WANDERING WITH THE WRIGHTS

Blog 100 Final Edition 9/6/2024  

Week 13 of Trip to Alaska

We left our godson in Ten Sleep, WY and headed to Deadwood, SD.  Jerry had been there many years ago and wanted to stop on our way back.

Some pretty rock formations we saw as we traveled

This area of Wyoming was not pretty at all.  Just the week before they had a devastating fire

No trees, no grass just black charred ground

It was sad to see the miles and miles that were affected - we don't believe any homes were burned

Gold deposits were found near Deadwood that started the Black Hills Gold Rush back in the late 1870's

We did take a trolley into town and walked around but to be honest by this time we were tired and just ready to get home so probably didn't appreciate it as much as we should have.

I have shown you over the last 3 months some beautiful places we have been able to spend a night or two - this was our view in Deadwood

We then traveled on to Sioux Falls, SD where I renewed my driver's license and headed out on the final leg of our trip home.

Our last night of the trip was spent at a Harvest Host on a family farm in Dakota, MN

We knew we were getting close to home as we were surrounded by cornfields 

Hard to see but this is a map of all of our stops

Some general information about our trip:

Traveled 9,477 miles in the motorhome and 9,477 in the Jeep for a little over 12,000 miles

Spent the night at 50 different locations

In the wild we got to see: Puffins, Bears, Moose, Long Horn Sheep, Caribou, Wild Horses, Eagles, Otters, Sea Lions, Sled Dogs, Whales, Seals, Porpoise.

Beautiful snow capped mountains, waterfalls, glaciers, beautiful lakes and rivers and even 2 weddings!

The Trip of A Life Time for us