. . .ACROSS AMERICA on the beginning of their one year journey. Their e-mail, and pictures are amazing. Their pictures can be seen on Kodak Gallery. Click on the link and enjoy.
E-mail from AXEL:
We thought we would trade off writing the updates we send you all. Since our internet access has either been spotty or expensive, we haven’t been able to send out one about our drive across the States. So here are Axel’s thoughts on that trip. Melanie wrote a good one about our life in Florence so far, and that will follow this one into your inbox.
Without boring you all with the details of our trip across the country I’ll leave you with some highlights and observations:
1) I still love San Francisco.
2) If you’re going to get a flat tire in northern Nevada, at least do it where there is already a tow truck helping someone else.
3) Jack’s in Idaho Falls is a good place to buy tires.
4) If you have not been to Yellowstone National Park, the Bighorns, or northern Wyoming in general, go.
5) Same for South Dakota, especially the Black Hills in the southwestern part.
6) Mount Rushmore is cool, but the Crazy Horse Memorial is much cooler. See them both, in that order.
7) Good eats can be found at 112 Eatery, in downtown Minneapolis.
8) We have lost our connection with the land, both in the wilderness and the agricultural sense. My aunt and uncle, Ann and Sig, have not. If you want to know what birds are chirping outside, when to harvest raspberries, how to grow any kind of plant or tree, how to can tomatoes, and any other skill that seems be vanishing in the technological “advancement” of our society, go visit Ann and Sig.
9) Sitting through a rainy Cubs game at Wrigley Field, then enjoying a nice meal and a good sleep at the W Hotel in downtown Chicago, is worth getting up at four in the morning to drive from Okoboji, Iowa.
10) Family reunions are always special, even more so with really good food.
11) If you go to Cracker Barrel, loosen your belt and order the Country Boy Breakfast.
12) My parents’ farm is the perfect place to end a road trip across the country.
13) We have a beautiful country with wonderful people all along the way. Everyone should drive across it at some point in his or her life.
Thanks to all the people who hosted us for a meal or a night or both: Melanie’s Auntie Corinne and Uncle Ron (and cousin Cherie!), Mel and Linda Dunn, Bill and Linda Holmes (Ryan’s folks for those in the know), my cousin Holly, Aunt Ann and Uncle Sig, Aunt Julie, Cousin Hal, the Twells, and of course my mom and dad. Our trip was much more special with your generosity
Without boring you all with the details of our trip across the country I’ll leave you with some highlights and observations:
1) I still love San Francisco.
2) If you’re going to get a flat tire in northern Nevada, at least do it where there is already a tow truck helping someone else.
3) Jack’s in Idaho Falls is a good place to buy tires.
4) If you have not been to Yellowstone National Park, the Bighorns, or northern Wyoming in general, go.
5) Same for South Dakota, especially the Black Hills in the southwestern part.
6) Mount Rushmore is cool, but the Crazy Horse Memorial is much cooler. See them both, in that order.
7) Good eats can be found at 112 Eatery, in downtown Minneapolis.
8) We have lost our connection with the land, both in the wilderness and the agricultural sense. My aunt and uncle, Ann and Sig, have not. If you want to know what birds are chirping outside, when to harvest raspberries, how to grow any kind of plant or tree, how to can tomatoes, and any other skill that seems be vanishing in the technological “advancement” of our society, go visit Ann and Sig.
9) Sitting through a rainy Cubs game at Wrigley Field, then enjoying a nice meal and a good sleep at the W Hotel in downtown Chicago, is worth getting up at four in the morning to drive from Okoboji, Iowa.
10) Family reunions are always special, even more so with really good food.
11) If you go to Cracker Barrel, loosen your belt and order the Country Boy Breakfast.
12) My parents’ farm is the perfect place to end a road trip across the country.
13) We have a beautiful country with wonderful people all along the way. Everyone should drive across it at some point in his or her life.
Thanks to all the people who hosted us for a meal or a night or both: Melanie’s Auntie Corinne and Uncle Ron (and cousin Cherie!), Mel and Linda Dunn, Bill and Linda Holmes (Ryan’s folks for those in the know), my cousin Holly, Aunt Ann and Uncle Sig, Aunt Julie, Cousin Hal, the Twells, and of course my mom and dad. Our trip was much more special with your generosity
No comments:
Post a Comment