said it was the highlight of the trip.

this is after the flatirons in colorado, moab and canyonlands in utah, the tetons in wyoming, and the badlands in sd.

i spent a ton of time in the region as a youth. my aunt sister (she is a nun) was at the "mound," a huge convent near baraboo. if you bought cinnamon bread from nuns at the galena farmers market, you may have met my aunt.