Trip to South Dakota

The service for Arly's mother was the Tuesday after Memorial Day, so on Sunday we loaded the camper and headed west to South Dakota.

Right as we were loading the camper, Daisy came by!

Oh you know we love that when she stops by. We chase!

But that didn't last long and we got on the road.
We took our 1st break at the Ironwood MI visitor center.

Next stop was 1/2 way across Wisconsin on US2.

We've stayed at this NFS campground Wanoka many times.

The gate to block it was newly installed. This forest still
has campgrounds closed, but dispersed camping is OK.
Our forest (the Ottawa) is still closed to all but day-use.

Hours later, we got out for a little romp on the NCT in western MN.

We were here once before. Too buggy to hang around today!

We got too tired and to make it all the way,
so stopped to sleep at Lake Norden SD campground.
(Photos were taken in the morning.)

It kind of smelled fishy here, but we slept well.

Now at Chamberlain at Arly's dad house.
You know we love kids!

And we get to play games with them.

 

Ya Dahlia you can throw that for me and
I'll bring it right back!

Younger mutts stood by to learn from the master.

Dory brought Nadia over to see me. I love toddlers!

Dahlia and Summer pose with us and
can play with us any time.

And little Charmaign, too!
I did fetch lots but I've not been trained at this
and didn't know what to do next.

Dusty grilled up their very own, home grown beef.
All the 2-leggeds said, it was the best steak they'd ever had.
What a gyp - we didn't get any!

Good food, good company....an excellent way to
reminisce about Arly's mom.
Our gathering gave a new meaning to Memorial Day,
for our family.

Arly told me to "go drink" and I went to the hydrant pan.
Ya, this is real farm dog stuff.

At least save us a little bit!

Later, we heard a strange rumbling sound...look who rolled through!

Jamie and Beth plus their mutts were here from
Minneapolis.  When can we see them again?

Some like doing cartwheels. Over and over. And over again!

Ya Summer you can throw that for me.
What's Charmaign doing down there?

Next post is from Tuesday - the funeral and other stuff.