Traveling Together - Fort Yates to Aberdeen

We checked out of two rooms and kept our 3rd one for one more night. Of course, we only planned to stay until about 5:00, but Sport was worried about us just hanging around Fort Yates. Remember, he was bit by a dog there and I guess they just wander around. My sweetie worked and the kids just hung out. Sport and Taco went to Cannonball to meet with some friends.

When they got back, we finally checked out and it was time for us to see Fort Yates. We started at the church.

And then we made our way to Standing Rock Monument.

Then Sport had an appointment to visit with his good friend, Pete. We spend a bit of time hanging out there.

Then he tried another friend.

We finally decided to leave town. It was still a bit of a drive. We crossed the Missouri on this cool bridge.

We had an a plan to meet Trent at the Twist Cone at 9:00pm in Aberdeen. We got there with about 5 minutes to spare.

We ate footlongs and ice cream with Trent before finding our hotel, checking in, and falling into bed.

More fun tomorrow!

Traveling Together - Dickinson to Fort Yates

That isn't really a correct title, we stayed at a casino about 20 minutes from Fort Yates, but it was the closest accommodations.

Back to Dickinson...

We had breakfast in our room and then we packed up and checked out. Our first stop was to see the World's largest cow!

Then we were back in the car and on our way to Bismarck. We were excited to see the state capitol building.

And check out the free museum about North Dakota's history.

Next stop? The Bismarck Temple!! It was quiet since it was a Monday, so we sat in the middle of the parking lot and ate lunch.

It was time to leave Bismarck. We still had an hour to drive before we got to the Prairie Knights casino and lodge. The first thing the kids wanted to do was get in the pool.

See that waterslide? It has a tall twisty staircase and the slide goes outside the building before ending here in the pool. They made me give it a try! TWICE!!

It wasn't so bad. The tube was very dark until just before I hit the water...

We had half price pizza tickets so we ate in the room and played games until bedtime. Such a fun day!!

Traveling Together - Williston to Dickinson

Sunday was so fun!! We got to church early so Sport could talk to people before the meeting started.

He has so many friends in the Williston 4th ward! One couple who is very kind to the missionaries offered to feed lunch to our whole group. They made a very delicious gumbo and we had banana splits and a lot of visiting for dessert.

We got on the road after visiting with a few more people. One family gave him a warm loaf of banana bread. It didn’t last very long.

It was time to get moving. We wanted to see the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, but mostly the Badlands. It worked out well since they were on our way to Dickinson.

We saw a herd of bison.

The Badlands of North Dakota are beautiful.

We arrived at Dickinson and ate sandwiches for dinner. The kids are being so good about eating out of the cooler. 

Another adventure tomorrow.