Leaving Baker’s Hole Campground on the morning of Thursday, September 3rd, I broke down my campsite as usual. I collapsed my rooftop tent, loaded everything back into the truck bed, recharged the battery that powers my refrigerator/freezer and other electronics,…
Bozeman to Yellowstone: Three Days of Geysers, Wildlife, Waterfalls and Big-Sky Country There was something almost magical about waking up in Bozeman, Montana. After so many weeks on the road, Bozeman felt like a place where two very different Montana’s…
This is a terrific section of the journey because it has almost everything: exercise, history, spectacular scenery, mechanical problems, an increasingly unhappy foot, an emergency change of plans, camping adventures, Annie heading home, and finally the preparation for Yellowstone. It…
Our journey then continued south toward South Dakota’s Badlands, extending the geological and historical story that had begun in North Dakota. Thank goodness Annie was ready to rally. She drove the 6 hours to the South Dakota Badlands. On our…
Entrance to Theodore Roosevelt, national Park.
My August 19th departure from the White Earth Reservation turned into one of the more memorable social chapters of my road trip, thus far. I had been traveling through northern Minnesota and western Minnesota, and now I was pushing into…
The morning I left Duluth had a wonderfully different character from some of the more hectic days earlier in my trip. I woke up at Zenith Basecamp, had a genuinely good cup of coffee, took a long, hot shower and—most…
I arrived in Duluth around 3:30 p.m. with a practical objective: check in, collect my Amazon packages, and get settled. Instead, within a few hours, the day had turned into an unexpected evening of local hospitality, live music, and a…
My Porcupine Mountains leg deserves a chapter of its own because I didn’t merely visit the Porkies – I camped my way through them. Three different campgrounds, Lake Superior, waterfalls, forests, ridgelines, rivers and enough Michigan wilderness to make “Hemi”,…
My birthday, July 19, 2026, turned into one of those wonderfully layered days that could only happen on a long road trip: family, sports, old neighborhoods, old friends, new discoveries and a little nostalgia—all in one day. After saying goodbye…