. The Bad lands
5. Amazing use of wind mills for energy in many of the midwest states
Top 10 Griswold moments:1. A man took a picture of me and Nathan while he was screaming (for hours) in the St Louis Arch - I think we will go into his scrap book as memories from his visit to the arch. I looked at Erica and said "did he take a picture of us?" with eyes real big she shook her head Yes! I just laughed and cried at this same time.
2. Dennis had to back-up the camper and truck down a 1-way road in St Louis when we couldn't fit under a bridge (and I had to get out and move "do not enter"signs). Yes, the rednecks have left St. Louis.
3. A Tractor-trailer driver had to motion for Dennis to pull our rig over because our electral system was dragging on the road!
4. Nathan got kicked out of the pool (No infants in the pool) and this red-neck Mom wanted to bonk the old-man tattle-tell that brought it to the lifeguard's attention.
5. Erica got us in trouble when she had to go to the bathroom at a campground that we were considering staying for 3 days. The manager didn't believe us and got mad and told Dennis he owed her $5 for flushing the potty - which Dennis said "No." The manager's heart sank when I told her my name (I had called ahead and she was dying for our business) and we decided NOT TO STAY at a campground with such a hateful manager. She lost a sale BIGTIME! Our joke for the rest of the trip was "we could always go back to Whispering Pines!"
6. We drove an extra 50 miles to the ONLY campground on Lake Michigan in the Chicago area. The campground had been CLOSED due to storm damage! We considered breaking in, but "Clark" didn't.
7. Our last week consisted of a bathroom door with the handle missing (we called it a semi-private bathroom).
8. Dennis "sub-let" a campsite in Okaboji, Iowa from a guy because there were NO campsites in the entire city and we had driven an extra 50 miles to stay in this area.
9. Dennis was locked out of the campground when he went to the store because he couldn't find the security code. Redneck from Tennessee!
10. We did eat t-bone steaks with Wisconsin brie cheese on PAPER plates and cut them with plastic knives. Sometimes it was hard to tell if we were more like "Clark and family" or "Cousin Eddie and family."
Thank you for sharing in our 2011 vacation adventures. We really did have a fabulous time and are very thankful for the opportunity to explore our amazing country.
Kathy
Kathy
