Well, North Dakota, you are a tough state to get through. Not as tough as Kansas mind you, but nonetheless, difficult. You do offer some “Roadside America” finds such as this, and this. Of course, there is the Teddy Roosevelt National Park which Brooks was looking forward to seeing after doing a year-long National History […]
Month: July 2017
Go West, Young Man (and Woman)!
Horace Greeley’s sentiment has never really resonated with me. I have always been an East Coast girl (and Midwest girl), my heart always in New England. For the past week, my heart has been both literally and figuratively in Montana. Rock Creek Cattle Company is in Deer Lodge, Montana. It is a 30,000 acre […]
Natural Disaster, Part Two
I feel like a bit of a fraud. After my reflections on the experience of seeing America through RVing, we ended up at a fancy ranch in Montana for the past week. I will admit that it was nice to have a lovely “cabin” with amenities such as a real toilet, activites such as […]
Ahh, but ain’t that America
Today, we explored the west side of South Dakota. I am amazed at the beauty of this state. I assumed we would see mostly flat prairie with Mt. Rushmore emerging in the middle of it all. Boy, was I wrong. Our first stop was the Crazy Horse Memorial. The sculpture is impressive, however, the family […]
Pine Ridge and Red Shirt Table
We woke up early Thursday and headed toward Pine Ridge Reservation where our church, Southport Congregational does mission work. On our way, we stopped at the Wounded Knee Battlefield. We continued on to our destination through desolate, but beautiful countryside Upon arriving, we were greeted by many familiar faces and lots of hugs. What is […]