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Go west, the upper states.

2 weeks to get from Fort Wayne to the Seattle Airport to pick up my aunt. Then up to Orcas Island for Imagine art and music festival. From there free to explore until I get tired of living in my van or it gets to cold Read more
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    August 17, 2025
    Robert BueschingGo west, the upper states.Traveler

    Morton Arboretum and a friend visit!

    August 18, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

    Up to Chicago, swung by 1500 acre Morton Arboretum. It was very cool, was hoping to finds some Dambo Trolls but I didn’t read my Troll map correctly and they were ‘retired’ 😢. There was an interesting hedge maze there a formal grade, lots of hiking. Then had a nice visit with my friends Gwen and Paul from my Norway trip. Walked Evanston and to and through the beautiful Northwestern University campus on Lake Michigan and visited the Chicago Botanical Garden the next day with Gwen. It really beautiful and had a nice Japanese garden.Read more

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    Spam Museum!

    August 20, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Stopped at a a planet fitness first, and because that particular one was closest and just a bit into the South Dakota split, it looks like I’m going that way and not to N Dakota 🤷‍♂️

  • Robert BueschingGo west, the upper states.Traveler

    Take 16 Brewery

    August 20, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F

    My first stay at a harvest host place, this brewery. It’s free, you just have to buy stuff, they recommend $30. Had a good pizza and a couple of beers! Dropped off a fortlandia sticker and picked up one from themRead more

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    Corn Palace

    August 21, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F

    Swung by the Corm Palace… turns out it’s a music venue/theater. Who knew? There was a 4 day street festival going on but I was there early, didn’t hang around much. HOT day. Ended up being 99* 🥵

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    Badlands National Park

    August 21, 2025 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 90 °F

    Arrived at Badlands intending to camp and drive the next morning as it was already an extremely long day (and still 99*f) but there was really no where good places. Drove through it. Camped free in the National Grasslands just outside of the W entrance. I unloaded my moto and drove back in the next morning until I was content. Stoped at the ‘famous’ Wall Drug at the town of Wall, just before the interstate. Basically a massive tourist rest and junk shop. Was able to reserve 2 night in Custer State Park for the next 2 night for a much needed break. Today’s drive into Badlands was long.Read more

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    Crazy Horse Memorial

    August 22, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    This is still under construction, whenever they finish it. Maybe 100 years 🤣 it will be amazing. A good bit of infrastructure built around it and spend more time here than My Rushmore, but the stone itself was not so impressive, yet.Read more

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    Custer State Park

    August 22, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F

    My first 2 nighter! That’s the way I really prefer to travel. To have at least one day when you can wake up and not have to cover miles.

    A nice campground and a Lodge just a bit walk up the road, had my first non cooked meal in a while, buffalo stew

    My second days plans didn’t go quite like I had hoping. There was a long nature loop and then another scenic circle that would talk me to a hike up Black Elk Peak, the highest point in N Dakota. All told around 50ish miles. I had my moto loaded for the day and pulled out and realized I had a flat rear tire. I had just gotten it fixed a few days before I left. So that was a bit annoying. I pumped it back up and it held air but was afraid to drive it. So took the van. It was amazing and would have been a beautiful bike ride. I did take it around in the evening and the tire seems fine. I guess I just need to check it before every ride?!?
    (Addendum, I did stop at the next opportunity and get a rechargeable pump to carry on my bike.)    Read more

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    Night at Bighorm National Wilderness

    August 24, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    Ended up here after Devils tower. A nice spot among the trees and not a lot of people. Having a nice easy morning and debating on whetherI will spend another night here. If I didn’t have a date to be somewhere I 💯 would. I have to be at the hotel at the Seattle airport on week from today. So I go quite some time… but for sure not enough to see everything I want between here and there (Yosemite and grand Teton included)Read more

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    New campsite/Sheep Mt Fire Lookout

    August 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    I decided move a bit from last night spot, list cabin campground. It was great but in the shade most of the day and it was chilly and I craved sun. So decided to check out on of the forest road to the fire lookout, found a good spot not far into the road on a stream. Drove my moto to the fire lookout. A good rest day!!

    2 days off the grid has been good as well, still just getting into travel mode and some rest days help turn it into an adventure and not a torturous slog. Need the mental quiet time.

