Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 10th, 2007 No Comments »
    After finding out that most of the Yellowstone National Park entrances were closed due to weather conditions, we had to come up with plan B. We first left Rapid City in South Dakota at around 8 am this morning heading to Devils Tower National Monument, a volcanic neck which rises 1267 feet (386m) [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
We started early in the morning (since we are now in Mountain Time Zone, we were gaining one hour!). The first landmark we visited was Mount Rushmore, a monumental granite sculpture with 60-foot (18m) sculptures of the heads of former U.S.Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It is stunning and overwhelming [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Today we had a pretty early start; we left the hotel at 7 am while temperatures showed 7 degrees, brrrr! We had 774 miles in front of us (from Madison, Wisconsin to Rapid City, South Dakota). During the first few hours we experienced bad weather condition: fog, strong wind gusts, and we spotted several cars [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 7th, 2007 No Comments »
    Today we drove 90 miles to Milwaukee which is the largest city of Wisconsin. Milwaukee is also known for “The City of Festivals†because of its great number of ethnic and musical festivals, the largest of which is the Summerfest (which is comparable to the Oktoberfest in Munich). Since Milwaukee is also called the [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 6th, 2007 No Comments »
We left Cleveland yesterday around 10 am, the drive was quiet difficult since we experienced several snowstorms and wind gusts of 35mph kicked in later on. After driving 380 miles west, we arrived in Chicago. We checked in at the Hyatt Rosemont close to the O’Hare airport at around 4pm. Later on we checked out [...]