And so it begins
2022年7月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
6:30 am departure. Rosie knew I was traveling and wasn’t pleased to be crated. Funny how they know. She followed me intently all morning especially while I packed my suitcase.
Started barking asもっと詳しく
1st gas stop.
2022年7月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Gas will prob cost more than hotels on this trip 🤪
So far, travel is going very smoothly…listening to “A plague upon our house” by Dr. Scott Atlas. All I can say is WOW. The level of hatredもっと詳しく
1st overnight stop
2022年7月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Not the best hotel but I’m alone and there’s a WHITE CASTLE near by 😇
Heading to Hessel
2022年7月9日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Looking forward to seeing my mom’s sister and relatives.
Funny but my cousin (Phyllis) is married to Terry Cox (no Cox relation) so their grandkids a struggling to place me in the family tree 😂
75 on I-75
2022年7月9日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Arrived in Hessel
2022年7月9日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Dinner was at 4:45 PM. (It was lunch for them). Then fishing (not catching) and card games till bedtime. Lots of kids/grandkids/cousins are here (yearly family reunion) many I’ve never previouslyもっと詳しく
Village of Detour
2022年7月10日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Took quick ride to “east end of UP”. Car ferry Carrie’s cars/riders to Drummond Island (no US bridges access island).
Goodbye Dinner
2022年7月10日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Last supper (4:00 PM 😇).
Great time with everyone.
Straight, Due West for 40 Miles
2022年7月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Road was 30 miles straight. Couldn’t see other side (curvature of the earth). Very few cars. Incredible. Miles and miles of nothing but trees, no driveways, no buildings. Only a railroad next to me.もっと詳しく
Top of the Mighty Mississippi
2022年7月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Not much in Grand Rapids. However, seeing the Mississippi, and how small it was here, I started researching the “Head of the Mississippi” (where it starts).
I’ve been to the end so it’d beもっと詳しく
Bucket List….check
2022年7月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
I’ve been to the southern end of the Mississippi-New Orleans.
I’ve been across it in various locations traveling east and west.
Now, I’ve been to where it starts flowing south. Theもっと詳しく
Well, its not the largest ball of twine.
2022年7月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
“Geographical Center of North America”
It’s not a bucket list check off but what the hell; it’s cool.
Hills are starting to appear
2022年7月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Up until now, the landscape has been so flat the roads fall off in the horizon as the curvature of the earth dictates.
Now (finally) hills and elevations are starting to come in. Sooner or later,もっと詳しく
Continental Divide
2022年7月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Saw this on the way west today. Wasn’t positive what it meant.
I am advised that it means:
“A continental divide is a line that separates river systems that flow to opposite sides of theもっと詳しく
Lewis & Clark port
2022年7月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Fascinated by the L&C effort. Had to stop to see where they stopped in ND on the Missouri River.
No “evidence” but a nice park.
Arrived Williston, ND
2022年7月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Just an overnight stop after my normal 600+/- mile leg. Bozeman, Montana tomorrow. Then, I’ll do what I can to help the wedding process.
Nice stop. This area is HUGE for oil people (not allもっと詳しく
Raindrops?
2022年7月13日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
I saw this little guy fly in front of me and then try to change course but never saw him in my mirror. I was doing 82 MPH. Found him this AM in the grill. Sad.
Since arriving in the UP, one annoyingもっと詳しく
Snow-Capped Mountains. In July…
2022年7月13日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Just west of Billings, the big boys start becoming visible.
On I-90 with 80 mph speed limit. People do 90 mph at least. Two days later, just east of this area, a 20 car pileup with 6 dead on I-90. Iもっと詳しく
Arrived Bozeman.
2022年7月13日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
The time changes really help going west. Took three car washes to get “most” of bugs/bird off grill and front end.
Nice dinner with Eric,Cat & Dana. Surprised to see Anna/Husband andもっと詳しく
Grooms Party Day
2022年7月14日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 70 °F
Great seeing the Timmons Clan.
Yellowstone for the day
2022年7月15日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
West entrance was open. Beautiful day. Brown bear right after entrance with lots of gawkers. Second one with gawkers that decided to get close. Idiots.
Stopped to see geysers and “yellowstone”もっと詳しく
Welcoming Party at the Christians
2022年7月15日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Nice party with all the wedding attendees. Dana again went all-out with “Cowboy” style.
The Big Day
2022年7月16日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Tess & Cody’s joining day. What a beautiful venue and event.
Big Day Pics
2022年7月16日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
旅行者So I hear about an argument among intellectuals of today: The Earth-World is FLAT. We were wrong. As pilots, I feel it isn't flat, but what do I know? Are you seeing any evidence of either way?
旅行者On the day that the Webb Telescope unveiled its first images into deep space showing planets, galaxies and solar systems from billions of years ago (I’m still wrapping my arms around the whole light speed/distance thing), the “flat earthers” need to take a nap. Ya lost me at including them in the term “intellectuals”.