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Day 8…Minnesota Family visit…The illness continues…

Here we are, eight days into our twenty-three nights in Minnesota, and it feels as if time has taken on a strange,...

Sorry, folks…No post today…Still recovering…Back tomorrow…

Day 6…Minnesota Family visit…The days roll into another in a blur…

  As we make our way through each day and night, stomachs and chests aching from the constant coughing, we find ourselves...

We’re back!…Substantial update to our itinerary…Hopefully better soon..

Perhaps it was the exhaustion more than anything else. The kind that settles deep into your bones after days and nights of...

Day 2…Minnesota family visit…Ordering second passports today…Why?

Given the challenges of obtaining a Chinese visa, we chose to get second passports to simplify the process. Mailing off our only...

Day 1…Minnesota family visit…Settling in…

The final stretch from Tea, South Dakota, to Eden Prairie, Minnesota, felt longer than it should have, not in miles but in...

Day 4…On the road…Made an early stop for the night in Tea, South Dakota, since Tom is so sick…Bison!!!…

We spent the night at a Quality Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota, a first for us and, unfortunately, not one we...

Day 3…On the road…Made it to Rapid City, South Dakota…Update on Tom…

When we arrived at the hotel in Evanston, Wyoming, last night, there was no question how the evening would unfold. Tom went...

Day 2…On the road…Made it to Evanston, Wyoming…

We are on the road again today, leaving Boise, Idaho, behind us under a pale morning sky that seems to understand exactly...

We’re on the road..

We are on the road at last, that familiar feeling settling in as the wheels begin to turn and the scenery slowly...