This is a bigger part of the country than I remembered. I always had the idea the Great Plains took up most of the land area of the U.S., but…

I was hoping to find regular people as I got further south of Paris. And yes, it exceeded my expectations. This town, Sancerre, has not really been a tourist hotspot,…

Yes, of course it’s corn. It covers Iowa from Missouri to Minnesota. Which is where we ended up last night, at a rest stop in the southwest corner of Minnesota.…

Why it should have been unexpected, I am not sure, but action seemed next to impossible. It was the warmest day predicted for the rest of my stay, and I’d…