When we decided to detour off of US-20 to see Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, we knew we would be driving on I-90 a bit before picking up our scenic two-lane road again. Since we were not sure about …
It’s All in The Details: The Nebraska Sandhills
It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious. - Will Cather, My Antonia As a native of the Pacific Northwest, the Great Plains always held a Little …
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Connecting With Your Corps of Discovery
There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. - Willa Cather, My Antonia As we set off from the picture-perfect town of Galena, Illinois to …
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An All American Welcome Home in Chicago
As my children fumbled to find the words to the National Anthem at the Chicago White Sox game last week, they glared at me silently asking “why are we the only people that don’t know this song?” I …
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Start Spreading The News
We belted as we drove through upstate New York, “I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York!” Before this trip, I would always think of the vertical power of Manhattan and …
Big Expectations for Boston
Everyone I have ever talked to about Boston, says “I love Boston. What a great city!” After traversing many of Europe’s great cities for the past few years, I was not sure how Boston could live up to …
