“I would not have been President, had it not been for my experience in North Dakota.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Exploring Theodore Roosevelt National Park, we realized we share a remarkable number of similarities with the park’s …
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We devoured a little North Dakota history like a family of nine would devour a pizza. We ‘et it up! We stopped near the west bank of the Missouri River to visit Fort Abraham …
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You’d better get up and get ready, folks, ‘cuz this is going to be a funducational adventure in Jamestown, North Dakota! This was most of the family’s first trip to North Dakota. As we drove …
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Just like all you stationary people, we try to fit in some fun in our regular lives. When we’re out west, we hike all the national parks. When we’re on the coasts, we hit the …
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Cave pictures don’t turn out with our available image capturing devices (a.k.a. cameras), so even though we went to Mammoth Caves, you don’t actually get to see much of it. Instead you get to see …
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We scheduled the tour so we could be in Wisconsin in spring to help Christy’s mom plant a vineyard on her farm. It began with the plotting out of the vineyard. Meanwhile, the tractor was …
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Letterboxing is like geocache without technology. Instead of relying on a GPS, you have to do the old-fashioned ten paces and X marks the spot. Here is a letterboxing adventure Christy and the five youngest …
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Houston is the home of many things, most notably the Houston Space Center. Can you say “Field Trip” everyone? Everything is bigger or smaller than the pictures reveal. The rocket parts and engines are enormous. …
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Sometimes we pull over to use the restroom that we tow behind our trailer. Quite convenient. We see interesting things along the way, but this spontaneous lesson in herpetology was unique…to put it mildly. The …
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It fascinates our wild west desert children that some people get around by ferry. So…we got around by ferry. Wheeeeee! Um, Daddy, you’re driving on a boat. Don’t hit us! The Bagabus aboard a boat. …
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