road trip
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We left Wisconsin yesterday, early in the morn’. We drove down through Dubuque, Iowa – and despite the very onomatopoeic lilt to the name, it was actually not all that vomit-worthy. Pretty non-descript, really. Jim drove all the way across Iowa, and into Nebraska. The only thing I know about Nebraska is that in the
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Since we didn’t end up going to Door County, Jim and I decided to go to Devil’s Lake, instead. We were here last December when we came for Christmas, but we only did the east side of the lake. That one was pretty tough, with lots of granite boulders to clamber over. The west side
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We have now left Yellowstone. The consensus (can there be a consensus between two people?) is that we shall have to return again someday. Off season was a neat time to come, because there were not very many people here, but it might be nice to come in better weather, to see the thermals in
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So Jim and I are here in Yellowstone! Yesterday we left Glacier National Park, early in the morning. I discovered that I somehow had left my boots in Portland, and the only shoes I had otherwise were TOMS, which are *great* hiking shoes (not). So after we got some coffee and GNP postcards, we went
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Wanna know what our roadtrip playlist is? I will tell you! We’ve been doing a lot of driving (an accumulative 22-ish hours so far, and 5-ish more today), which is a lot of time to occupy your mind. Eli West & Cahalen Morrison – Our Lady of the Tall Trees Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott
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So, hello La Grande, goodbye La Grande. It was a super short visit – Jim dropped me off and headed back to Pendleton to play and record some music with friends, and I hung out with my mom a little. She had to work both nights & sleep somewhere in between, so I had a
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