Hello Friends,

Glad I found this informative forum.
I am planning to hit my first ever long American road expedition this July with my wife, son and baby daughter. I will be leaving from Chicago, stopping over at following locations prior to reaching Yellowstone National Park and back within 8 days:

From Chicago to Wisconsin Dells, WI (1 night stay)
to Minneapolis, MN (Mall of America), MN (1 night)
to Mt Rushmore Area, SD (2 nights)
to Yellowstone Area, WY (2 nights)

I have a brand new Honda Odyssey as my vehicle.

Could you guys please share your experience and any guidance, something which will help build our first ever long outing to be a memorable.

Any good place for kids, to eat, to stop, to visit, to know.

Basically, we wish to celebrate her daughter's 1st ever birthday in Mt Rushmore with our grreat Presidents.

So go ahead, share...

Thanks much,

Nisar