Author Archives: roycrawford

On 4 of my long distance trips I thought about going to Hershey’s Chocolate World. In 2011 I crossed it off the list because it was too far off route. In 2016 I arrived after it closed. In 2018 we … Continue reading →

Started the day with a treat at the Krispy Kreme factory. Or store…whatever. Neat to see the machine making the donuts and the sorting and packing process. Then it was time to cover some ground. We got out of Indiana, … Continue reading →

As promised, not a lot to write about today. We put some miles on today after a little GPS snafu yesterday. We have seen a lot of flooding since we left the Badlands through South Dakota and Iowa. Even as … Continue reading →

This morning I scraped myself out of bed to catch the sunrise and be somewhere cool for the morning golden hour. Got it. Then we finished off the rest of the Badlands National Park. If you are going and really … Continue reading →

This morning we set out from Rapid City in search of the elusive Wall Drug Store and after only 157 signs showing us the way we were able to find it. We shopped the shops and looked at the oddities … Continue reading →

Today was mostly a travel day but we finished it up with a stop at the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. After a drive trough the oil and ranch lands of Wyoming and past a huge … Continue reading →

Today we left Idaho Falls to head east into more mountains. The first climb took us to Jackson and the Grand Tetons National Park. Again the drive through the mountains was beautiful and offered lots of photo opportunities and the … Continue reading →

After our Salt Flats disappointment yesterday we moved on heading to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. It started early and lasted most of the day checking out the lava fields leading to the “monument” and climbing hills…so … Continue reading →

Day 9 was day 2 of the Deep Blue roller derby tournament. Took some pictures and met some people. This was the first tournament I have been to where they had to sweep the track after every period and had … Continue reading →

No travel today, just the reason this year’s big trip was to here. The Deep Blue 2019 roller derby tournament. My first time shooting an outdoor roller derby game or tournament. I may or may not have gotten a sunburn…spoiler, … Continue reading →