On July 6, I set off with my brother Matt, his wife, Kelly, and their 17-month-old son, Jimmy, along with a lick-addicted Labrador and a skittish Italian Greyhound, on a six-day, seven-state drive from Des Moines to Seattle. As we cruised out of Iowa into the Black Hills of South Dakota Matt asked, “Does this landscape remind you a little bit of Ireland?” It did, somewhat, but that wasn’t the remarkable part of his inquiry. What’s remarkable, I mused, is that I’ve spent more of my days in places like Ireland and Germany than I have in states so closely bordering my own. I decided this trip was the perfect opportunity to experience more of my own country before I depart for another international tour. I present for you a short series on the things I learned along the way. If you’ve no time for anecdotal entertainment, here’s the summary: America is a beautiful, terrifying, ridiculous nation.
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