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Heading Home
Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected… ~Ann Patchett We were up early on our last morning, hoping to get to nearby Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge at sunrise. The refuge was originally called Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, but was changed in… Read more
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The Detour
Sometimes, the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. ~Angela N. Blount Driving away from the grandeur of the Tetons, we passed through some impressive landscapes along the Hoback River valley. Once we broke out of the mountains, the landscape shifted dramatically to an almost flat, endless expanse of… Read more
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All Roads Lead To…
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. ~Lewis Carroll When they heard we were planning this trip, a few friends automatically said they knew where we were going. We insisted we had made no definite plans and would let the road lead us wherever we needed to go.… Read more
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It’s Better in The Bighorns
Roads were made for journeys, not destinations. ~Confucius Looking at the maps, we hoped to find another area of national forest within a days drive of the Back Hills. An article I had found online on scenic road trips had mentioned an isolated mountain range with the appealing name of Bighorn Mountains. In looking at… Read more
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Badlands and Beyond
My favorite thing to do is to go where I’ve never been. ~Diane Arbus There is a lot of flat land out there in the middle of the country. And not many national forests to disperse camp in it turns out. But, after leaving IL, we drove up along the Missouri River corridor and stopped… Read more
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Getting Started
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror. ~Byrd Baggett Okay, now to cover some of the highlights of our journey. We had roughly 3 weeks and dispersed camping was a high priority, but, other than that, not much else was planned. We had kicked around some destination ideas and the last thing… Read more
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Truck Camping 101
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. ~Douglas Adams Melissa and Mike’s top ten tips (plus) for camping in your truck… Don’t run your truck through a mud hole that tops the hood on the first day. And if you… Read more
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Road Tripping
The open road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it. ~Chris Humphrey I guess we finally decided to hit that open road. The lack of posts these last few weeks is due to our first major truck camping road trip – 18 days, 11 states, 5816… Read more
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Caterpillars and Such
When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and, like a dream, glides away. ~Sarah Helen Whitman Though the temperatures sure don’t seem like it, I’m seeing signs that Summer is coming to a close and Fall is just around the corner. The butterflies that so many thought had forsaken us this year are now… Read more
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Return to Pungo
There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Waterson This past Thursday evening, Melissa participated in a Science Cafe hosted by her workplace, the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. She joined a couple of other staff that had been authors of chapters in a book released this spring entitled, 30 Great… Read more
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