Monthly Archives: July 2014

Journey to the headwaters and a very winding road

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Bad on me for getting a later than planned start (again!) Wednesday morning. Like each of the previous stops on this trip, the C’mon Inn offered a “complimentary continental breakfast.” In his new book Carsick, John Waters makes a comment …

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Roger and Judy

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Today, Tuesday, 8 July is the last day before I start my drive down the Great River Road. I’m staying at the wonderfully named C’Mon Inn in Park Rapids tonight where I will be about 20 miles south of Itasca …

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Badlands, Wall Drug and two carved mountains – part 2 – The Presidents

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The second carved mountain. Mount Rushmore is 16 miles or so northeast from the site of the Crazy Horse Memorial – about a 25-to-35 minute-drive – depending on the vehicles ahead of you once you get onto road 244. Coming …

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Badlands, Wall Drug and two carved mountains

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I expected Monday would be one of the more ambitious days of the trip and it proved to be just that. I started a bit later than I’d planned because I miscalculated the impact of the time change when I’d …

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Heading West Days 1 and 2 of my 2014 Adventure

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It’s a new year and time for a new trip. For 2014 I opted to stay in the U S – it’s a big country, after all.  Initially, I only planned to drive the Great River Road or G R …

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