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Roadtrip Day 12: Bozeman & Cut Bank
…I was in no particular rush after Ryan took his leave, so I took advantage of another day of perfect weather to leisurely wander around downtown Bozeman and get some exploring in. It’s part of the human condition that we inevitably end up comparing our experiences with what we’re already familiar with, so in my…
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Roadtrip Day 11: Grand Teton & Yellowstone S-N
…It was truly the ideal landscape to trailrun! A gently rolling landscape that made you feel like a BMX racer on a track, racing the downhills to build up some speed for the slight inclines, with the urge to make little jumps at the top of each rise just to catch a little bit of…
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Roadtrip Day 10: Yellowstone E-W and Driggs, ID
…One of the most magical aspects of Yellowstone is of course its geological activity. It doesn’t really hit you that you’re traveling over an enormous caldera until you first spy an odd bit of steam coming from an unexpected spot on the landscape, or upon getting your first whiff of wet sulfurous scent blown by…
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Roadtrip Day 9: Devil’s Tower, Buffalo, Bighorn, Cody
Joy might be fleeting, but as I was reminded over and over again on this roadtrip, there are always brand new joys ahead, just over the horizon. And it turns out that simply driving the highways of Wyoming was enough to make me fall in love over and over again with the land I traversed.…
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Roadtrip Day 8: Rushmore, Black Hills, Wind Cave, Hulett
Upon waking up on this 8th day of my trip, anxiety was my dominant emotion. I was worried about keeping up with writing down all that I’d been experiencing; I was bothered by issues I’d been having with my web host; I was anticiparanxious because I was coming up on the end of what I…
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Roadtrip Day 7: Sioux Falls, Minuteman, Badlands, Wall
I left my Airbnb early, seeing no sign of my fascinating hosts, and unsure if I should try to lock the door on my way out. Airbnb has a lot of issues that are currently being legislated in many locales due to abuse, reducing housing supply, and bypassing hotel regulations…But the original idea—of strangers sharing…
