August 31, 2014 Sunday  A Day to Plan

Lib and I spent some time planning today.  Just for the record, we have driven about 2,367 miles. We are getting about 11.7 mpg when towing Creme Puff and that is pretty normal.  Elevation makes a huge difference and we have been going "up, up, up" since we left Pensacola.  I got about 10 mpg towing Creme Puff straight up this mountain from Boulder to Estes Park.  When we went back to Boulder the next day, without Creme Puff attached, I got over 30mpg!  Of course, I was going downhill almost all the way.

We leave Estes Park in the am and travel north to Mount Rushmore where we will spend several days. From Rushmore we plan on touring the Bad Lands one day.  That will be a lot of driving but everyone says its worth it.

We will leave South Dakota next Saturday and go to the Custer Battlefield where we will spend a day. There is a great new documentary on the battlefield.  You may be able to get it through Netflix but Google can probably locate it if you are interested.  Once we leave "The Last Stand" which is now incorrect according to the new evidence, we will head to Yellowstone on the 8th.  Michelle Steward arrives there on the 12th so we will see what mischief we can get into!