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As promised, a post on the three day trip through the Missouri Breaks National Monument. 

I arrived early to Fort Benton and was able to offload the mattress platform on a local lumberyard and do laundry. I checked in to…

Van updates complete; push bar, spare tire, new bike rack and a new cabin heater. Ready for Alaska! I'll do a dry run changing a tire; I can do hard things…

It felt strange to travel the same road I…

The day arrived for Beth and I to part ways, her to the east and me (soon) to the north. We really got to know each other, sharing deep conversations by the campfire, soaking in the warm pond and successfully…

I dropped Kenny at the airport, thrilled to have had my first travel companion for a week. We had great conversations, shared meals and beautiful vistas. 
Now I was in SLC, and had coordinated a rendezvous with Beth, a friend…

I knew the road from Ouray to Durango was a beautiful, curvy scenic drive which I didn't want to miss, as I had done it once before with my kids, but I knew nothing of the storied history of the…

If you have followed this blog, you know that a big part of the journey is about connecting with people; old friends, friends of friends, and people I meet along the way. Recent days have been about connecting with friends…

Bandelier cliff dwellings. Roswell. Los Alamos. Georgia O'Keefe. Santa Fe. Taos. Every day brings new impressions, history lessons, museums, scenic vistas and always more miles. Also every day I'm learning new things, I'm very interested, and then retain maybe 2%…

It seems it's always a 30 hour trip to New Zealand or back, no matter from where you leave or return. I stayed with niece Care and her husband Greg for a few days in Denver, then flew to El…

Aotearoa, aka New Zealand, seems to call it’s population inexorably into Nature at every turn; it’s mountains, rivers, lakes are all beckoning to be immersed in and appreciated. After we came out of our four day adventure in Greenstone Caples…

This post is “diary style”. I appreciate your patience and interest if it seems a bit long-winded. It's just what I would have written in my journal anyway if I had brought the 1.5lb notebook along..

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The “home” month…