Today we spent the day with one of my best friends and her family as they took us to one of their favorite places in Minnesota, Duluth. This city dates back to the 1870’s, so if you are a history buff, this is a great place to visit. Sitting on Lake Superior, it has a …
When you are faced with adversity and struggling with a crisis, it is in those moments that we need to be thankful for the blessings we have. Since visiting with the doctor yesterday, I have been thinking a lot about the treatment I am about to begin, the side effects I may have to endure, …
There are so many fun, off-the-wall places to see and experience and I want to take advantage of our time on the road to visit as many as we can. For instance, the Wall Drug has quite the marketing campaign. As you travel down I-90 in South Dakota, every mile or so you will see …
Today we headed to another one of our nation’s national parks. In 1903, President Roosevelt established the seventh national park, Wind Cave. To be honest, neither of us had ever heard of this park. That really is sad that we are not as familiar with more geographically significant places in our own country. I find …
When we get to see our country’s landmarks, monuments or parks, I get a little excited. I really enjoy history, so I find visiting such places quite fascinating. Today, we visited the Nation’s first National Monument, Devil’s Tower. It was quite magnificent to say the least. This giant stack sitting by itself. We walked the …
You know those parts of U.S. history we do not hear much about? Those events that seem to be swept under the rug or just not discussed? Well Al and I had the privilege today to visit a World War II Japanese Confinement Camp outside of Cody, Wyoming called Heart Mountain. We learned that 110,000 …