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High Plains Drifting - From Mt. Rushmore to Yellowstone


Article by: Rob LaGrone

High Plains Drifting - From Mt. Rushmore to Yellowstone

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Well, aren't I a typical American goto, Rough Guide to Spain , African Safari Photography Best Five Destinations consumer. I'm sitting at the bar in a "T.G.I. Friday's" restaurant check out, Thai Currency and Money Matters , Christmas Vacations in Fargo, watching a TV trivia game while I await the arrival of my chicken quesadilla. At least I didn't order one of their new "pizzadillas." Criminy...

It's 9:30 and still light outside. Today's drive check out, Delhi, India - A Mix of Old and New , Celebrate Black History in Baltimore was short and pleasant. After leaving the Burntside Lodge, I hiked the loop around Bass Lake You may also consider, Christmas Vacations , Thai Currency and Money Matters as planned, then headed down the road to the small town See, Delhi, India - A Mix of Old and New , Travel In Vietnam - Remember To Bargain of Tower for a good sandwich at a local view, 21 Lanzarate Attractions - Timanfaya , Thai Currency and Money Matters grill, where I chatted with the bartender and a local See, New York Rivals Florida As Favorite Homeport for Cruise Lines , Discover The Boca Raton Resort And Club outdoors guide. You may also consider, Delhi, India - A Mix of Old and New , Hostels - The New Cheap Hotels?

Heading west across the breadth of northern Minnesota, I was able to see the landscape gradually change from wild northern woods (wolves and bears) to rolling agricultural prairie (herefords and coyotes). For me, this evolution in scenery is one of the greatest pleasures of a road trip. view, Oregon Coast Town Revisits Glory of Glass Floats , Personal Protection When Traveling - It's a Must! The green hill Try also, Twenty Five Mexican Babies , Travel In Vietnam - Remember To Bargain country is dotted with small lakes view, Dream Catcher , Get a Discount Car Rental In Los Angeles and marshes, and the land is groomed by plows except where thick groves of trees form the boundaries between farms. Quite suddenly, about 20 miles from the border with North Dakota, the hills check out, The Sights of Bangkok in Thailand , Seven Ways To Get Travel Discounts ended, and I found myself on the Great Plains. I rolled into Fargo at sunset and found a place check out, Christmas Vacations , How Would YOU Like to Have a Travel Buddy Who Knows How to P to stay on the western edge of town. goto, Historic Luxury at the Crane Hotel in Barbados , Hostels - The New Cheap Hotels? Fargo has a nice feel to it, as a prosperous, mid-sized, agricultural city You may also consider, Travel In Vietnam - Remember To Bargain , The Sights of Bangkok in Thailand on the prairie. Out on the highway the trucks are hauling cattle feed, new tractors, and construction materials, giving the place check out, San Francisco Beaches , Alberta - Hwy 16, The Yellowhead Highway an aura of reality, of a strong connection to the bedrock basics of life. I think that has been the source of my attraction You may also consider, Copper Canyon Spring Break , Twenty Five Mexican Babies to agricultural areas. You may also consider, Travel In Vietnam - Remember To Bargain , Johannesburg - The Fastest Paced City in Africa Or maybe I just love tractors.

Well, that doesn't happen very often. This guy next to me at the bar has 250 head of beef cattle in western Minnesota and is in town goto, Captain Marvel: time traveler extraordinaire , Top Tips for Round the World Adventure Travellers for a farm equipment auction. We talked about tractors, hay crops, cattle breeds, and anything else farm-related. It was fun and somewhat refreshing; terms such as "second cutting" would have drawn blank stares from my coworkers back east.

One other change occurred today as I passed from east to west and from woods to prairie: the sky inexplicably began growing bigger. I suppose it is merely the horizon widening as the enclosing hills check out, The Path to a healthy,nonstressful and successful pregnancy , Rough Guide to Spain and forests also related, Get a Discount Car Rental In Los Angeles , Rough Guide to Spain give way to broader vistas, but I noticed a definite psychological change as well. I've told people that the West is where I feel at home, and this is part of the reason.

Friday, June 5 - Fargo to Rapid City, view, African Safari Photography Best Five Destinations , Melbourne - is it the best you can get? South Dakota

Wow. How many people would think of the Plains as scenic?

The landscape continued changing as I headed west across North Dakota. Stay In FargoNearing Bismarck, where I stopped for lunch at an old downtown hotel, See, Tips On How To Get Cheap Air Travel To Europe , The 9 Ways of Emigrating to Australia untamed prairie began to compete with the groomed farmland as my surroundings became more arid. At Bismarck I turned south and passed through the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River view, A Hidden Island Treasure in Europe , Tips On How To Get Cheap Air Travel To Europe Indian Reservations, check out, Golden Ring Of Russia , Walking Across Ngorongoro and Tanzania's National Parks where farms and homesteads became even more widely scattered.

Being in this area goto, Dream Catcher , The 9 Ways of Emigrating to Australia is a bit like being at sea. view, Golden Ring Of Russia , Vacationing in Lake Tahoe The green-yellow swells seem to roll on forever in all directions. The tiny towns also related, Norwegian Cruise Line - American Style! , Down Diane Eats Her Way Through DC are so isolated that each one seems like an island, You may also consider, Houlgate and its beaches , San Francisco Beaches secure and self-contained in a vast ocean view, How To Save Money When Traveling , Seven Ways To Get Travel Discounts of hills view, Delhi, India - A Mix of Old and New , Zanzibar Potted and grass. Stopping for a stretch and a soda in Faith, South Dakota, I saw that this hamlet of 500 people had its own newspaper. The town You may also consider, Get a Discount Car Rental In Los Angeles , Travel In Vietnam - Remember To Bargain seemed to have one of everything a small town check out, Why Do I Need Travel Insurance? Personal Experiences , Thai Currency and Money Matters needs: a bank, a motel, a gas station, a church, a restaurant, also related, Yacht Charters Provide a Luxurious Escape , The 9 Ways of Emigrating to Australia and even a small lake. check out, Downtown Diane Eats Her Way Through DC , Montclair, New Jersey Due West of Manhattan It needed more trees, though. Throughout the Plains can be seen long rows of trees planted by farmers years ago as windbreaks, but most trees around here grow in the little arroyos where tiny streams collect the rain See, Twenty Five Mexican Babies , Yacht Charters Provide a Luxurious Escape from the occasional thunderstorms that roll across the prairie.

Finally, and quite abruptly, the ridgelines of the Black Hills goto, Tips On How To Get Cheap Air Travel To Europe , Hostels - The New Cheap Hotels? appeared on the southwestern horizon, providing some definition to a landscape that for some time now had been an infinite, undulating carpet of grass. Flying across the U.S. takes long enough, but hitting the road is the best way to gain a true appreciation of its dimensions. Parked at the eastern edge of the mountains, goto, Norwegian Cruise Line - American Style! , Hot Florida Travel Destinations like a miniature Denver, is Rapid City, check out, Walking Across Ngorongoro and Tanzania's National Parks , The Wild Ouest of France (Phare Out!) my destination You may also consider, Twenty Five Mexican Babies , Vacationing in Lake Tahoe for the night.

Saturday, June 6 - Rapid City view, Christmas Vacations , Oregon Coast Town Revisits Glory of Glass Floats to Sheridan, Wyoming

Well, I've seen it. Now what?

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