Heading to South Dakota

We are heading to South Dakota to take care of business. We are leaving Las Vegas on Tuesday and will be traveling a little more then 1000 miles in three days.

Our first night we stayed in Fillmore, Utah at a Passport America Park called Wagons West RV Park. It had large pull through sites so we were able to leave our 5th wheel hooked up. Today we drove 281 miles. The next few days we are not doing any sightseeing as these are just travel days meant to get to South Dakota.

Wagons West RV Park - Fillmore, UT

As we headed up Interstate 15 and turned up the I80 past Park City our new truck really showed us what a beast it is! We were able to keep it in cruise control and maintain 60+ mph speeds up 6-7% grades. The old truck would have struggled up this grade. These new generation trucks are really amazing!

We arrived in Wyoming. For some reason there are no cheap campgrounds in Wyoming. At least not where we are traveling. Some fairgrounds have RV sites they will rent out when they do not have any events happening. They are usually a better price then regular campgrounds. We found such a deal in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

This is the Sweetwater Events Center. They have 1200 full hookup RV spots that are full during their county fair. The day we arrived there was only 5 other rigs there! They charge $25.00 per night which is a little pricey, but for Wyoming it is the cheapest I could find.

Rock Springs, WY

You can see that there are boards between the spaces. The hookups are way behind the rear boards. I found a double spot and went in sideways to get closer to the hookups so I didn't have to unhook the truck. Because there was only 6 of us there, the camp host did not mind! LOL.

On this leg of the trip we have driven 303 miles.

Our last stop before we arrived in South Dakota was Lusk, Wyoming. The only discount they were supposed to offer was Good Sam's 10%. The reason I said supposed to offer was because when I arrived and started to pay I was informed they no longer offered it. This was the most we have paid at a campground to date at $37.00. Since it was only 1 night and the only other park in town was not as nice and higher, we stayed. Today's leg of the trip was 331 miles.

Lusk, WY

We arrived at Hart Ranch in Rapid City, SD on Friday morning. It was only 144 miles from Lusk, Wy to Hart Ranch. Hart Ranch is an RPI park so we are supposed to stay for $10.00 a night. They do charge an extra $5.00 electricity charge, but we think Hart Ranch is about the nicest place we have stayed at!

Hart Ranch Rapid City, SD

This is our campsite #189 we were assigned at Hart Ranch. So many places we go to are called "Resorts". Hart Ranch really deserves that moniker.

Hart Ranch Site #189

We are here for 2 weeks. We will get our drivers licenses, set up our voter registration and solidify our South Dakota domicile. While we are here we will also do a lot of sightseeing. If we get a chance we will also try to rest up from our quick trip here!

Love you,

God Bless,

Brian and Patty