Monday 18 July Awake at 7:30, I took advantage of breakfast by the Holiday Inn and had eggs and sausage patties with juice and decaf...

Continuing Saturday 16 July [In La Crosse at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe] I returned to my car and continued along US-14/61 about...

Friday 15 July Leaving my Minneapolis hotel while following Garmin’s instructions took me over the Mississippi twice, touching in St Paul...

Wednesday 13 July Up a little earlier due to a full bladder, but after a muffin and juice, I was underway, heading east 155 miles to New...

Tuesday 12 July The itinerary plan was for a 200-mile day, with a stop midway in Sioux City, Iowa before heading to Sioux Falls, South...

Monday, 11 July Rising at 7:30, a breakfast of a banana and coffee, I was back on the road before 9. It was just under a hundred miles to...

Sunday 10 July From past experiences, Saturdays and Sundays have proven tougher when attempting to gain entrance. Saturdays many churches...

Saturday, 9 July Saturday was going to be a lot of time driving, with 300 miles planned, but broken equally. The cathedral and former...

Friday, 8 July Balancing off the grueling drive on Thursday, the trip from OK City to Wichita was a breeze. I’d figured out the Versa’s...

Thursday, 7 July Initially when planning this trip, my plan was just Kansas and Nebraska. As I looked at the map of cathedrals I haven’t...

Wednesday, 6 July Several times on Tuesday, and then again on the morning I was leaving Kansas City, Missouri for points west, I had...

A fortnight trip to the American heartland – self-titled the flatlands, but really a broad expanse of the central United States that is...