South Dakota, USA They say the Great Plains were covered by a prehistoric sea. In Badlands National Park, you can see Pierre shale, the sedimentary rock that used to be at the bottom of that sea. Then at the…
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Ketchikan
In Alaska, the town of Ketchikan had many bald eagles flying around and almost as many standing totem poles. Near Halibut Street and Killer Whale Avenue, the Saxman Village had a collection of restored totem poles that had been gathered…
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Mount Rushmore
In the Black Hills of South Dakota, sits the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. I have not seen anything like it anywhere else. On granite rock, is a huge sculpture of the faces of four U.S. Presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,…
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Muskogee, OK
Although my AAA Tour Book didn’t list much to see in Muskogee, I had to go there. I was singing Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” for all I was worth when I passed the town limits. I stopped for gas. My feet…
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Bronx Spring
Come Spring, I start thinking of long weekend trips. Whether it be some place new or some place I’ve visited a thousand times, the warmer weather (with its easier travel and less layers of clothing and more comfortable outdoors) makes…
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