Michael Janke

Chasing Fresh Air and Sunshine

  • The Atomic Prairie

    The Atomic Prairie

    One of the ‘features’ of modern civilization that presents itself here on the northern prairie is the presence of a major portion of the US’s offensive nuclear weapons. The northern plains are a former and current home to nuclear armed strategic bombers and ICBM’s. There were a thousand Minuteman silos scattered across the plains at…

  • Badlands Less Traveled

    Badlands Less Traveled

    After a couple of nights in the southern unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park we drove the seventy-five miles up to the northern unit and camped for the night. Another hot and dry day, with temps over 90F in the late afternoon. The northern park is much quieter, with fewer campers and far less traffic.…

  • The Other Badlands

    The Other Badlands

    Our target for this trip was the North Dakota Badlands – I.E. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. After a couple days in North Dakota State Parks, we’re now camping in the National Park campground, situate in a cottonwood grove in the Little Missouri River valley. Like in Minnesota, there is a bit of fall color here…

  • Falling for Fall…

    Falling for Fall…

    … colors. Westward we go, but this time we’re leaning a bit towards the north of west, rather than south of west. We left a yesterday after replacing the psycho-random refrigerator thermostat, and will be back home in time for various appointments. Our target is the North Dakota Badlands & Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The…

  • Nerd Post – Controlling Refrigerator Fans with a Microcontroller

    Nerd Post – Controlling Refrigerator Fans with a Microcontroller

    No travel on this post. Just nerd stuff. 🙂 We’ve been mucking around with the refrigerator since the campervan was new. Coachmen didn’t vent the fridge properly and issued a service bulletin to correct the venting. My glorious dealer claimed to have fixed the issue. I discovered that not only did the dealer do a…

  • Shanty Town, Minnesota Style

    Shanty Town, Minnesota Style

    Sort of …. After leaving the Big Bog bombing range I headed up to the Canadian border. We can’t visit Canada of course, but we can get within a stones throw along the Rainy River. Heck – we could even throw a stone across, get a Canuck to throw one back and start a border…

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