Monatsarchive: Juli 2011

Today we got thrown out of the Barnes & Nobles bookstore in Naperville, Illinois, near Chicago – because of our dog Dumpty. Makes you wonder: not five minutes go by without  people coming up commenting on our dog „oh what … Weiterlesen →

Did you know that there’s an Oktoberfest in La Crosse, Wisconsin? They’ve already been celebrating it for 50 years and in 2011 they will get out their lederhosen and dirndls from Sept. 23rd until Oct. 1st. Anyway, La Crosse is … Weiterlesen →

Stop over in Murdo, South Dakota, population 488 … Tweet

Corbin Conroy is a Lakota working in the White River Visitor Center, one of the visitor centers of the Badlands in South Dakota. This center is located on the Pine Ridge Reservation and is operated by the Oglala Sioux Parks … Weiterlesen →

Through Wyoming and the north-western part of Nebraska we came into South-Dakota – Wounded Knee memorial on the Pine Ridge Reservation was our destination. When we arrived we met Cathy and her friends who taught us a lot about the … Weiterlesen →

This blog is intended to be a travel diary, because we want to share info about people we meet and places where we’ve been. So please take it and the photography displayed here for what it is, although some images … Weiterlesen →

Another hot but beautiful day – we are on our way to the Badlands National Park area. Photo: Angelika Oetker-Kast Tweet

Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you meet someone and even though it might just be a brief encounter, it stays with you for a while. We had such luck yesterday, when we met DK, Nancy and Charlie in baking heat at … Weiterlesen →

After a long day on the road we just heard the news about what happened in Norway and we’re devastated. So no update from us today – more tomorrow about what happened and who we met today. Tweet

Times must have been better for Ely in the past. You see quite some vacancies and run down buildings on Aultman Street, the main through street through this Nevada town that was once founded as a stagecoach station along the … Weiterlesen →