USon8wheels – a travel blog

July 17-20 By Eliza The first spot was a rare-berry farm, near Helena. You’ve probably never even heard of the different fruits this lady had, so I won’t list them for you (well, you might know if you talk to…

By Eliza “What!!? Is this really happening!?!!” I thought as we crossed the state line back into Minnesota. It was lovely driving through the gentle rolling hills (not quite as spectacular as some other hills we’ve seen) of NW Minnesota.…

By Erin and Eliza We had a wonderful time in ND with some of our friends from New Hampshire, when we used to live there yearrrsss ago. We’ve been able to host them a handful of times in Minneapolis as…

By Eliza After being “home” for a few days, we ventured out again to the U.P. We were meeting my cousins and Nana out there! It was very lovely! We were able to be in both lake Superior and Michigan.…

July 15 – 17 by Erin Here we are enjoying supper at our site in the St. Mary Campground. Mount Oberlin: With its scrambling, climbing, and stunning scenery, our next hike was a favorite among the kids (and adults). This…

July 10-14 by Erin It was thrilling to be here in Glacier as a family. I worked in this special place for two summers during college and have so been looking forward to being here together. Our first couple nights…

July 4-10 By Matt Driving slightly south through a bit of the Palouse landscape in Washington, we then went north and east into the “Panhandle” of Idaho. I hope Idaho is cooking potatoes in the main part of the pan,…

June 30 – July 4 By Eliza I’m gonna make you wait for the “Circus in Spokane” part because I want to tell you about another farm we went to before Spokane. We stayed at a nice, quiet, what we…

June 28-30 By Eliza (the cattle ranch part is by Erin:) Before arriving in the National Park, we spent a couple days in the western foothills at a cattle ranch. We had a secluded site a short walk from the…

June 15-23 By Eliza and Erin This was our longest time at one place–nine days. It was a beautiful, peaceful, fun, and very yummy stay. Let me explain why… This was an organic orchard that grew lots of apples, pears,…