Left Kingston: 1 June 2010
Returned to Kingston: 26 August 2010
87 days on the road
22,219 kilometers
A wonderful trip that we'll never forget and that you would all enjoy if you would take the time!
Thank you for joining us on our incredible journey!
Marie & Glenn
Sunday, August 29, 2010
After leaving Wall Drug Store on 18 August, we had lunch with my sister and her husband in Murdo, SD where we parted ways. They headed East to Minneapolis on I-90 and we headed North to Brandon on I-83 to revisit Glenn's sister. We both finished our trip on our own and really missed to have them with us.
Drove to Bismarck and Minot, ND on our way to Brandon.
Left Brandon on 23 August and drove East around Lake Superior. Very beautiful drive!
Schreiber, ON
Passport, ON
Old Woman's Bay
Agawa Bay
Montreal River Harbour
Last night camping at Bruce Mines Municipal Campground
Drove to Bismarck and Minot, ND on our way to Brandon.
Left Brandon on 23 August and drove East around Lake Superior. Very beautiful drive!
Schreiber, ON
Passport, ON
Old Woman's Bay
Agawa Bay
Montreal River Harbour
Last night camping at Bruce Mines Municipal Campground
This was a fun place to see, although we did not buy anything.
Wall Drug is the principal industry in the town of Wall. It's a sprawling tourist mall that occupies most of downtown and employs nearly a third of its population. Over a million people stop at Wall Drug every year -- 20,000 on a good summer day. Hundreds of billboards line the east-west approaches along Interstate 90 in South Dakota, tantalizing travelers with offers of five cent coffee and free ice water!
Population of Wall, SD is 818.
Wall Drug is the principal industry in the town of Wall. It's a sprawling tourist mall that occupies most of downtown and employs nearly a third of its population. Over a million people stop at Wall Drug every year -- 20,000 on a good summer day. Hundreds of billboards line the east-west approaches along Interstate 90 in South Dakota, tantalizing travelers with offers of five cent coffee and free ice water!
Population of Wall, SD is 818.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Devil's Tower National Monument, WY. This is sacred grounds for the indians and they go there to pray. They always leave Prayer Cloth tied to branches and it is requested that these Prayer Cloth not be disturbed. Quite a few people were climbing the tower while we were visiting (867 feet/264 meters).
We also visited the Vore Buffalo Jump in Sundance where herds of buffalo were driven over a cliff where they would be killed, butchered and processed in mass by Plain Indians between the 1500 and 1800 A.D. An exploratory excavation was completed at the site in the 1970's during the construction of Interstate Highway 90. Less than 10% of the site was unearthed at that time, but the analysis revealed at least 20 bone layers which extend about 100 feet across the sink hole and nearly 25 feet down. This site is being analysed by Archeologist Students of Wyoming University and only few weeks per year.
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We also visited the Vore Buffalo Jump in Sundance where herds of buffalo were driven over a cliff where they would be killed, butchered and processed in mass by Plain Indians between the 1500 and 1800 A.D. An exploratory excavation was completed at the site in the 1970's during the construction of Interstate Highway 90. Less than 10% of the site was unearthed at that time, but the analysis revealed at least 20 bone layers which extend about 100 feet across the sink hole and nearly 25 feet down. This site is being analysed by Archeologist Students of Wyoming University and only few weeks per year.
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