The Whispers
On a proper road trip the wheels keep moving whichever way the wind blows. And so it is on my journey. But not everything I come across...
High Plains Drifter
From east to west, the High Plains rise in elevation from around 1,160 feet (350 m) to over 7,800 feet (2,400 m). My path takes me to...
A Disaster Blows Into Town
First a little background: At 9:45 p.m. CDT on May 4, 2007, during a deadly tornado outbreak, Greensburg, Kansas was hit by an EF5...
Buffalo Bygones
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Joni...
American Graffiti
One of the more unusual places to catch a bit of history is while you're pumping gas. But there I was in Bolivar, Missouri when a shiny...
Blue Highways
My neighbor Tom back in Indiana told me I travelled the Blue Highways. At first I didn’t know what he meant, but when he explained it was...
Crossing to the Cape
A journey becomes official when you cross a gateway that rises high into the sky. It's the time to take note: New roads and new terrain...
A Forest on the Rocks
Massive rocks and boulders, precarious cliffs rising high above thick forest -- it's not what a traveler expects to encounter in...
River Crossing
Every great journey comes upon a momentous event of some sort. A fork in the road, an abrupt end of pavement, a hill to surmount, a...
Leaving Indiana
I begin my journey Tuesday, May 31, with visions of new lands and new adventures. But in no less than 50 miles I've already had to stop...