    … it was cold last night, put a thermometer on my list of items needed. Turned my mini fridge off, it will freeze things when the temps get into the lower 40’s    Read more

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    Grand Teton

    August 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    Today felt grueling… pulled out early, stopped at a coffee place with wifi to plan my next moves. Got 2 nights at Grand Teton and one at Yosemite. It was about a 4 hr drive to Teton. The west is big!!
    And I passed over so many good places to stop. I really feel the urge to go slow, just go to the next place and explore!
    Was warned by the campground guy to beware the shoe stealing fox 🦊, to keep them inside
    Second day, rain ☔️ 🌧️
    Took off around 8:15a with my moto hoping for intermittent ending rain but pulled off at Jackson Lake lodge because it was more steady rain. Read my book had lunch, look off at 1:30 to head back to camp, had a rear flat tire, again… and now waiting for a $250. Taxi to take me back to the campground, get my van, come back to get my moto and them back to the campground 😢
    Pretty much a lost day, will have to save Teton For another trip    Read more

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    Yellowstone

    August 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

    Pretty rainy day. Lots of steam with the cold and rain, didn’t really ‘see’ so much.
    Took off around 8:15am, skipped the Yellowstone campground, drove through, dropped off my moto for the tire repair. Got a hotel in Bozeman. Got a haircut, did laundry, hot Planet fitness and in the jacuzzi now debating on where to have dinner. Want to spread out a bit tonight/in the morning and figure out where I’m going from here. It’s the start of the Labor Day weekend.Read more

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    That’s… , Montana. Minds /Gutter 😊

    August 29, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    … Or maybe it’s just me 🤷‍♂️😂
    Anyway, had no thought of ending up here. But to digress,
    I hung out in the morning waiting for my moto tire to be done. Hit planet fitness the night before for legs and AB’s and now arms and etc.
    Then hung out at the park, been reading the Sci-fi trilogy the Final Architecture, a lot! (will be glad to be done, I won’t start another book on phone. I find it way too addictive, and I want to do other things) but have the real book by written my friend Gwen, that she gave me while in Chicago called Lipshtick. (I had no idea) Can’t wait! I also finished the short book that I picked at an antique store when I had a wonderful tea with friends Mike and Michael, Make your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life by Admiral William H. McRaven.
    Sorry, too much digression?!?

    Anyway, got my moto loaded and off maybe 1ish. Set my sites on the International Mining Museum in Butte, and looked at the harvest hosts for a food / lodging exchange stay and found one at the H bar J Saloon and Cafe about 40 min out of town.

    The museum was cool! I couldn’t get a the tour with the ride down into the mine because it was the last of the day and full. But so close, the guy I got my ticket from flagged me down and said it could take the tour as one lady did not snow up, as long as she stayed a no-7show. So got to take some of the walking tour, and then she did show up, but it was really good. The guide had a lot of passion, I would like to go back, would be super interesting to see an actual mine! Would have the next morning but it’s amazing how 2 weeks in no where near enough time to do it all.

    Finished the walking tour displays solo and drove back through Butte to the Memorial for the fallen miners and particularly the 168 who lost their lives in The Granite Mountain Fire.
    Passing through Butte, I really liked the looks of the town. It not so big, bit just big enough. Ai it had been over 2 hours and still had not gotten a confirmation for my stay at the H Bar J I cancelled and found a room at the Miners Hotel, in the old Miners Savings Bank and Trust Bldg right down town. I splurged on the President suite because it has a secrets stairs that goes directly into the Speakeasy bar in the basement, what???!!! I can’t wait.

    Had dinner at the Peking Chop Seuy house. Started as a gambling parlor and bordello then they started serving noodles as well. The oldest continuously operated Chinese restaurant in the US

    And the Speakeasy: the music by Collin Donnelly was on point and the Old Fashioned’s were amazing!!! So much fun!

    And… the next morning the farmers market in the street right in front of the hotel!!! It was just and amazing stay and I had a blast!    Read more

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    Bison Range

    August 30, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F

    Was on the way to the Miracle of America museum, saw this sign that said National Buffalo Range, or something. It was a tribal thing. They had a nice museum and there was a full circle tour that would have been about 2 hour’s. It would have been a beautiful drive but one side of the circle was 2 way (dirt)
    Took that, saw a buffalo, drove along the river where I thought there was a good chance to see some and turned around. Not my most successful stop, buts that’s pretty much on me. Was feeling the pull to move…    Read more

  • Robert BueschingGo west, the upper states.Traveler

    Treaty Rock

    August 31, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    In June of 1871 Chief Seltice of the Coeur d’Alene tribe and German settler Frederick Post, made a verbal agreement. Post was granted 200 acres of native land to build a sawmill. As a part of the agreement Post would provide lumber to the tribe. The purchase of the land is preserved in a pictograph on a granite cliff in Treaty Rock Park

    Had cooked some lunch in the parking lot    Read more

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