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[September 20] Fancy Meeting You Here
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Odometer: 149653Distance So Far: 4935Days On the Road: 20Final Stop: Victor, NY In preparation for a big week, Dono and Olya also boarded a plane to the East Coast! Donovan also got to take a ride in a tricked-out all terrain wheelchair. On the downside, he got stones in his kidneys instead of pebbles in his…
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[September 19] Yahtzee
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Odometer: 149606Distance So Far: 4888Days On the Road: 19Final Stop: Rochester, NY Niagra needs no introduction, and mom and dad have now seen this behemoth three times. What’s special about this time is they got to see it from Canada! At long last, mom has her Yahtzee — she’s gone feet-first into all five Great Lakes.…
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[September 18] Mom’s 50th 21st Birthday
![[September 18] Mom’s 50th 21st Birthday](https://plattdrives.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-18-at-18.22.27.jpeg)
Odometer: 149327Distance So Far: 4609Days On the Road: 18Final Stop: Horseheads, NY Mom celebrates her birthday today! It’s the three days a year when she gets to date a younger man. Her young buck treated her to the American Standard– Denny’s! Who needs a ribeye when you could have it country-fried? Hope they got the early…
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[September 17] Kirtland Signature
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Odometer: 148846Distance So Far: 4127Days On the Road: 17Final Stop: Twinsburg, OH From Dad September 17 We drove 2 hours to the Akron Area. On the way, we passed an exit sign for Mogadore. It brought back memories of the I Am Number Four scifi books. The bad aliens were called Mogadorians. And Number Four, the…
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[September 16] The wise man built his house, and then a hill.
![[September 16] The wise man built his house, and then a hill.](https://plattdrives.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/9_16_25-Ohio-River-at-Marietta-OH-4809.jpg)
Odometer: 148608Distance So Far: 3890Days On the Road: 16Final Stop: Parkersburg, WV Today mom and dad went out of their way to see a site that seems more likely to be the result of Clifford, or giants that wanted to build a super-sick skateboard ramp, than mere mortals. Giant mounds, man-made long before diggers came along…
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[September 15] Validating
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Odometer: 148292Distance So Far: 2277Days On the Road: 15Final Stop: Anderson, IN My kind of town, Chicago is. That is, as long as you avoid the Unseelie underbelly of the Lower Level. While mom and dad don’t seem to have been roped into any Sidhe bargains, consumed any faerie foods, or even encountered any mundane midnight…
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[September 13-14] Dune it Again
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Odometer: 148025Distance So Far: 3307Days On the Road: 14Final Stop: Portage, IN Three great lakes down, and so much of Lake Michigan skirted that they’ve started backtracking, Mom and dad are enthusiastically making headway on the Great American Bucketlist. From Dad September 13, 2025We started the day off driving a few miles down to Ludington, MI,…
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[September 11-12] Huron a Roll
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Odometer: 147778Distance So Far: 3060Days On the Road: 12Final Stop: Manistee, MI In terms of coastline to travel, Michigan takes the cake in the contiguous 48, and Mom and Dad have been milking it for all it’s worth. The last two days were spent ping-ponging between coastlines and booking river cruises, working on their tans, and…
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[September 10] Playing Catch-Up
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Odometer: 147370Distance So Far: Still 2652Days On the Road: 10Final Stop: Nahma, MI Sometimes you spend too much time on side quests and forget the campaign. Then again, that’s how you get the real XP. They’re probably just gearing up for a boss battle. From Dad: Easy day. We left Ironwood around 10:00, drove east on…
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[September 9] Superior Attitude
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Odometer: 147168Distance So Far: 2450Days On the Road: 9Final Stop: Ironwood, MI Another day on the road, another taxidermied animal to smooch. Mom started off the day today by pulling our leg with uncharacteristic flair. Given the history of car-related curses and road trips, this was a cruel and believable joke, though short-lived. That’s all Mom…
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[September 8] Cold Feet and a Paper Dam
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Odometer: Still 146937Distance So Far: Still 2219Days On the Road: 8Final Stop: Virginia, MN Part of the fun of having a family Whatsapp is that you get to experience the trip in real time, and then again later as a blog post! Mom has taken on the responsibility of telegraphing the Live POV. During the day,…
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[September 7] And on the Seventh Day
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Odometer: Still 146649Distance So Far: Still 1931Days On the Road: 7Final Stop: Still Thief River Falls, MN Mom and dad spent their first week emulating the Amazing Race contestants, zipping from landmark to landmark, making tracks. It’s only suitable that on the seventh day, they rest. From Dad Sunday. We slept in until 11:00. It has…
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[September 6] No Country for Old Manitoba
![[September 6] No Country for Old Manitoba](https://plattdrives.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-06-at-11.06.22.jpeg)
Odometer: 146649Distance So Far: 1931Days On the Road: 6Final Stop: Thief River Falls, MN From Dad We drove from Minot to the International Peace Gardens on the North Dakota-Manitoba border this morning. It was much larger than I anticipated. There was a central garden at least a half mile in length, with a small stream (more…
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[September 4-5] Deadwood in the Water
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Deadwood in the Water Odometer: ~145119Distance So Far: ~401 MilesDays On the Road: 2Final Stop: Minot, ND Mom and dad inched closer to the Canadian asymptote this week, arcing up through Montana and into the Dakotas–the part of the US that, if the country were a kitchen, would be the tupperware you left at the…
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[September 3] Follow the Yellowstone Road
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Odometer: 145540Distance So Far: 822 MilesDays On the Road: 3Final Stop: Billings, MT From Dad: September 3, 2025We got out earlier than we expected this morning. We drove the hour back to West Yellowstone to the Bear and Wolf Reserve. Linda got to see her bears. They mostly played in the water, until their dinner…
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[September 2] Holesome Breakfast
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Odometer: 145249Distance So Far: 531 MilesDays On the Road: 2Final Stop: Anthony, ID From Dad: September 2, 2025Our hotel offered made-to-order omelets as part of their free breakfast. I couldn’t pass that up! We filled the car with gas, and were on our way across the high Wyoming desert. We crossed the pioneer trails west…
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[September 1] Flaming Gorgeous
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Odometer: ~144907Distance so far: ~189 MilesDays on the Road: 1Final Destination: Rock Springs, WY First stop, water features! Mom and dad’s first official check-in came today from Flaming Gorge, UT. Unlike other Utah lakes, it still has enough water to wade in and merit a bridge. A whopping 189 miles from Orem in the first…
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[August 31] On the Road Again…
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Odometer Reading: 144,718Distance so far: 0 MilesDays on the Road: 0 Half a decade after DadRides, mom and dad are on the road again. But this time, Mom Rides. The goals? Whatever they want, obviously. The plans are hazy. The map is vague. The trajectory is, for now, northeasterly. Where else to start, but from…