"Our Time of Troubles... commenced with the catastrophic events of the year of 1914... Our civilization has just begun to recover." - Arnold Toynbee
Showing posts with label West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Out West 2020: The Great Lakes Northwest

This being the quadricentennial of the founding of America's most prominent settlement, the founding of Plymouth, we decided to take a family trip across America. But we went West to the Pacific rather than East. Two reasons, more scenery and less people/Covid problems.

Our route took us from Michigan through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and finally northern California, where we have a little lodge in the sequoias of the Sierra Nevada range. Magnificent in a desolate sort of way, and we managed to follow Laura Ingalls' path.

 READ FROM BOTTOM TO TOP...

 









Rural Minnesota





Crossing into Minnesota, overlooking the Mississippi River


























The Wisconsin Dells