Roadtripping And Camping In The West With Kids: Cheyenne To The Black Hills- (7)

Cheyenne straight through to the Black Hills in one day is totally doable; but what a shock it was to drive for hours through a sea of flat plains, without a hill or mountain in sight. It was almost eerie. But the Black Hills didn’t disappoint.
One Year Ago Today

Adventures come and Adventures go. This is how it was…exactly one year ago today. Here’s our story-
Roadtripping and Camping In The West W/ Kids: “Hell On Wheels” Rodeo- 6

Although we took this roadtrip in summer, the info is still valid and the trip fresh in my mind as if it were yesterday. So here we go-
Roadtripping And Camping With Kids- Dinosaur National Monument- 4

After the longest driving day of the roadtrip, we finally arrive at Dinosaur National Monument…which totally blew away our expectations. Here’s a quick run down and pictures of Dinosaur National Monument.
Roadtripping and Camping In The West With Kids- The Road To Dinosaur-3

Our longest travel day of the entire roadtrip, heading from Zion National Park to Dinosaur National Monument in one push. As the crow flies this didn’t look like a long trip, but when you add various terrain and one lane roads to the mix, it became an all day affair. But wow, it was sooo worth it.
Roadtripping and Camping In The West With Kids (Zion)-2

In the heat of the summer where we live in the California desert to a tent camping roadtrip throughout the cowboy west, this was the first day of that trip.
Roadtripping and Camping In The Western US With Kids-1
We sold our sailboat and our skoolie but we still love to travel with our kids. So these posts will highlight some of the extraordinarily places our most recent travels have taken us. This was our first camping roadtrip since leaving the boat, so a bit of a shakedown for all of us.
Need I say More?
We love tent camping and road tripping with our kids, tomorrow starts our series about one of those trips!
Info Drop: Grains Of Virtue Microbrewery- Oakdale, Ca

Wanna visit a great microbrewery that’s kid friendly and has great beer and tacos….read my review.
Exactly One Year- A Lot Has Happened
From 4th of July 2022 in a dicy anchorage to where we are today….so much in one year.
