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Day 49, Monday April 15, 2024: Park City, Idaho to Grand Junction, Colorado
Carnegie libraries visited: Mount Pleasant, Ephraim and Manti, Utah. The bad weather made my day better. It would have been hard for me...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 30, 20255 min read


Day 56, Tuesday, April 23, 2024: Dillon, Montana to Billings, Montana
Carnegie libraries visited: Dillon, Montana In 1943 a circus elephant named Old Pitt was struck by lightning in Dillon; the elephant is...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 29, 20256 min read


Day 62, Monday, April 29, 2024: Gothenburg, Nebraska to Hastings, Nebraska
Carnegie libraries visited: Gothenburg, Holdredge, Shelton, and Harvard, Nebraska Gothenburg Carnegie Library Mary greets me just after...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 29, 20252 min read


Day 61, Sunday April 28, 2024: Chadron, South Dakota to Gothenburg, Nebraska
Carnegie libraries visited: Albion and Arcadia, Nebraska. It’s a long and not winding road today. The 330 miles of highways I take...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 28, 20254 min read


Day 60, Saturday April 27, 2024: Deadwood, South Dakota to Chadron, Nebraska
Carnegie libraries visited: Chadron, Nebraska I shunned the straight path again today and took a winding route from Deadwood through...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 28, 20254 min read


Day 59, Friday April 26, 2024: Bismarck, North Dakota to Deadwood, South Dakota
Carnegie libraries visited: Deadwood, South Dakota North and South Dakota are two of the least populated states, but they hold their own...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 27, 20254 min read


Day 58, Thursday, April 25: Miles City, Montana to Bismarck, North Dakota
Carnegie libraries visited: Dickinson, North Dakota Professor Lambeth’s “Architecture Lecture” class at the University of Arkansas...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 25, 202511 min read


Day 57, Wednesday, April 24, 2024: Big Timber, Montana to Miles City, Montana
Carnegie libraries visited: Hardin and Miles City, Montana Were I to live in Montana, I would have a big-ass truck. A few guns. A cattle...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 25, 20255 min read


Day 53, Saturday April 20, 2024: Golden, Colorado to Casper, Wyoming
Carnegie libraries visited: Boulder, Wheatland, Lusk Snow always thrills me; I never get tired of it. This may be because I have never...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 24, 20259 min read


Day 55, Monday April 22, 2024: Jackson, Wyoming to Dillon, Montana
Carnegie libraries visited: none. George Armstrong Custer If you’ve seen a picture of George Armstrong Custer, you know what Matt, a...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 22, 20255 min read


Day 54, Sunday April 21, 2024: Casper, Wyoming to Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Carnegie libraries visited: Lander, Wyoming I was not bleeding out of my butt when I woke up this morning. I mean, I wasn’t expecting to,...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 21, 20255 min read


Day 52, Friday, April 19: Golden, Colorado
Carnegie libraries visited: John "Thunderbird Man" Emhoolah, Jr. Branch Library, Denver, Colorado John "Thunderbird Man" Emhoolah, Jr....
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 18, 20253 min read


Day 50, Tuesday April 16: Grand Junction, Colorado to Idaho Springs, Colorado
Carnegie libraries visited: Delta and Salida, Colorado I’ve been having a couple of recurring dreams lately. Last night, I dreamed that I...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 17, 202513 min read


A Day Off: Thursday, April 18: Golden Colorado
I’m not traveling on this snowy day; I’m hanging out at the Golden public library while Chris goes to work. A homeless man, belonging...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 17, 20253 min read


Day 51, Wednesday April 17: Idaho Springs, Colorado to Golden, Colorado
Carnegie libraries visited: Idaho Springs, Denver Smiley Branch, Denver Decker Branch, Colorado Traffic was light when I was pulling into...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 17, 20251 min read


Day 48, Sunday April 14: Salt Lake City, Utah to Park City, Utah
Carnegie libraries visited: none What’s the difference between an AA meeting and a Mormon* church service? At AA meetings, we pray and...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 14, 20257 min read


Day 38, Friday March 22: Ferndale, California to Coos Bay, Oregon
Carnegie libraries visited: None. Ferndale is the gateway to California’s Lost Coast, the least developed portion of California, with...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 9, 20255 min read


Day 40, Sunday March 24: Portland, Oregon
Carnegie libraries visited: North Portland, St. John’s, Albina, all in Portland, Oregon. The 8 a.m. “Dignitaries” AA meeting in Portland...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 1, 20254 min read


Day 41, Monday March 25: Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington
Carnegie libraries visited: Centralia, Tacoma, Bellingham-Fairhaven, and Port Townsend, Washington I know I’m in Oregon, as today I...
Mark Carl Rom
Apr 1, 20255 min read


Travel days, March 28 - April 9: Seattle, Washington, to Washington, D.C. and back.
I am putting my library tour on pause for two weeks. During this time I will be visiting my sisters for Easter and going to my Bethesda...
Mark Carl Rom
Mar 31, 20253 min read
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