Mount Rushmore in South Dakota to Frankenmuth Michigan

We took a two day break from driving, at a campground near Mount Rushmore, which is near Rapid City in South Dakota. We spent a few hours at Mount Rushmore and had to be impressed with the enormity of the sculptures. Mount Rushmore has over the years, become a tourist destination and so lots of hotels, eateries and shops. Some of you may not know, but the four Presidents were carved out of the granite rock over a period of 14 years, 1927 to 1941. Each President's head is over 29 feet high. The Presidents are;George Washington on the left the first President, next is Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and then Abraham Lincoln on the far right.

Campground near Rapid City South Dakota

Mount Rushmore

Too many days of this across the US west

Campground in Minnesota 

The next four days we drove across South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and into Michigan State.. We averaged about 750km per day, not what we usually drive for sure with a trailer on behind. The scenery was boring to be polite. The drive across the Canadian Prairies is much more interesting. There was not a sign of life for the first 100km after leaving Rapid City. Gradually we began to see sparse cattle herds, but the terrain continued to be rolling, dry, grasslands with not much else. Once we were into Minnesota the land became greener. There were trees and soon there were many farms being prepared for the Spring planting. In Western Wisconsin the I-90 merges with I-94 both coming from the west and there were endless convoys of huge trucks. Understandably the closer we got to Chicago the more trucks there were. We camped just West of the city. In the morning we took I-39 to I-80 East to avoid going through downtown Chicago. It was a long way around but it worked better for us. We made Frankenmuth, Michigan by 5pm and ready for a 3 night stay to rest up, if you call shopping the Outlet Malls and doing laundry resting. We also took the opportunity to unload the truck and exchanged all our winter clothes for summer clothes. We can not believe how many clothes we had!! And then we bought even more!!