Home Leave Road Trip - Mt Rushmore & Crazy Horse South Dakota

 

The initial idea and destination of our road trip was Mount Rushmore. However, the journey and everything else we saw and did along the way there and back is the real reason some goals are better achieved as a driving trip.

Home Leave Road Trip - Kansas & Nebraska

 

Our road trip to Mt Rushmore from Texas required driving for a day through some seemingly uninteresting areas of Kansas and Nebraska. We still managed to find a few things to see along the way with a little rest stop.

Home Leave Road Trip - Wichita & Lindsborg Kansas

 

We sometimes do a little road tripping from our home in Texas and I decided it was time to see Mt Rushmore. Here's some pics from Wichita and Lindsborg Kansas along the way. Lindsborg is a cute little Swedish influenced town even though there's very few Swedish speakers left. They trace their roots to Sweden and have a museum about it.

Bousaada Algeria

We took a long weekend road trip with our coworkers and friends to Bousaada Algeria. It doesn't rank as one of our best trips in Algeria, which is probably Djanet, but it was a good weekend seeing something new. It was mostly a relaxing time with good food and the occasional interesting thing to see.

Djanet Algeria Day 5

 

Our final day in Djanet was another great one of beauty as we headed back to paved roads and civilization. We went to the town and some shopping for the group. Our final meal was a dinner campsite near the airport to be ready for our late night flight back to Algiers.

Djanet Algeria Day 4

It was another day on our trek through the desert to see amazing views, carvings, and drawings. There probably isn't much more to write about compared to other days, so this will be mostly more pictures.

Djanet Algeria Day 3

We continued our journey east to the edge of the open desert. We ended the day with the most stunning views from the highest sand dune that I've ever seen and have definitely ever climbed.

Djanet Algeria Day 2

Morning has broken. It's quiet in the desert. We had no connectivity with the rest of the world, so all we had was ourselves. It was a great trip for unplugging from the nonsense of the online world.

Djanet Algeria Day 1

We went deep in the Sahara to Djanet Algeria for five days of camping, prehistoric rock art, sand, driving, food, more sand, and even some live music. It was an amazing adventure as our time in Algeria comes to an end this summer.