Hello from “big sky country,” otherwise known as Montana! We (I) actually managed to successfully grab a photo of the “Welcome to…” sign as we crossed the border. This has been something we haven’t been very good at so far.…

The Badlands should really be called “the Goodlands”
We have been travelling for one week today. We “celebrated” by spending the day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park: so much wildlife!
We spent the day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park with its many animal inhabitants. The wildlife density here is crazy—it always feels like there is a buffalo, prairie dog, or some other creature around every corner.

The magic of North Dakota
Greetings from the northern great plains! Today was primarily a travel day as we took route 94 across the very wide state of North Dakota. I was not really looking forward to what I thought would be hundreds of miles of…

North Dakota is a strange place
We drove across North Dakota today. The state has an odd fascination with displaying ridiculously over-sized stuff—I always thought that was Texas’s thing.