Summer Trip 2023 Day 20

5 July 2023 I’m in Madison WI both last night and tonight so there wasn’t much driving today, just 112 miles. The main destination today was a place I’d first visited six years ago and decided to return to this …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 19

4 July 2023 Today was all about eastward movement from South Dakota through Minnesota and Iowa, into Wisconsin. I did 435 miles of driving, partly on I-90 and partly on secondary roads. In both cases, traffic was extremely light. I …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 18

3 July 2023 At 551 miles, this was the longest driving day of the trip. Except for the first 62 miles, this was all on secondary roads and there was a time change where I lost an hour, so yes, …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 17

2 July 2023 I started the day with a view of two hot air balloons that I think were heading for a landing not far from my hotel (but I didn’t stick around long enough to find out): The day’s …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 16

1 July 2023 The day started bright and clear. For the first couple of hours or so, I was on US 12 across Idaho. This is a beautiful and fairly deserted route along the Clearwater River and it rose up …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 15

30 June 2023 This was just a 375-mile day and mostly on secondary routes except for an hour or so on I-84. During the drive from Bend OR north to I-84 at the Columbia River, I was treated to lots …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 14

29 June 2023 It’s hard to believe the trip is over half done. Today was an easy day, the last one of those for almost a week. After a morning oil change in Salem, I only needed to drive 2.5 …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 13

28 June 2023 I’ve finally reached the point in the trip where I’m so happy that I decided a couple of years ago to number the blog trip day entries sequentially; without that, it would take a while to figure …

Summer Trip 2023 Day 12

27 June 2023 When I left Oakland at 9:30am, it was cloudy/misty and 59º. After getting through the backups on I-580 and turning east on I-80, the skies cleared as I topped the first hill heading towards Sacramento. By the …