After 13 days of travel we woke up this morning destined for Oregon City! We drove around Mt. Hood and were amazed at the dense forest that surrounded us. We kept wondering, HOW did the pioneers tra… more →
Teachers Take On The Trailwrote 2 days ago: Day 8 – Bryce Canyon National Park Today we headed toward Bryce Canyon National Park. We drove … more →
wrote 4 days ago: OH MY GOSH, I WROTE ANOTHER BLOG ENTRY. This has absolutely nothing to do with me avoiding more edit … more →
wrote 1 week ago: EPITAPHS FROM OREGON TRAIL AFTER SOME EIGHTH GRADE BOYS HAD USED THE COMPUTER. BY ANNA BRESLAW - … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Save On True Religion Women’s Phantom Christina Straight Leg Jean, Oregon Trail, 25 Thanks for … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Leaving South Dakota behind and heading south, we come upon the state of Nebraska. Nebraska has no … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Although, let’s be honest. I’m already West, literally and figuratively. I was born and … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Did you know that on this day in 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England? Or that it was on this … more →
wrote 1 week ago: On Monday, I wrote about the Oregon Trail emigrants choosing their leaders on the Kansas and Nebrask … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The Sisters Brothers is Patrick deWitt’s second novel. It can’t be described without reference to th … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Sometime in March, Nerdy Nerd crazycrabbers.com developed this little graph below predicting how man … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: By mid-May, the emigrants to Oregon in the 1840s had settled into a routine. They were past the fron … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: CELC FIC R Rivers Personal Author: Rivers, Francine, 1947- Title: The scarlet thread / Francine Rive … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I sent off my bio, book blurb, etc. to the publisher, and then I worked on the questionnaire for the … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: 2,000 miles of afternoon walks across the Missouri river, other rivers, desert, the Rocky Mountains … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Sometimes the Bible is the king of understatements. We’ve been building up to the events of Jo … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The countdown of the last eight years of medical school and residency seemed never-ending, but the r … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I just signed a contract for my western novel, Detour Trail. It won’t be out until next year, … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: By Rachel Oregon Trail may be one of the greatest childhood “learning” games of all time … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Here is a hodge-podge blog about things I wanted to share. A few more memories from the 80′s … more →