On our first night of traveling we stayed at a hotel in Bismarck.  Grandma Robbie and Grandpa Ron were able to come for just a bit to watch the kidlets expend massive amounts of cooped up energy in the pool that evening. The next morning, after a delicious hotel breakfast,…

I had been looking forward to driving across western North Dakota and eastern Montana on vacation, and it didn’t disappoint.  Although I am getting fonder of Northern Minnesota’s lush trees all the time, there is nothing like nearly 180 degrees of sky to just clear out a person’s brain.  It…