Roadtrips Retracing The Laura Ingalls Wilder Books

1001 Travel Tales

Welcome to the podcast show notes and transcript for Episode 9: Retracing . In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with travel blogger, Debra Thompson, who writes at Just Short of Crazy. A self-confessed Laura-looney, Deb and her friend have done two 1 week roadtrips retracing the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. The Little House on the Prairie books cover a vast swathe of the USA from Minnesota to South Dakota. It’s hard to imagine how families in the 19th century covered this distance in a covered wagon facing un uncertain future and an unfriendly reception. Listen and see if you become a Laura Looney, too! Time Stamped Show Notes 0:55 Retracing the Laura Ingalls Wilder Books 1:45 Pa Was A Rolling Stone 3:16 Staying in a Sod House Hotel 6:37 The Prairie Homestead Museum 8:48 Life In a Covered Wagon 15:54 The Home that Laura Wrote All Her Books 17:56 The Next Literary Road Trip 21:05 Detours Along The Way 24:16 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Roadtrip Book in Process Now if you like the podcast then it would be a HUGE help if you subscribed and left a rating & review.