Day 13: July 9, 2025 – Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Jamestown, North Dakota We left the wide-open spaces of Canada behind and crossed back into the U.S., trading kilometers for miles and maple leaves for stars and stripes. It was a day of windshield time, grain silos, and horizon-chasing. Not fast, not glamorous, but steady,Continue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 13: All the Small Things”
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Glacier and Banff Day 3: Where the Streets Have No Name
Day 3, June 29, 2025 — Poplar Grove, IL → Leonard, ND The further west we go, the more the world opens up. By the afternoon, we’d left behind street signs, traffic, and strip malls—driving straight into the unknown. No cars. No mile markers. Just winding roads, rolling plains, and the creeping sense that weContinue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 3: Where the Streets Have No Name”
History, Mystery & Barbecue
Being a New Englander of a certain age means that you have been well-schooled in the Puritanical story of the first years at the Plymouth Colony – cold, miserable, and governed by harsh rules. On this leg of the trip, we wanted the kids to experience what colonial life was like in the mid-Atlantic –Continue reading “History, Mystery & Barbecue”
Wandering, But Not Lost 