Today was a lazy day, and tomorrow will probably be even more of one. I ventured out in the morning for a car wash to get the bugs cleared off, then headed back out in the afternoon for a drive …

It’s hard to believe today marks the end of the third week of this trip with only one more to go, but there it is. After today, there will be fewer long drives and more relaxing to be done. Today …

Shortly after leaving Minneapolis this morning (where it was already 73 and humid at 7:30am), I stopped at a rest area on I-35 North that was billed as the nicest rest area in Minnesota. I don’t know if I’d necessarily …

19 days already? It seems like I’ve just begun! I started today by driving past our old house in Sioux City where I lived until I was three. Of course, I really don’t remember the place much at all – …

Another hotel with sucky wifi. Updates tomorrow. OK, here we go! I’ll start off with these two photos I took right out of my hotel room window in Greeley CO. (I actually took them the evening before but had already …

This was absolutely my shortest driving day of the trip, on a day when I’m not staying in the same hotel again. But it included two mountain passes, so there was plenty of interest. I started heading up a pass …

The actual post will appear tomorrow. Today’s hotel wifi sucks and cell service isn’t much better here. “Tomorrow” has arrived! Here’s the route of yesterday’s drive: Before starting the relatively short drive, I went out for a walk that got …

I started the day with a stop just outside Twin Falls at the scenic view I mentioned yesterday. This runs just underneath the highway bridge that spans the Snake River gorge, and cut through the land that was a total …

It’s really hard to believe that the halfway point of this trip has been reached! I’m in Twin Falls ID with just over 4,500 miles in the bag, but the second half of the trip will probably just be another …

Today started with an oil change and tire rotation (and complementary car wash!) at the local Hyundai dealership, then I headed west to see the Oregon coastline. I can’t exactly say the drive was relaxing because there was heavy (and …