Category: Travel
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Scotts Bluff National Monument
I always make it a goal to do more than just “drive through” a state. In the case of Nebraska, the Scotts Bluff National Monument was a great place to stop and stretch my legs on the way from Denver to South Dakota. I was pleasantly surprised how beautiful this place was, and how perfect…
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Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin – done
It started in Colorado, then through Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and finally where I’m writing this in Illinois. That’s eight states. I’m calling it the “six states trip” because I’ve been to Illinois and Colorado in the past. So, six new states. I wrote about Nebraska and the Dakotas yesterday and…
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Checking boxes on Nebraska and the Dakotas
Over the past two days, in a push to visit a few states that have thus far gone untraveled, I successfully made it through Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. In that time, I’ve also visited six national parks: I’ll be making a post for each of these, as well as thoughts on the states…
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11,000 Miles: The Long Road Home
After weeks of driving, exploring, and introducing Rylan and Roman to their country, Tina and the kids had had enough of spending their summer days watching the miles tick by in the truck. For them, the adventure was over and it was time to go home and get ready for a new school year. With…
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11,000 Miles: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
In the moment, we thought nothing of the distance; but in retrospect, this was a terrifyingly long way from Florida. The grand finale of our trip was the farthest point from home, in Wyoming. Yellowstone is as expected – beautiful, remote, serene. Okay, I lied about the “serene” part. During the height of the season…
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11,000 Miles: Alabama Hills, California
On the long trip from Kanab to the Sacramento, Tina and I stopped here in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine and Mount Whitney to do some legitimate boondocking for the first time on this trip. I’ve been here before, and it’s one of my favorite places in the country for it’s solitude and beauty.