Category: Travelling
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Day 6, Sioux Falls to Two Inlets Resort, MN
We made it! We have arrived! Two Inlets Resort. Here’s a view from our cabin: Al has tested the waters and fished from our private dock. I am slowly allowing myself not to think any longer, although I have allowed myself some loon gazing. Other than that, no…
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Day 5, Spearfish to Sioux Falls, SD
GAD! I am sooooooo full!!!!! But you don’t need to know how I’ve been in a feeding frenzy since we left Eureka. Picture a piranha. Enough said. We had a choice this morning–go to Mt. Rushmore or Deadwood. We opted for Deadwood. What a great town—like stepping into the late…
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Day 4, Cheyenne, WY to Spearfish, SD
Here we are in Spearfish, South Dakota which is just East of the Wyoming border and 20 minutes North of Deadwood in the Black Hills. We basically drove due north from Cheyenne to to northern part of Wyoming today. It was history day and lots of fun. Maggie, back in…
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Day 3, SLC to Cheyenne, WY
Ahhhhhhhhh. It feels good to stop driving, knowing that tomorrow’s going to be a minimal day so that we can explore Devil’s Tower–a place I’ve always wanted to see since Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Who knows? Maybe we’ll get lucky and have our own Close Encounter–get to ride…
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Nevada was first investigated by Jedediah Smith. He’s big over in Northern California. We’ve got the Smith River named after him and a State park as well. Interesting guy. Tough. Had his scalp ripped half off by a bear, I believe, and then had someone hold the thing in place…
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Day 1, Reno
The drive from Eureka to Reno is one of my favorite stretches of road, especially around Lassen National Park, the Southern Most tip of the Cascade Range. Interstate 44. Near Shingletown, CA. Don’t you love the name of that town? Today’s trip was lovely and long, mainly because we got…
