Our final leg of the journey is the trip back to Kansas. We take a mixture of highways and interstates across Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas; wanting to savor the journey and wanting to get home. As we leave Colorado, it is only fitting that we see an excellent sunset forming behind us, and as… Continue reading The Journey’s Sunset

Our two day auto sojourn westward on US Hwy 12 from Willmar, Minnesota, to Helena, Montana, was a delightful experience. The scenery was lovely and the two-lane roads were nearly empty of travelers save us and a few locals from time to time. There was even very little road construction – having remarked about that… Continue reading US Hwy 12 – Minnesota to Montana

In central South Dakota on US Hwy 12 and just a pinch below the border with North Dakota, the mighty and muddy Missouri River picks up steam as it arcs downward and eastward. At this location in 1906, a railroad bridge was built to span the river. The town that grew there with construction of… Continue reading Mobridge Relics

Lemmon, South Dakota, is the proud home of an extraordinary display of petrified wood. In the early 1900s, O.S. Quammen, an amateur geologist, discovered vast remains of prehistoric plant remains – grasses, trees and other flora, along with some dinosaur and other prehistoric fossils. Quammen managed to secure funding through the Works Progress Administration to… Continue reading Petrified in Lemmon

Beautiful by day, northern Iowa and southern Minnesota lake country makes for not only beautiful but interesting driving just before sundown. Rolling hills, green, lush pastures, streams, marshes and lakes lit by the evening sun’s hues of pinks, purples and blues. We had just driven through a series of late afternoon and evening showers when… Continue reading Little Tip for Driving at Night in Lake Country