Category: Harvet Host
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Wayfarers Landing
It’s been 24 hours of heavy rain here in Bigfork, Montana. They call it a Derecho – a big ass storm that’s long, wide and traveling. News reports say it may be the first in history to cross the continental divide. Of course it is. It’s 2020. Camping in a walk-up spot at the Wayfarers…
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Badlands Birthdays
We arrived at the Red Trail Vineyard in Buffalo, North Dakota just in time to catch owner Rodney for a tasting and storytelling session before he departed to Fargo for friends, ribs, and some Red Trail wine we imagine. Harvest Hosts is turning out to be a joyful respite from the road. These small business…
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Wayne’s World @Porter Sculpture Park
An iron Bull Head as big as Teddy’s on Mt. Rushmore looms over I-90 in Montrose South Dakota, 20 miles west of Sioux Falls. We saw it last year, traveling from the Badlands en route to Minnesota. First you see the Iron Horse, 50,000 pounds of welded steel railroad plates and then the Bull comes…
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Heartland Happy
Two days and 688 miles later, with Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri in the rear view mirror, we’re smack dab in the middle of the country in Hamburg, Iowa. It is small town America all the time. The only large population center we passed in 700 miles was Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas – not sure…
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On the Road Again
Life at home had filled our lives such that waking up in the same place each day felt normal. Family, friends, holidays and special events had kept us wonderfully busy. With a long awaited, mid-February epic Birthday party in the rear-view mirror, the call of the road was strong. New adventure machines were ready to…