Blogs from De Pere, Wisconsin, United States, North America

Alex: We drove east from the Black Hills into the Badlands National Park. The Badlands is one of the strangest landscapes we have seen on our trip. It looks just like something out of an sci-fi film based on another planet. The rocks have yellow and red stripes and are carved into tall sharp peaks, and deep twisting valleys. We drove along a road that followed the edge of the 'Wall', the line where the peaks and troughs start rising out of the flat landscape to the south. The coloured layers are fossilised soil beds, and the Badlands have lots of fossilised mammals (sabre tooth cat, camels, horses and rhinos) and marine fossils. We got out and George, Ruby and I climbed up one of the peaks. It was ridiculously hot (about 110F) and humid so ... read more

Well, it is just six days before departure. I'm trying not to get too excited (the 13+ hours flight from Chicago to Hong Kong will zap that out of me anyway...) but it is difficult not to think about going back. Singapore... SINGAPORE!!!... read more

Yesterday night, I pick up a load going to Hermiston, Oregon, headed afterward (empty) to Portland, OR. The load came off a customer two or three blocks down the road from the customer I delivered the previous load. That was a first for me. As was been in Minnesota. Now, most of the pictures I got are on video tape, so I will probably add them later as I edit the video. I ran out of batteries for the camera (still camera) and kept on going with the video. I wanted to get home... :) So, for now, all I give you is the route I took. See you down the road... ... read more