http://blog.aragirn.net Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:08:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I have the feeling that the previous 45 days have been a once in a lifetime experience. I traveled through Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana. I've met an incredible number of new people whose company I have enjoyed ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/13/summer-trip-2008-wrapping-up/ Woke up this morning at 7am in order to head back to Michigan. After an awful experience at the Perkin's on Collins Ave. by Kevin's apartment (that is the most disgusting Perkin's I've ever been in) we were on the road by 9:30. It wasn't long before I was in ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/12/summer-2008-trip-day-45-marion-ia-to-rose-city-mi/ Another nice slow day today, spent hanging out in Cedar Rapids. Kevin took off from work early, and we've watched a couple movies (Top Gun and Hot Shots) in addition to spending a little bit of time out on the town. Tomorrow I head back to MI, but ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/11/summer-2008-trip-day-44-cedar-rapids-ia/ Another day with nothing too exciting going on. I got to sleep in until the glorious hour of 9am this morning and spent a good chunk of the day playing video games while I waited for Kevin to get off work. After that, we watched one of our favorite movies, ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/10/summer-2008-trip-day-43-cedar-rapids-ia/ Hit the road from the hotel at 8:30 this morning on the way to Cedar Rapids via the Badlands. Sarah needed some painkillers, so we stopped at Wall Drug. (They are a drug store, right?) I think it was worse this time around... not only is it the ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/10/summer-2008-trip-day-42-rapid-city-sd-to-marion-ia/ I'd forgotten how nice a hot shower felt. It'd been five days since my last one. We pulled out this morning around 9am, after getting coffee in a small coffee shop visited by Michael Keaton and breakfast at a small general store/restaurant in Shawmut, MT and headed for Billings. After a ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/08/summer-2008-trip-day-41-harlowton-mt-to-rapid-city-sd/ Started the morning with a cup of coffee, and then an invigorating 7.2 miles on foot in the span of 2.5 hours. Needless to say, our idea of "taking it easy" was picking a mostly level trail and walking faster. Oh well, Twin Falls in the Two Medicine ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/07/summer-2008-trip-day-40-two-medicine-to-harlowton-mt/ My day started wonderfully to say the least (and that isn't sarcasm). My alarm went off at 5am so I could get up and shoot the sunrise and I heard things falling on the rain fly. Sarah says, "I think it's raining..." and before she finishes "wait, is ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/06/summer-2008-trip-day-39-many-glaciers-glacier-national-park/ Woke up this morning and after an attempt to make edible pancakes, we got started driving down Going-to-the-Sun Road. We stopped a few miles in and hiked out to Avalanche Lake, which was absolutely gorgeous. You step right up to the edge of the lake and it is ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/05/summer-2008-trip-day-38-glacier-national-park/ First of all, let me just say that the fireworks in Butte, MT on the 4th of July are simply fantastic. It is probably the best show I've ever seen. Oh, and the fireworks the city launched were nice. Apparently, in Butte, you're allowed to buy pretty much whatever ... http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/07/04/summer-2008-trip-day-37-butte-mt-to-glacier-national-park/