North Dakota – What to Do?
July 31st, 2015
Saying hello is awkward. Saying goodbye is hard. Waking up to my final morning in Montana was hard, but a quick pack, and multiple goodbye’s later, and I was on my 9 hour speed run for the border: North Dakota. Sleeping in a rest stop, and watching the sun set one last time in Montana, […]
Montana – Departing Thoughts
July 28th, 2015
Montana, what an amazing state. Though I again only saw a small sliver of it as I zoomed through on my way to meet with friends, I was struck with how empty the Eastern half of the state was. All the beauty and amazing-ness of the state seemed to be confined to the Western half. […]
Montana – Rockin and Relaxin
July 27th, 2015
Thoroughly exhausted from the backpacking trip and getting home extremely late, we decided to get up early. Kidding. We slept in, and it was glorious. A relaxing morning playing with Samuel (Max’s 2 year old nephew) and we went off to run some errands. First stop was the local REI to snag a climbing harness […]
Montana – Sigthts and Moving On
July 20th, 2015
Saturday morning we slept in, late. Waking up at 8:30, I felt still tired, but refreshed enough for a fun and work filled day. A quick breakfast and some house chores, we piled into the car and went downtown to check out the local Missoula Farmers Market. It was schanzzy. The farmers market is broken […]
South Dakota – Departing Thoughts
July 16th, 2015
South Dakota. I still grapple with the thought that I didn’t actually see the whole state as I had the previous week in Wyoming. But instead, I immersed myself into one of its national forests, the Black hills, and two of its towns, Custer and Rapid City. My whole week only spent in the south […]
South Dakota – Rapid City
July 11th, 2015
Arriving just in time for the Thursday evening music festival was a stellar introduction to Rapid City. The sound booming through the streets, the dance infection slowly spreading and receding in waves. A setting sun cast orange, blue and red glows on the already vibrant city as musicians closed their sets with classics anyone could […]
South Dakota – Black Hills day 2
July 11th, 2015
Finding “home” in darkness will never be easy. Obvious signs shrouded by oncoming head lights, sketchy dirt roads being private, and horrible maps with no scale or markers all make the task its own dilemma. Thankfully I did slightly plan ahead by download a map of America to my phone before the trip, knowing that […]
Wyoming – Wild Iris / Lander
July 6th, 2015
Departing Yellowstone and the Tetons was hard, I could spend months just there hiking and exploring around, but my crazy time table said it was time to say good bye. The next leg wouldn’t be solo, and human interaction sounded nice. A person to discuss how crazy this week had been, being only 4 days […]