My thoughts on North Dakota: North Dakota is a very pretty state, lots of farmland, very green, very clean. The people of North Dakota we've met are friendly and all seem enthusiastic about their state. I guess that it shows in how well cared for everything looks. No litter. Neat yards. Neat farms. I guess "tidy" is the word. North Dakotans love their home and they take care of it. How truly nice. We stopped in New Salem to see "New Salem Sue" the world's biggest holstein cow. It was recommended that we stop to see her by more than [View Full Entry]

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(Jean's House aka: Antelope Creek Kennels) The kennel project is at a stand still because they're waiting for the cement. Bob and Jean worked so hard last week to get the forms completed, because they had the use of a trailer full of tools that belongs to a friend of Jean's who has his own construction business. But after a week Justin came back from vacation (when he left he was so excited about fishing for a week that we wondered if we'd ever see him again!) and sure enough, he needed the trailer and skid loader back, so they (B [View Full Entry]

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Hey, we're in North Dakota. How many of you have ever said that? Hwy 85 north from Belle Fourche, SD, to I-94 in North Dakota is a 175-mile, mostly straight road with rolling prairie on either side from horizon to horizon, broken occasionally by buttes or rocky outcroppings. There are few trees, fewer houses, lots of cattle, sheep, some horses, and a good number of pronghorn antelope. The landscape is dotted now and then with big rolls of hay and the odd oil well pumping away. However, once you get into ND, there are more cultivated fields. We went to [View Full Entry]

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I really enjoy going to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park this time of year. Have made a couple trips the last month. Luckily, I only live a few hours from the Park so makes for a nice day trip. The Park's Loop is very enjoyable but some of the gravel side roads and short hikes really get you to some wonderful spots of the Park. The Park's grass and trees are so green this time of year which really brings out even more color in the Badlands. I seem to see more of the pinks, reds and blue/gray in the rocks [View Full Entry]

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Thanks to the mosquitoes, we got to eat at MacDonald’s again for breakfast. We both need to go back on diets as soon as we get home. Driving across North Dakota was much the same as yesterday’s drive through Montana. Lots of small towns, accent on the small, with populations of less than 100. Oil derricks are popping up everywhere in ND and people are becoming very rich, leasing the mineral rights to their properties. I hope it catches on and we start producing more of our own oil in this country. Passing through Minot as we did on the way [View Full Entry]

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This was my first trip this year to the International Peace Garden. Located with half on the US and half on the Canadian side, the Garden has a number of flowers, fountains and floral arrangements. Also has a Peace chapel and some other memorials. Unfortunately, it looks like they had just made some flower transplants from their spring to summer flowers so the floral arrangements weren't as filled out as usual and all the fountains weren't running yet. The Garden was still very pretty with a wonderful blue sky. Very tranquil and peaceful. A line runs throughout the Garden marking the [View Full Entry]

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(Dickinson, ND) We’ve done some traveling since I last posted; we went Salt Lake City, and on the way to Townsend (to meet up with Bob’s siblings) we drove through snow! I’m not kidding. June 12 it snowed 4” in Great Falls, and we as we drove through the Bozeman area there was fresh snow on the sides of the highway! Let’s talk global warming! Traveling through the state we were grateful to see the snow in the mountains, and the rivers are running higher and faster than we can remember seeing them. Much of the state is in drought conditions, [View Full Entry]

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Good morning everyone. You are about to take part in a 6,000 mile journey which also starts with my first turn of the tires. But before I get started I've asked my wife JoLynn, to make an entry on her thoughts about my trip. JOLYNN: Well, Rob can finally get started on his long awaited Alaskan adventure. He has been planning, organizing, and planning some more for all the details for months now. I remember about a month ago when I came home to a tent and sleeping bag set up in our family room. Now that is camping in comfort [View Full Entry]

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I'm fortunate enough to have friends who own a pontoon so spent the weekend on the Missouri River. The River is home to plenty of sand bars and a very scary current at times. It is not to be messed with. However, it is gorgeous as well and very cooling on warm days. It's also great for my tan :) Here are a few pictures... I also threw in a State Capitol photo. [View Full Entry]

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Wow...in just a few short days there are over 60 subscribers to my travel blog...I hope you will not be dissapointed in my journal entries. Please feel free to make comments that I will publish as I go along...my good friend Chuck Scott has an awesome comment...thanks Chuck for your humorous wisdom on my decision to go to Alaska. Also, pass my blog along to anyone you might think would be interested. Not much photos now, but just wait...... People have asked my why am I driving my motorcycle to Alaska via the Alaska Highway? While I think I know the [View Full Entry]

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