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Casey, Illinois — World’s Largest Attempt to Make a Small Town Interesting

We headed north for vacation to try to hit the north woods of Wisconsin during peak fall color season. On the way, we visited our niece and her husband in their new house very close to the south short of … Continue reading

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Plans A and B

Plan A on almost any given weekend is to go on some adventure with my wife. Plan B, if she wants to stay home, is to go birding. My Plan B today was to drive up to the little town … Continue reading

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Sheridan, Wyoming

Although I’d planned what I wanted to do every day on my trip, I left things open enough to account for some spontaneity. The one nonnegotiable was Little Bighorn, which meant that I had to stay somewhere reasonably close on … Continue reading

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Wandering Strasbourg

We ate brunch at a small crepes place on the cathedral plaza. It can be seen on the left in the photo below, just this side of the shop with the white canopy. I ordered the Pro·ven·çal, with ham, cheese, egg, … Continue reading

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Birkenkopf (Rubble Hill)

Our daughter and son-in-law were amazing tour guides. Our plane landed at 9:10. We connected with them about half an hour later. We made a quick stop at their apartment to drop off luggage, and by 11:15, we were out … Continue reading

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