Category: Travel
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Eighty on Eighty
The fastest way to drive across the northern plains is to hit one of the Interstate highways, set the cruise at 80, and zone out for a day. Much slower, but it far more interesting is to pick one of the even numbered US highways and drive through the small towns, past the farms, fields…
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Mako Sica
For many, the South Dakota Badlands are a drive-by on the way to the Black Hills or Yellowstone – a short detour off I-90 through what would have been wasteland in another era. The beauty of the Badlands isn’t fully appricated through a car window at 25mph. Hitting the dirt – hiking the footpaths and…
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A’s B’s and C’s
As we grew older, car/tent camping got old. My wife is a traveler at heart, not a camper, so the primitiveness of tents, having to cook outdoors, and the lack of a bathroom meant that we only tent camped as a last resort. Nothing that a small travel trailer can’t fix, so we bought one…
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On Camping
I grew up in a family that camped early and often. We were classic 1960’s tent campers, familiar with the outdoors, campfires and nature. Sleeping under canvass and stomping around in the woods were second nature. I never really stopped camping, though my style evolved over time, from car/tent camping to wilderness canoe camping… …and…
Michael Janke 