Dreary Upstate NY
Let's get some updates going! Entering upstate NY grew our excitement for New England. Up until now we were unsure if we were going to make it. The weather matched the terrain perfectly, so we began to go through more…
Little bit of Western New York. Also Toronto.
At this point we were getting pretty excited looking ahead. We were on schedule to hit the east coast fall colors, the van was working well and our movement was in sync. So much so that we didn't really think…
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Journal
Ohio ended up feeling the most developed to us. There are relatively few camping opportunities in the state and rarely did we drive any distance without feeling we were near civilization. The very first visit was to drive through Daytona…
Marching through Michigan
By Michigan we've begun to realize how much the Great Lakes have to offer. And we've only seen two! We worked our way up the west side and spent a few days in the Huron-Manistee National Forest. The weather was…
Iowa Illinois Indiana
Just like in the song, we hit these states back to back. This was also the point where we had to figure out what counted as "visiting" a state on our trip. Iowa was a bit out of the way,…
Our Van Gained Some Plumage
Apostle Islands in on the upper shore of Wisconsin has been gaining some popularity online from pictures of its ice caves. It hadn't really occurred to us until we arrived that we were in the same place until we entered…
Minnesota Boundary Waters
We visited quite a bit of Minnesota. Along the coast. Up to Grand Portage National Monument and over to Voyagers. But it seems that I only took pictures of the BWCAW (Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness). I was a bit…
North Dakota
A bit of a confession: we didn't spend much time in North Dakota. I'd like to say it's because we needed to get to Minnesota so we could canoe the Boundary Waters so that we could then have time to…
South Dakota: The Black Hills
The black hills are magical. And a bit touristy. Especially on a weekend in the summer. After our regrettably quick exit from the Badlands, Kate was bound and determined to see Bear Country, which is a drive through wildlife safari/sanctuary.…
The Badlands
Going into South Dakota we only planned a day and a half to hop into the Badlands. It seemed that we'd already seen some in New Mexico and we were sure that the Black Hills would offer more for us.…