Great Plains
Eastern plains of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico + North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
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Westward Bound, part II – Kentucky to Colorado
(Read part 1 of this post here) Day #5: I pride myself on being a pretty good vacation planner, but the logistics of this portion of our cross-country trip completely slipped through the cracks. I’d done my best to divide up the driving into relatively equal amounts – about 8 hours – each day. But… Continue reading
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Bad Land – Makoshika State Park, Montana
Destination: Makoshika State Park, also known as the Montana badlands. The name Makoshika (muh-KO-shih-kuh) hails from the Lakota phrase “maco sica,” which roughly translates to “bad land.” Makoshika State Park is located off of I-94 in eastern Montana, just outside the town of Glendive. The contrast between eastern Montana and the western part of the… Continue reading