


Day 40: Hot Springs, The Mammoth Site, Pioneer Museum, Wind Cave National Park, Chapel in the Hills, and Dinosaur Park.
Saturday, July 10th, 2021 I can’t believe it’s been 40 days already, yet it feels sometimes like 400. Being untethered from friends and family in this way is so unsettling […]

Day 37: Broken Boot Gold Mine Day Tour/Ghost Mine Tour and Deadwood
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 With an adventure this big, I had made sure to print out as much as I could when it came to tickets, reservations, and tours. In […]

Day 29: Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store, Excelsior, MN and the Mall of America
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 Today has been a weird day. Have you ever been one place and there’s a lot going on for other people somewhere else and you feel […]

Day 17… Volo Museum and Jurassic Gardens
Thursday, June 17th, 2021 Well, it’s my last day here in Illinois and I had plans made for the entire time until tonight. Now, the plan was to hit up […]

Day 11 … DeKalb, Ellwood House Museum
Friday, June 11th, 2021 There are so many reasons why I don’t like Florida during the summers, but the heat and humidity top the list. And then the Midwest gets […]

Day 3… “Varsity” Diner, “Civil Rights Museum” and “La Parilla”
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 After a full morning of Muppet mayhem at Center for Puppetry Arts, we needed some sustenance. Christa asked me what I was hungry for, and I […]

Day 3…”Center for Puppetry Arts” Part Six: Other Puppet Collection
Thursday, June 3, 2021 After all the amazing magic of the Jim Henson collection, there is another wing with other infamous puppets from tv, movies, and plays. I so enjoyed […]