Category: Pacific Northwest Trip
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Badlands National Park
Located in southwest South Dakota, the Badlands National Park is comprised of 379 square miles of stunningly beautiful rock formations and protected grasslands. The area was first designated as a National Monument in 1939 and re-designated as a National Park in 1978. To learn the difference between a Park and Monument read this. The Park…
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A little scary
The western part of the US has experienced some frightening weather. We experienced a little taste of that today. There was a thunder storm warning issued for Interior, SD at 4:15 PM. The storm started right on schedule and lasted 45 minutes. Winds and were strong and sustained. There were moments when we thought the…
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Where are we?
The temperature is approaching 100 degrees and we see what appears to be a sculpture of a larger than life horse and bull’s head off in the distance as we drive west on Route 90. These sculptures were visible from miles away and we were compelled to investigate. We took exit 374 for Montrose and…
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Ho, Ho, Ho…
Visiting Blue Earth, Minnesota, we ran into an old acquaintance. He is 55 feet tall and wears an off-the-shoulder dress. The Jolly Green Giant was installed on July 6, 1979 as part of a local promotional effort. Interesting fact, a portion of the back half of the Green Giant had to be designed because it…
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Encountered along the way…
Visiting relatives in Ohio and Michigan and the gravesite of a college friend in Iowa doesn’t make for a particularly interesting read, but it did create precious memories for us. There have been beautiful, interesting and odd sites a long the way. Here are a few from the last three days. Food photos for our…
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Why did we make a special trip to Salem, Iowa and why are we chasing shade?!
First, this was a special and important stop for Sue to visit the grave of a dear college friend. I had always planned to visit Penny when I retired only to learn that I lost the opportunity to reconnect with her. Penny died in 2019. We met at the University of Colorado (CU) in the…
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Travel Day 1: Where did we stay?
We emptied the refrigerator, turn off the water and stopped the mail. We are finally on the road. We are heading west to Northern Ohio and Michigan to visit family on the way to the Pacific Northwest. The first leg of the trip included the Pennsylvania turnpike from King of Prussia, PA to where it…
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A few improvements before we leave (Part One)
Class B RV’s are built on a van chassis from the prior year. Our 2020 Pleasure-Way is built on a 2019 Ford Transit chassis. Unfortunately for us, the 2019 chassis lacks many safety and convenience features, such as blind spot detection, a tire pressure monitoring system and swivel seats, that are standard on the 2020…
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About our home on wheels
I hope to write more about RV’s in general but thought I would start by letting all of you know what we will be living in during our extended trip (except for occasional hotel stays). During the lock-down months of March, April, May and June of 2020 we researched RVs by watching YouTube videos and…
