Time for an update.
9/6/25 – arriving at Kootenai County Fairgrounds RV in Coeur d’Alene, ID
Coeur d’Alene is a smaller city that offers a lot of outdoor activities related to fishing, boating and hiking. We visited the Museum of North Idaho. The museum is about the history of northern Idaho with native Indians, Logging and other industries.
9/12/25 – Tri-County Fairgrounds in Deer Lodge, MT. Stopped here for one night.
9/13/25 – Absaroka Bay RV Park in Cody, WY
Cody is the hometown of Buffalo Bill. Here we visited the Buffalo Bill Center of the West which is 5 Museums under one roof. They have a collection of 10,000 to 12,000 firearms (old and new) on display in one wing. One wing id dedicated to the life of Buffalo Bill, another to the native Indians. The other areas are Geology and an Art gallery of local artists. Very nice Center.
We also visited the Dam on the Shoshone River which was built in 1911. At one point in time it was the highest Dam in the World.
9/20/25 – Crook County Fairground Sundance, WY. Stopped here for a night. They had a Goat Show/Competition going on in the Fair Building.
9/21/25 – Heartland RV Park & Cabins in Hermosa, SD
This campground is about 7 miles from Custer State Park. This week we drove Needles Highway which provides some great views of Mt. Rushmore. Also the rock formations along Needles Hwy is very unique and is gave the name to the highway. On Thursday they kicked of the Art Festival within Custer State Park where local Artists showed their Art. Lots of nice crafts could be seen. Friday morning we headed out early (6AM) to watch the yearly Buffalo Roundup. 20 – 25,000 visitors show up to watch this event. At about 11AM the Buffalo (850-1300) came over a hill and the drivers (Cowboys???) drove them towards the big corral where they got penned up for counting, health check, vaccination and pregnancy tests. The event was over at 11:45 and the madness of thousands of cars leaving the park started. We made it back to our campground (maybe 20 miles) at 2:30PM. This is a once in a lifetime visit for us and we enjoyed it a lot. Saturday was R&R (Rest and Relax)Day. Sunday we packed up and continued our trek to the east.
Until next update, Maria and Bernhard
