InMotion

On the Delta Heritage Trail Have mask will travel, doing the museums in Helena.  As you may know, Carol and I are on the road.  We dusted off the Lodge (our Airstream Bambi Sport 22-foot trailer) and headed north. We finally pulled ourselves away from our daily rituals of worrying, reading, and bike riding, and got busy with research. Plans must be made. This is our 4th long-form RV trip, and we made a change in that our waypoints are going to be Rail-Trails instead of Craft Breweries.  Actually, we really didn't explicitly plan to visit breweries as waypoints in previous trips, it's just that they are everywhere,  and the beer is inevitably good, not to mention the great people associated with these family and dog friendly places.  Anyway, we will do the Delta Heritage Trail in SE Arkansas, the Katy Trail near St. Louis MO, Chichaqua Valley Trail in Iowa, Red Jacket Trail near Minneapolis, Georges S. Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills, William J. Mentock Trail in Wyoming, Bitt

I’m wondering what there is to celebrate here on The Fourth of July.   There’s of course the establishing of an independent country (becoming formally politically independent from the colonial power).   Then there’s celebrating time off from work for many people.     One might celebrate certain treasured features of this country, the USA.   It’s a place where science, engineering, innovation and risk-taking have helped to usher in the peace and prosperity many people in the USA and other countries enjoy.   Maybe one celebrates a belief that the USA helps to prevent deaths and suffering from conflict all over the globe in its role as world policeman.   Some may have   other ideas of how the USA makes the lives of those who live here or in other countries better, or safer, or easier.   Of course, many will simply want to celebrate the existence of USA because “we” live here and so do most of our friends and parents and children and siblings and extended family.   What’s not to celebrate