This heat really needs to drop!. travelling across the north in a van is proving pretty hard in this heat- we have even cracked and are using the A/C!!! With hundreds of miles in-between each city and a few stops before reaching our next major destination being Chicago, we are having to break up the driving hours over a few days and stops in a few random places. Although this time is muchly valued, allowing us to plan for the next steps of our journey and maybe ...

Although we had hoped to spend July 4th in Cody for the street party we decided to make tracks and head to Rapid City to see what it had to offer and as it stands...not all that much :( ...even the locals were a little confused to as to why we were there, didn't like to mention it was just a stop over to bigger and better things, this aside we still had a good time, plus they all dig Marv here, obviously have amazing taste...! It was blistering hot so being ou...