Comments on: Week 6 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 By: Don & Julia https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/#comment-43 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:55:45 +0000 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/?p=592#comment-43 Hi Robin!

Thank you so much for checking in, it means a lot to us. The landscape has been unbelievable, and the history of westward movement is so fraught with confusion and pain and wonder. The United States is a strange place. I feel close to something but also far away from everywhere. See you soon.

]]> By: Don & Julia https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/#comment-42 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:48:11 +0000 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/?p=592#comment-42 Yeah, Chief Joseph along with so many others were doing the best they could in the face of overwhelming intrusion. At the Little Bighorn Park in Montana for instance, the battlefield is marked with white marble stones where US soldiers fell and red marble stones inscribed with the saying, “defending the (Cheyenne) way of life”,- where they fell. So tragic all the way around.

Thanks for checking in on us Anne!

]]> By: Robin Davis https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/#comment-39 Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:24:07 +0000 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/?p=592#comment-39 I just wanted to check in out of curiosity to see where Julia was (having received another out-of-office reply), but was totally captivated by the lovely daily journaling and photographs. How sad but meaningful to retrace the Nez Perce trail. Glad you are seeing so much beautiful country. Bike safe & stay cool!

]]> By: Anne Nepokroeff https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/#comment-38 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 19:12:53 +0000 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/?p=592#comment-38 Hi Don & Company! Wow, what an amazing trip you are on. The country you went through this past week is close to my heart and the anecdote you shared about Chief Joseph with his horses and that incredible country hits the mark. What more could anyone want? Safe travels! Best, Anne

]]> By: Don & Julia https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/#comment-29 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:45:28 +0000 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/?p=592#comment-29 Renate, thanks for checking in! And yes, I do look forward to our future conversations. We were just 100 miles north of Yellowstone and I remembered our mutual love of Wyoming. This is sure beautiful country out here. Sorry for so late a response, as our wifi has been spotty at times, especially in rugged and beautiful Idaho!
-Don

]]> By: Renate Gokl https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/out-and-about/week-6-2/#comment-25 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:34:38 +0000 https://www.crossingthegreatdivide.net/?p=592#comment-25 hi don + crew! i’ve been following your blog—what a wonderful journey! so glad it’s all going well. we’ll have some fun lunch conversations when you’re back! cheers, renate

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