Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
Dan, Dave, Donora Who doesn’t like a good alliteration?!? We had 3 days in Mark’s hometown of Donora, visiting his Twin Brothers Dan & Dave…and Joy, Alexis, Patty, Veronica, Darlene, Al. Having such a good time visiting & eating Joy’s Home Cooking, that we totally spaced pictures!!! We did catch Read more
Short visit south of Cleveland Sunday evening we had a lovely dinner with a few of Mark’s Cleveland area cousins (Janice, Ricky, Mary, Patty) at the 1815 Tavern in Aurora. Midday Sunday (before the dinner) and Monday (before the thunderstorm and first real rain we’ve seen in awhile), we took Read more
On the southern shore of Lake Michigan Where we spent one day back in Illinois (Chicago), one day in Michigan (with “Gail’s Charlie”, Charlie-W, her baby brother, who lives ~30 minutes up the eastern shore of Lake Michigan), and one day hanging out/visiting around Beverly Shores, Indiana, where we were Read more
Near Zion, on the western shore of Lake Michigan We mostly just hung out for 2 days and spent a better part of the other 2 days going to MLB games. Our campsite was just over some dunes from Lake Michigan, so it was a very pleasant place to hang Read more
A leisurely visit after a loooooong drive We stayed in the Madison suburb of DeForest, Wisconson for 4 nights, after a 422 mile, 8+ hour day driving across all of southern Minnesota and well into Wisconsin (starting with 14 miles in South Dakota). That’s now the most miles we’ve driven Read more
Across South Dakota, almost to Minnesota Three nights, 2-day stop here, with time for 2 visits. Although, we mustn’t forget our visit enroute, in Mitchell, SD, to see the The Worlds Only Corn Palace! The exterior of the Moorish Revival building is decorated with “crop art”, i.e. the murals and designs covering the Read more
Having come South from Bismarck on route 83 to Pierre We mostly just visited the capitol in Pierre (note, it is pronounced “peer”…who knew?), as we had a pretty relaxing time here. We actually stayed across the Missouri in Fort Pierre, up on the hill, in a campsite overlooking downtown Read more
Last Stop on I-94 Heading East We’re starting the countdown on visiting our last 10 State Capitol Buildings! When we briefly visited Bismarck in 2014, we only got to a museum. First stop this time… Touring 1 new State Capitol: Other Bismarck, North Dakota visits, over 3 days Heading on Read more
Again, finally, after almost 11 years We’ve been wanting to return to Medora, ND, since we first visited in October 2014. Then we had a day and a half to visit the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt NP. Most of Medora was “closed”. Seriously. Just the Rough Rider Hotel, one Read more
1,123 Miles, ~20 hours driving (~10 hours each), in 4 Days It is NOT our “normal” travel habit to move Lizzy even 2 days-in-a-row, let alone 4. Nor do we regularly drive more than 250 miles in a single day, let alone 3 of 4 days in a row. We Read more