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Day 38: Evanston, home of Northwestern and Bahai

I’ve made it to the Lake Michigan! Stopped by Northwestern Uni, no one here, school is out. My cuz would be here but alas he is studying in Spain. My grandmother used to live just a few blocks north of Northwestern so I figured I would check out the old family home. I turns out [...]

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Day 37: Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin, man this is a big place. Nice campus architecture. Prepare for snow if you go to school here. A nice David Roberts gauche and watercolor piece in the University Museum. State Capital with a dome nearly the size of the capitol in DC. ..and little security, just one cop who was listening [...]

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Day 36 Twin cities, holiday cheer

“O Ya…dis happens all de timmme…now it’s Fargo ized.” that was what the mechanic said when he finished working on the truck and I waited in Burger King for most of the day! Yum, Super size me too. Back on the road. Couldn’t wait for a bud after all those burgers. Major landscape element: grain [...]

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Day 35: Stuck in Frozen Fargo..

We were supposed to have snow at Morgan’s last night, this was the morning view. No Snow yo. The plains south of Bismarck. More black Angus, getting hungry. The super is part with ethanol, making it cheaper than normal gas. Cheapest gas so far in America, $2.89! Another great coffee shop in a far corner [...]

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Day 34: Visting Morgan at Standing Rock

Morgan is working for the tribe www.standingrock.org and he is trying to trade me USDA dehydrated eggs for fresh ones, NO! It’s just like Peace Corps all over again! Good food and beer were much needed in this corner of the great USA. Fifty miles south of the roaring capital city of Bismark, ND. This [...]

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Day 33: Driving to South Datoka Indian Reservation

I couldn’t pass up this shot! Oh my god it’s another car! Just a few mins and I’ll be in Bismarck. Black Angus….very tasty! The only another thing that was moving in the landscape was the rail. Trains were miles long. Mandan North Datoka is major rail depot.

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Day 32: R&D from the slopes

I’m taking it easy today at the Living Stone Inn Motel, in Livington, Montana, a great place to hang out why all this wind moves through…I was thinking about this quote on the slopes and for some strange reason the movie “Hunt for Red October” came on AMC…oh fate! It is the only memorable quote [...]

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Day 31: Big Big Sky

View from the top Sweet jo, first tracks Avalanche Pups Chair Rescue Gondola Rescue A nice hill!

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Day 30: Driving to Bozeman

This cat was really hungry Saved by the attack cat My own tour guide Lyndel a native of Montana Private tour of the house, Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Original Murphy bed Lyndel is a lifer in the NPS This was weird… an electric Milwaukee Road engine from the 1950s in Red Lodge, Montana. [...]

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Day 29: Missoula, Montana

My truck got dusted…it ran well over the Lolo last night. Downtown Missoula, I spent most of the day the University of Montana talking with folks at in the geography department.

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