Tag Archives: road trip across the US

Travel plans for what to do? Not much.

Posted on October 26, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We have our travel destinations planned out for a year in advance, but, if you ask us what we plan to do while we’re at most of them, we don’t have a clue. We had booked our next stop at … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged art, Barnstable, Edward Gorey, Edward Gorey house, Hyannis, Massachusetts, road trip across the US, Sandy Neck State Park, travel, Yarmouth Port | 9 Comments

Maine

Posted on October 17, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We love the state of Maine – enough to have lived there many years ago when we were both teachers. We didn’t live near the coast but in the northern woods on the Kennebec River near the small town of … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged Bingham, Farnsworth Art Museum, Freeport, Maine, Owl’s Head, road trip across the US, Rockland, Rockwell Kent, travel, Viles Arboretum, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park | 4 Comments

Travel through a fog

Posted on October 8, 2018 by simpletravelourway

A year before our road trip across the US and Canada, we started selecting destinations that we really wanted to see as we worked our way from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Bet you’d be surprised that little Amherst Island … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada - Ontario | Tagged Amherst Island, bird watching, Canada, common grackle, leopard frog, road trip across the US, travel | 7 Comments

Variations on a Theme

Posted on September 25, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We often take an evening walk, and, when we travel, the scenery on our walks varies a lot. Some nights what we see is frankly a bit boring, but other nights (like the one in Minnesota’s Grand Marais) it’s pure … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, US - miscellaneous | Tagged Grand Marais, Mangy Moose Motel, Minnesota, photography, road trip across the US, travel | 8 Comments

A garden tucked into a park

Posted on September 21, 2018 by simpletravelourway

As our car zipped down the highway into Minneapolis, we saw a sign for a garden. Not too far away, we thought. We remembered the garden a few days later and headed back to check it out with our old … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, gardens, Minneapolis, Minnesota, road trip across the US, travel, wildflowers | 8 Comments

Better than Expected

Posted on September 18, 2018 by simpletravelourway

We loved our road trip through the American west! So, Beth was a bit down as we left the western states and turned eastward into Minnesota. The western states had signified what was different for us – different terrain, culture … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged art, mini-golf, Minnesota, MN State Fair, road trip across the US, travel, Walker Art Center, Wayzata | 7 Comments

Mt Rushmore vs Crazy Horse

Posted on September 10, 2018 by simpletravelourway

When we started planning our road trip from the west coast to the east, we knew we had to visit South Dakota. Beth had never been there before, and we expected the many national parks in South Dakota would be … Continue reading →

Posted in US - miscellaneous | Tagged Crazy Horse, Crazy Horse Memorial, Korczak Ziolkowski, Mt Rushmore, road trip across the US, South Dakota, travel | 7 Comments