Spanish First, English Translation Below: Un semana atrás nosotros iremos a la Parque Nacional de las Dunas de Indiana. Esto era muy divertido, pero un poco extraña porque yo no sabia que era un Parque Nacional. Un Guardabosque era muy simpático y explicado porque era un Parque Nacional. Después de esto nosotros iremos en un 1.5 milla caminata que se...
The question I get asked the most often is some form of, “What’s it like to drive and do you need a special license?” OK, that is really two questions, but they usually come right after another so let’s call it one. The answer to the second part is easy – no. It requires nothing other than a normal driver’s...
I know we have been radio silent the past 10 days or so. We have been BUSY! A visit to Oshkosh, WI to see my dad’s plane at the Experimental Aircraft Association HQ, a visit to the Chicago Westin (I mean to Chicago), Indiana Dunes National Park, a few days with Dan’s sister and her family in West Lafayette, IN, a visit with Dan’s cousin and his...
Mulligan. In a word, that best describes our visit to Isle Royale. We made it to the island, but a persistent fog encased much of the UP that day and we never saw more than 50-100 feet in front of us at any given point in the day. A do-over is in order! Bad weather has dogged our journey since we left Nebraska on September 7. We fell asleep the...
Spanish First, English Second: Hola! Hoy acabamos de regresar de Voyageurs National Park! Una señora agradable y su dos amigas tiene una parque para como tres RVs entonces nosotros estacionado la RV en uno. Ella nos dio unas mani a Ava y yo y tenemos que alimentar una ardilla, se fue muy suave! El dia siguiente es tiempo para canoa a nuestro campamento!! Yo fui con...
Mako Sica. This is what the native Lakota Indian tribes called the area. Loosely translated it means “land bad”. When French trappers showed up in the mid 1700’s, they called the area Les Mauvaises Terres, “The Bad Land”. American settlers came next and in keeping with the theme, they simply referred to the area as “Badlands...
Spanish first, English translation follows: Hola! Cuando nosotros dejó el Parque Nacional de Teddy Roosevelt iremos a Wind Cave. Antes de ir a Wind Cave nosotros paren en el Torre del Diablo. El Torre del Diablo era muy fantástico! Mira como un oso arano el costado! Esto era uno de los leyendas de la Torre. Hay muchas pero esto leyenda era...
“I have always said I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota.”Theodore Roosevelt I have a crush on Teddy Roosevelt. This is not unusual. I often get crushes on historic figures, especially after reading a biography or other piece of historical non-fiction featuring leaders of our past. And these...
Let me start this post by stipulating three things: First, I am confessing to what some might consider petty theft. Worse, the petty theft was committed on federal property. This admission probably eliminates my chance of ever being elected to public office. Second, during my act of petty theft, I also contributed to the delinquency of a minor...
When we decided to focus on the National Parks for this trip, there were two that went to the top of my list of places I have not been but really wanted to see. Glacier was one of those (Acadia is the other in case you are curious). For years my friends who have been to Glacier kept telling me what an amazing place it was, how it was their favorite park...