Kentucky / Paddling / South Dakota / USA / Virginia
Changing Course
As a whitewater paddler, I’ve always wanted to see the world class rapids of the Russell Fork. It was the expert test piece for my era, steep and difficult–and well …
Category: South Dakota
Leftovers
After a great visit in Cleveland with my brother and sister in law, we’re back home in Virginia. Our recent road trip included 12 states, six national parks/monuments, a dozen …
This Palace is All Ears
A few posts ago, I mentioned that there were some stops that one just has to make on a road trip. The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota is one …
Holiday Road
Our Fourth of July started with breakfast at a diner in the Badlands that included Sioux frybread with wojapi, a traditional berry dish. While there, we tapped into wifi to …
A Wall of People
One of the amazing things about this country is the amount of “must-stop” places on road trips that don’t offer much in the way of a reason to stop–except to …
Black and Tan
We are making our way east by way of the Badlands after a nice visit with my brother and his wife in the Black Hills. We drove the Needles Highway, …
Home Again
Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel some years ago that suggested that you can’t go home again…and he’s wrong. We just finished visiting my former home, Rapid City, South Dakota, and …
Short Memories
We’ve made our way down to Rapid City, South Dakota, by way of Bowman, Bell Fourche, and Devil’s Tower. Rapid City was my childhood home, and Suzy has endured countless …
Michigan / Minnesota / North Dakota / Ohio / South Dakota / USA / Wyoming
If you see a fork in the road, take it.
A cross country trip by car is a cultural cliché in the US, helped along by National Lampoon’s Vacation, the book Blue Highways, catchy quotes from Yogi Berra, and untold …