1996 Family Trip Highlights

(On this trip we were accompanied by Malgosia Kubacka from Poland)
Drive from Toronto via Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie to
Michigan

Driving via St. Ignace and hwy 2
Camping at Indian Lake State Park
Driving via Escanabaand Menominee to

Wisconsin

Drive thru Wausau
Camping at Lake Wissota State Park - near Eau Claire

Minnesota

Visited Bloomington - Mall of Americas (biggest mall in the USA)
Drive thru Minnesota via Alexandria to Moorhead
Camping at Buffalo River State Park

North Dakota

Drive thru to Sterling (east of Bismarck) and south to

South Dakota

Camping at Farm Island State Recreation Area near Pierre
Drive to Rapid City and then to Hot Springs
Camping at Angostura St. Recreation Area
Main places visited:
    Badlands National Park
    Custer State Park
    Mount Rushmore National Monument
    Crazy Horse Monument
    Buffalo Gap National Grassland






Drive thru corner of Nebraska to

Wyoming

Drive via Cheyenne to Laramie
Visited Laramie Territorial Prison
 
 

Colorado

Camping at Barbour Pond St.Rec. Area - north of Denver
and at Chatfield State Park - south of Denver
Main places visited:
    Lookout Mountain - Buffalo Bill's Grave
    Denver
    Rocky Mountain Amphitheatre - Red Rocks
    US Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs
    Garden of the Gods - Colorado Springs





 
Drive via Genoa and Burlington to

Kansas

Drive thru Kansas via Salinas, Topeka, Kansas City
Dropped in to Sherman Wildlife Area

Missouri

Drive via Columbia
Camping at Graham Cave State Park
Visited St. Louis - Gateway Arch


 
Drive north to

Illinois

Visited Chicago
Stayed at friends place (Marek's)


 
Drive to

Michigan

Camping at Van Buren State Park.

Drive via Grand Rapids, Flint to
 
Frankenmuth
 

Drive via Port Huron, London back to Toronto
 
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Created 04 December 1997