Something that I didn’t realize is how rural the area quite near us is. This is still such a new state. Much like California, before the tech boom, there was lots of farming. Also like California, there is still a…
Day 145: The World’s Largest Buffalo
We really enjoyed our hotel in Bismark. It was easily one of the best of the tour with its friendly staff, free laundry, full kitchenette and comfortable bed. We can highly recommend the Candlewood Suites there. Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/BZ_0APzLf1U We…
Day 133-134: Eastern Washington
We drove across nearly the whole state in one day. The first 120 miles across were in constant rain on mountain roads. There were few towns but loads of thick mist. It was cold enough at 55F with high humidity…
Day 96: Middle of Nowhere, Texas
We had a look around some housing in Round Rock. It was very nice, but it did look quite expensive compared to what we had seen in San Antonio. Oddly enough, the woman who showed us around was related to…
Day 84: Mississippi
We entered Mississippi first thing in the morning. It was a gloriously sunny day. Almost as soon as we got in, we saw a burning field. Mississippi was so empty. Chris commented several times there that it felt the most…
Day 83: Arkansas
We headed into rural Arkansas to meet some people who weren’t truckers. We are so clearly on a major truck route at the moment, it’s been hard, but we did find a few in the town of Biscoe: We went…
Day 78: Rural Florida and Alabama
We had one more dip in the gulf and then unfortunately had to carry on. I do like traveling, but this was hard to leave: Almost as soon as we left the coast, the Florida panhandle got very rural very…
Day 6: Mount Rushmore and Eastern Wyoming
Friday morning we finally made it to Mount Rushmore, which Chris had really wanted to see since we recently re-watched Superman 2. It did not disappoint. Sure, the parking feels like a bit of a rip off, but the actual…
Day 2: Merrier Minnesota in Mankato
We spent the first half of the second day in Mankato, MN. Mankato is a pretty chilled out place, which was refreshing after the events of day 1. We went to their local museum, BECHS. We saw several items and…
American Firsts with Laura
We spent most of Friday with my friend Laura. Chris experienced a series of fairly American firsts. The first of the firsts was a garage sale. Brighton in particular tended to be lacking in garages and therefore in garage sales.…