I have driven Option 1 on several occasions, and it's going to be the most direct and efficient. They're all interstate, all the way. In May 2022, I drove from San Diego to Chicago, stopping at Cedar City, UT; Fruita, CO, North Platte, NE, and a mini detour ...
In Greater Minnesota, Highway 14/15 in New Ulm is still under detour all winter. Two projects on Highway 60 between Cottonwood and Wantonville counties have restricted lanes through Nov. 30. Weather shouldn't be a factor until this weekend when snow is possible. Travelers are urged to use ...
Now, let’s fast forward to this past July when I revisited Hermann Heights Park for the first time in decades. Even though I travel through New Ulm often on U.S. Highway 14, I usually don’t detour up the hill to the park. But I needed photos. So you would think that after all...
One—my eldest daughter—would later find herself in the heart of the fast-moving storm as she drove along U.S. Highway 212 back to Minneapolis. My youngest brother, who also typically drives 212, back to Woodbury, changed his route after seeing a wall cloud to the north and being advis...
the desert hamlets of Landers and Flamingo Heights weathered some of the worst rattling--and had some of the most dramatic evidence to prove it. The main highway that passes near town, California 247, suffered deep craters and three-foot-wide cracks, forcing passers-by to detour onto the de...
Larry Gavin learned from these great writers of the prairie, where he lived for 15 years many years ago. Gavin made his home in Belview, just off State Highway 19 and some 10 miles or so from my hometown of Vesta. He served as the town’s mayor for two terms and taught English at...