our epoch… one year, 48 state adventure
join us on our adventure as we visit all of the lower 48 states in one year!
Week 11 of our 48 state, 52 week adventure found us in Nebraska – the land of the Huskers. I’m not sure anything else matters in Nebraska. Everything is red and white. Everyone is wearing red and white. Except us silly folks from Colorado that is.
While we didn’t catch the Husker’s game, we did find out that Nebraska is bigger than just the Huskers. Petroglyphs. Caves. The Underground Railroad. Nebraska has a lot to offer if you look for it!
South Dakota may not be a place to whale watch or view volcanoes, but is a special place for our family. It is where my great Grandparents homesteaded back in the early 1900’s. It’s where my Grandma, with her 13 brothers and sisters were raised. It is where her brother, sister in-law and their daughter and sons still operate a successful ranch. We are grateful for our heritage and it was exciting to get back to our roots and see a bit of the place where it all began here in the United States!
Week 9 of our 48 state, 52 week adventure found us in the great state of North Dakota! This was a place that I had never really had any real desire to go and had only really heard of Fargo because of the movie. Which I never saw… What a surprise to find such amazing places like Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora and Lake Sakakwea! Here are the Top 5 Memories from North Dakota!
Week 8 of our 48 state, 52 week adventure found us in the great state of Montana! We got to take in the wonder of Glacier National Park, the amazing waters of Flathead Lake and Lake McDonald and live a bit of history at Little Bighorn and Last Stand Hill. But the best part was meeting up with some great people for a day of boating, tubing and swinging.
Our week in the state of Washington was amazing and exhausting. Mt. Rainier. Mt. St. Helens. Olympia. Olympic National Park. And finally, Spokane. So many beautiful sites and so many miles of lush, green amazingness, a few whale tails and then, as we headed east, the familiar mountain desert that reminded us of home in Colorado. What a unexpectedly beautiful and memorable trip!
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Oregon was one of the states that none of us had been to, but all of us had high hopes and expectations for. There is no doubt that this state is amazing… We just were unable to view it as we had hope we could. There were wildfires burning up the southern half of the state. Our tires suddenly decided not to be tires and the coast decided it didn’t want to let the sun kiss our skin. Despite our sob story, we had a great time and now know that there is even more beauty to behold when we get a chance to come back in the future.
Willie Nelson.
Most everyone is familiar with his hit song, On the Road Again. You know…
“On the road again. I just can’t wait to get on the road again. The life I love is makin’ music with my friends. And I can’t wait to get on the road again. On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been, seein’ things that I may never see again…Like a band of Gypsies we go down the highway…”
This is pretty much the theme song for our life right now. Seriously.