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Tag Archives: road trip across the US
Maine
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
Travel through a fog
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
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Variations on a Theme
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
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A garden tucked into a park
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
Better than Expected
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
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Mt Rushmore vs Crazy Horse
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