The road trip through Ouest’s eyes. I think Ouest did a good job of showing what it’s like to view the world from the backseat. It’s a far different perspective than we adults get looking through the giant lens of a windshield. I did notice in Ouest’s pictures that there … Read More
Pendleton
We stopped off at a small state park, and a number of small towns on our way to Pendleton. Nothing exciting. No great sites. Just a little driving broken up with playgrounds and walks in the park. Pendleton in the evening.
Ontario… Oregon
We’re getting on near the two week mark and the pace has certainly begun to pick up. Two weeks is enough time in hotel rooms. We’re ready to get to Grammy’s and eat some home cooking again. At least Ali and I are. The kids haven’t said a word. They … Read More
Average Cruising Speed
It was a beautiful, but freezing morning in West Yellowstone when we drove off. We pretty much put a 150 mile or so max on our days. Any more than that and we don’t enjoy ourselves. Thanks to a lot of rewards points we’re also hopping across the States from … Read More
Yellowstone
First off, just let me say, Yellowstone is no place to see in one day. It’s ridiculous, really. But when on a cross-country drive, having Yellowstone fall in between Point A and Point B works out okay. Our day in Yellowstone left me feeling a little dirty, like the worst … Read More
Cowboy Country
After a night in Buffalo we continued west into the Bighorn Mountains. Gorgeous. The absolute best time of year with the crisp air, bright fall colors, and blue skies. We crossed over a pass at just about 10,000 feet but really had no idea we had been climbing so far, … Read More
Devil’s Tower
Into Wyoming we go. Eighth largest state, and also the least populous. Also a place where entire towns are for sale. This one looks promising. From about fifteen miles out Devil’s Tower starts to appear around bends in the road. The horses came sauntering in about five minutes late. And went … Read More
Crazy Horse
We spent the night in Hill City, and after a quick breakfast zipped down the road a few miles to the Crazy Horse monument. We hadn’t been expecting too much. You can see it from the road, and it’s cool and all, but, well… Well, we went in, and the … Read More
Mount Rushmore
We love this place. Nothing—aside from maybe the Statue of Liberty—screams “America” quite so loudly. We’ve been telling the kids about Mount Rushmore for months now, and I was a little afraid that maybe we had overdone it. But then, a couple of hours after we had left, Lowe said out of … Read More
Badlands
The Badlands begin right down the street from Wall. I can’t imagine how unexpected this land had to be for the early pioneers—and how unwelcome. Somehow every time we come through the Badlands the temperature soars to one hundred. It doesn’t matter what the weather is like in the rest … Read More
Corn Palace
We motored back out onto I-90 this morning with Mitchell, South Dakota on the radar. Along the way we spotted a giant bulls head (sort of) and had to stop, because it was ridiculous, and we needed to pee. Turns out some farmer with moderate welding skills is also a … Read More