We made it!
A covid-hazed homecoming
Leaving South Dakota, our route home included a quick stop outside of Madison, Wisconsin, to catch up with an old high school friend of Marida's, and then have a longer…
From the viewing platform at the Visitors Center
Crazy Horse and Rushmore
Crazy Horse We took a day trip to this fascinating and controversial monument. The sculpture itself - in process of being carved out of a whole mountain - is overwhelming…
Sod house, prairie homestead
Prairie homestead and other sights
Marida has always been curious about sod houses - like, seriously? People lived their whole lives in a house dug into the earth and topped with turf? We visited one…
At the stables
Custer State Park
Driving west from the Badlands, you spot the Black Hills in the distance, dark and almost ominous rising above the brown desert. Then you arrive, and it's an oasis of…
Prairie Dog Town
Badlands National Park
The burnt orange landscape and dry heat of eastern South Dakota were a challenge after Michigan and Minnesota. This was also our first experience camping with no electricity. We used…
George Floyd Square
Minneapolis
From Michigan's Upper Peninsula, we made a beeline for Minneapolis to visit another favorite nephew, Paul Jones and his fabulous wife Rachel. By this time we had been camping for…
Michigan Upper Peninsula
Grand Marais We camped in Grand Marais, on the northeastern corner of the Upper Peninsula. This is a miniscule town, but with beautiful views and sunsets over the lake that…
Heading out – via Ohio and Michigan
In which our heroes rent and pack the conestoga wagon and take a friends & family filled meander out west.