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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
End of an AMAZING Month in Alaska We left Skagway in the late afternoon Wednesday, on the Alaska Marine Highway. That means we took the ~7-hour ferry ride to Juneau (with a stop in Haines), down Lynn Canal, a long, narrow fjord. It is the deepest fjord in North America, Read more
Arriving via two 45-minute Alaska Seaplanes flights Our flights from Sitka to Juneau and on to Skagway (in a Cessna Caravan 208) felt like a sightseeing trip, flying mostly over the mountains on a beautiful day. Gail even sat in the co-pilot seat, for the 1st leg. On the second Read more
Beginning of our last week in Alaska, on-our-own Gail woke up about 2:30 am and looked out the window, expecting it to be “just dark” as on previous nights. NO! All kinds of lights on the shore. So she opened the door to get a better picture, and scared the Read more