We drove from Chicago amid dire tornado warnings. A gang of vortexes was mugging the region. Apparently the country’s weather has resorted to petty theft. But we slipped away into a dark alley and ended up in Lake Geneva, WI. The campground was littered with downed trees and glistening with fresh rain. It was pretty [...]
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Chicago, land of heavy breezes, a losing baseball team, noteworthy architecture…. and pizza. Our knowledge of the windy city is in depth and comprehensive.
Chicago was our first real stop this time out, and because we’re skinflints, it was only for lunch – not too many places to pitch a tent on the Magnificent Mile. So… [...]
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Our journey to Alaska began on a warm June evening. We left my parents’ house in the Berkshires (western Massachusetts), and headed west on Interstate 90 – the plan was to make it to Chicago by morning. The windows were down, our eyeballs were glittering with images of polar bears and glaciers, nothing could stop [...]
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