It is estimated that between 20,000 and 30,000 pioneers died along the arduous Oregon Trail. That is the equivalent of 10 graves per mile. As we were driving across some of the most challenging …
What South Dakota Knows About Moving Mountains
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked-out systems or traditional blueprints from the past. - …
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Questions in Cooperstown
We have noticed a pattern as we have been traveling through important historical places in the past few weeks. As we walked over the North Bridge in Concord, where the first shots of the …
The Cost of Being A Pilgrim
Standing at the harbor in Plymouth, Massachusetts on a sunny Saturday morning, it is clear why the Pilgrims on the Mayflower decided to come ashore in 1620. Few people realize that the Pilgrims …
One Good Reason Not to Travel
There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly? ~ Erin Hanson “So mom, I calculated electricity and internet and food …
Are You Spinning Your Wheels?
In July of 2001, I was on my honeymoon in Paris. I will never forget sitting in our quaint hotel room with faded walls and dusty rose curtains, watching French television early one evening. The …
