by Steve Chisnell | 2 August 2009 | ChizBlog, Travel
Day Nine: Idaho Falls to Yellowstone Part of me expected to reach Yellowstone (and flee Idaho) by mid-morning, but I knew better. First, the only T-Mobile dealer in Idaho (because all that exists here is AT&T and Verizon) was in a Wal-Mart. So began my very first... 
by Steve Chisnell | 30 July 2009 | ChizBlog, Travel
Day Seven: Sorest Calves in Glacier This morning’s hike took us into the “Heart of Glacier,” a flora identification trip to Iceberg Lake, about 10 mountainous miles round trip. The hike began well, with seven of us outfitted with boots and packs and... by Steve Chisnell | 28 July 2009 | ChizBlog, Travel
Day Five: Minot, ND, to Chester, MT It’s hard to imagine just how big the American agricultural machine really is. Knowing that I am only scratching the northern tip of flax, corn, and cattle country, this day has been (until its end) an exercise in open sky and... 
by Steve Chisnell | 26 July 2009 | ChizBlog, Travel
Day Three: Porcupine Mountains to Chippewa Nat’l Forest Early morning is probably the best time to visit the three falls along the river here. Again, eerily, no one is on these trails—outside of the occasional wooden post suggesting a marker, I can easily... 
by Steve Chisnell | 24 July 2009 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism, Travel
Day One: Grass Lake to Hiawatha Driving north through Michigan’s lower peninsula is largely routine for too many of us trolls (what the Yoopers call residents of the lower state). The occasional construction zone, the intermittent shower which grays out the... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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