Midwest Archives - Steve & Dinah's Roadtrip 2026

Ford, Diego Rivera, and capitalism lessons for today

Steve May 8, 2026 No Comments

It is complicated, as Diego Rivera brilliantly captured in his ‘Detroit Industry’ murals at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Henry Ford was an example of an American industrialist who…

The Windy City

Steve May 4, 2026 No Comments

We visited Chicago to visit with Linda and her husband Bill. Linda is the last of Dinah’s four friends from her youth that we visited on this trip. How cool…

Friends and Family Along the Way 2

Dinah May 4, 2026 No Comments

This was our last friends and family visit 🥹. I’m sad for it to be over, but what an incredible experience it has been to reconnect with so many good…

Detroit and pride of country

Steve April 28, 2026 No Comments

After leaving the City of Steel, we headed to Detroit and started out by exploring the industry that made Detroit famous. First up, was a visit to the Ford Rouge…

Pittsburgh, “The Paris of Appalachia”?

Dinah April 27, 2026 No Comments

Pittsburgh was the “big city” south of the small western Pennsylvania town I grew up in, which we rarely visited. I vaguely remember a trip we took to see the…