In 2003, Laurel and I went on a week-long camping trip! I kept a journal, and below you will find it transcribed! Because it is a direct transcription, you may find it under-edited and over-rambling. Well, you may find all my writing to be that way, but this is even moreso.
| Day 1 | Fear and Loathing on the home front, Mitchell! | Warning: Contains metaphor involving McDonald’s product |
| Day 2 | The corn palace, the petrified forest, Wall Drug, the Badlands, Crystal Cavern, The Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway | Warning: Contains many synonyms for dinosaur dung |
| Day 3 | A setback, Deadwood, Crazy Horse, Termespheres, Devil’s Tower | Warning: Contains self-pity about a colleagues relative youth |
| Day 4 | The bighorn mountains, Steamboat Sam, Shell Falls, Emblem, Outside of Yellowstone | Warning: Contains a Zen Koan |
| Day 5 | Yellowstone galore | Warning: Contains Laurel’s scary fight with a monster |
| Day 6 | Earthquake lake, Montana Proper, Lewis and Clark Caverns, Pine Creek | Warning: Contains completely offensive proposed commercial for Menards |
| Day 7 | Pompeii’s pillar, Theodore Roosevelt national park, The world’s largest holstein cow, Welcoming reception at Laurel’s Mom’s house | Warning: Contains anaphora |