Crazy Horse

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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

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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

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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

Wall Drug

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A couple of months back we started telling the kids about Wall Drug. We told them all about the abundance of toys, sweets, and weird things that you wouldn’t see anywhere else. They were sold. We drove the backroads until we got close to Wall, then we bombed the interstate. … Read More

Corn Palace

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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

Little House on the Prairie

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Up early in Springfield, MN, this morning we gathered ourselves up and went for a stroll around town. Came across a beautiful mural without any hint of graffiti. I don’t know if kids are just this good in Springfield or if they’ve been threatened with death, but it’s working. The … Read More

Family Fix in MN

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Back in the States doing normal in-the-states things. Like, I took a picture of a bee on a walk through a nature park. Because, well, nature. Spent a mid-August day with my dad and his wife, bundled up against the cold. We were too wimpy to take the kids out … Read More

Minnesota

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Who wouldn’t be happy to be at Grandma and Grandpa’s house? Recently Ouest decided she wanted earrings. I admit, I was in no hurry. I know in Mexico, and in the States too, that it isn’t uncommon to get a girl’s ears pierced practically the day they are born, but … Read More

Barn Find

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Look what I found in an old pole barn today. Amazing that people have these sweet cars and just let them sit in a barn, isn’t it? Actually, this is our one and only possession in the world that we have no intention of ever parting with. When we drove from … Read More