It didn't take long for me to get to my next state since it was literally a stones throw from where I was staying in Fargo. So I hopped into the Mazda and crossed the Red River into Minnesota. I was excited to be back in my birth state...

I left Idaho in a snow storm, hit the mountain passes packed with ice, met fierce winds in the high country, drove in heavy rain along the Columbia River, was hailed on outside Portland, and arrived in warm sunshine at Eugene. Oregon's weather is as diverse as its landscape. A beautiful state...

On Thursday morning, I set my alarm for 5:00am to get up in time to make it to the Las Vegas Catholic Worker's Soup Line in North Las Vegas. I had to be at the kitchen by 6:00am to help get the items ready and to load the trailer. The part of town the Las Vegas...