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An Arizona Story
Day 24 of our virtual road trip takes us south from Utah to Arizona… and of course I have to share about the Grand Canyon. I’ve been there twice (in 2006 and 2015), both times for short visits. Our 2006 visit to the Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Our 2015 visit to the Grand Canyon: Our Visit to the Grand Canyon…
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A Utah Story
Day 23 of our virtual road trip takes us southwest from Wyoming to Utah. Here’s the account of one of my favorite days we have spent in Utah: Bryce Canyon National Park Have you been to Utah? If so, please share a memory in the comments! That will make this series even more fun!
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A Wyoming Story
Day 22 of our virtual road trip takes us north from Colorado to Wyoming. We have driven across Wyoming many times and spent the night as we passed through several times as well. The main things that are distinctive about Wyoming to me are the wind and the antelope. It seems like it is always windy as we drive across the Wyoming plains……
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A Colorado Story
Day 21 of our virtual road trip takes us southwest from South Dakota to Colorado. We lived in Colorado from January 2014 to May 2016, and we have also visited it several times. For today’s post I’m going to re-share a few of previous posts I’ve written about some of my favorite experiences in Colorado: Pikes Peak The John Wayne Room…
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A South Dakota Story
Day 20 of our virtual road trip takes us south from North Dakota to South Dakota. When I was a little girl I had no idea where South Dakota was, but I had seen pictures of Mount Rushmore with the four presidents carved into the mountain. Funny story about that: I honestly thought that was a natural phenomena! I mean, why else…
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A North Dakota Story
Day 19 of our virtual road trip takes us west from Minnesota to North Dakota. My first visit to North Dakota was in 2007 on the same road trip I mentioned yesterday. We were traveling with our trailer that year. We had crossed Montana and pulled into a rest area near Theodore Roosevelt National Park after dark the night before. We…
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A Minnesota Story
Day 18 of our virtual road trip takes us northeast from Nebraska to Minnesota. The first time I visited Minnesota was on our road trip vacation in 2007. My favorite stop of the day was in Walnut Grove, the setting of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s On the Banks of Plum Creek. I think that’s a total of four “Little House” locales I’ve…
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A Nebraska Story
Day 17 of our virtual road trip takes us north from Kansas to Nebraska. I haven’t spent a lot of time in Nebraska, though I’ve been through it several times. This picture was taken on one of our road trips, in either Iowa or Nebraska, I’m not sure which. And that’s kinda how Nebraska is– the scenery just sort of blends…
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A Kansas Story
Day 16 of our virtual road trip takes us west from Missouri to Kansas. I moved to Eldorado, Kansas in 1985 as a young bride. Lyle and I lived there for a total of 11.5 years, moving to Idaho in 1998. (We lived in California for about 15 months in the late 1980s.) For some reason, I had a hard time…
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A Missouri Story
Day 15 of our virtual road trip takes us southwest from Indiana to Missouri. My parents moved from Ohio to West Plains, Missouri when I was in college. Well, actually they didn’t move to West Plains–that was just their mailing address. They lived in the country outside of West Plains. They bought some property with a half-finished house on it, and…
