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After our experiences in Cody, we finally made our way to Yellowstone National Park. Being the one of the two of us who didn't necessarily want to encounter a bear or other wild animal at night (yes, I admit of being scared), we booked ourselves a room at the Clubhouse Inn Hotel in West Yellowstone. This is a nice little town in Montana that, as the name implies, is right at the western entrance...

As you have surely heard or read, Yellowstone National Park is one of the highlights in the USA with its nature and the animals that you can experience in the wild. Therefore, there was no question that this should be our next destination on the way to the West Coast. However, once again we discovered that there are other great highlights to experience between Badlands and Yellowstone if you...

To get from the east to the west of South Dakota, it was once again many hundreds of miles or kilometers straight ahead for us. This time, however, we were rewarded upon arrival with an incredibly beautiful landscape - the Badlands National Park. Since we unfortunately could not get a free tentsite at the campground directly at the national park, we stayed at the Badlands / White River KOA...

From Chicago, Illinois, our next stop took us to Wisconsin, the 15th state in the U.S. on our trip. The state's largest city, Milwaukee, is also home to the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, founded in 1903 - the mother of American cult bikes. Of course, it was a must for us to make a stop here. So we looked for a campground near the city and finally ended up at Sander’s Park Campground near...

To get to our accommodation, the Eurostars Magnificent Mile Hotel in the North River District of downtown Chicago, we had to drive from the south through the entire city. Despite a lot of traffic, the chaos was kept within limits. Maybe that's because Chicago consists of a network of mostly one-way streets - even though I realized that facr afterwards. I was so fascinated to drive through this...