2019 Summer Trip To South Dakota

[JEBar]

as is our custom, its time for us to begin planning our summer trip to South Dakota .... barring circumstances beyond our control our itinerary is as follows .... between now and our departure, it will be updated as necessary :

June 8 .... Home to Asheville East KOA in Swannanoa, NC ---- https://koa.com/campgrounds/asheville-east/.... reservation made 3-30-19

June 10 .... to Elkhorn Campground in Frankfort, Kentucky ---- http://www.elkhorncampground.com/index.html.... reservation 5-4-19

June 11 .... to D & W Lake Camping & RV Park in Champaign, IL ---- http://www.dwlake.com/D-and-W-Lake-RV-Park/Overview ....reservation 5-4-19

June 12 ... to Waterloo/Lost Island Waterpark KOA in Waterloo, IA -- https://koa.com/campgrounds/waterloo...edium=referral .. reservation 5-4-19

June 13 ... to Estelline, SD .... per Google Maps 23 h 44 min (1,556 miles) driving time ---- reservation made 1-10-19

August 13 ... to Kansas City East KOA in Oak Grove. MO ---- https://koa.com/campgrounds/kansas-city/ ---- reservation 7-9-19

August 16 .... to St Louis West KOA in Eureka, MO ---- http://koa.com/campgrounds/st-louis-west/.... reservation

August 19 .... to Clarksville RV Park in Clarksville, TN ---- https://clarksvillervpark.com/.... reservation

August 20 .... to Asheville East KOA in Swannanoa, NC ---- https://koa.com/campgrounds/asheville-east/ ....reservation

August 22 .... back home ---- per Google Maps 24 hrs (1,586 miles) driving time ---- round trip 3,142 miles / 48 hrs 44 Min driving time

[JEBar]

things are looking up ... ... my wife has made our first three site bookings .... first picture our site on Feb 1st .... second picture our site today .... third picture a lot we own in town on March 9th .... fourth picture the same lot today .... we are most certainly looking forward to getting back out there once again

[JEBar]

just learned that our daughter and her 3 year old foster son will be flying in to join us in Estelline .. .. they will be there and attend this year's Rodeo.... last summer both of our sons flew their families out there and had a great time .... it will be a busy week for them .... in addition to the rodeo, he'll get to see a wide range of farm animals and equipment .... having him out there will be a great deal of fun ..



https://rodeosusa.com/rodeos/estelline-rodeo-days/

[JEBar]

Tuesday, April 10, 2019 ===> heavy snow falling in Estelline as this is being typed .... they are calling for a 30" accumulation .... South Dakota State University is closed through Friday .... snow plows have been pulled off of the roads .... sure hope this is winter's last assault for the folks up there

[RanchRoper]

Stay warm and dry

[JEBar]

outside of pollen in the air, today at home in NC has been beautiful .... sunny sky, low humidity, temp in the mid 70's .... we are right at 8 weeks from being out there .... surely, winter will be a somewhat distance memory by then

[JEBar]

happy to be in NC this morning .... pictures sent from near where we are slated to be in a few weeks .... the storm was just beginning

[JEBar]

the areas shown in the pictures below didn't have any snow on the ground before the storm hit yesterday

[markiver54]

Jim, I have to admire your attention to detail and trip planning! Sounds time consuming and difficult to me.
I do wish though that I was as equipped and used to such endeavors. Maybe would not seem as insurmountable then.
Maybe we can hook up again while you are at the KOA in Asheville.

[JEBar]

sure hope we can .... as you can see from our itinerary in post 1 in this thread, we're booked in there for some time on the way out and on the way back