#WRRoadTrip

A giant metal statue of a dragon in a field, with Marietta (a plush platypus) facing it from the edge of the frame.

…and Marietta faced off against the Kaskaskia Dragon! #WRRoadTrip

The front of the City Museum—and old brick buildings with a huge climbing structure for kids, including an entire airplane. Quixley (a plush zebra) looks on from the corner of the frame.

Barry (a plush elephant) sits on the wheel of an old fire engine.

Yesterday Barry and I visited the City Museum of St. Louis… #WRRoadTrip

The Blue Whale of Catoosa: a big blue cartoonish statue of a whale, in a pond in a park, seen from the side. On the right side of the frame, Odoacer (a Squishable blue plush narwhal) looks on.

Odoacer poses in front of the Blue Whale of Catoosa, both facing the camera. The footpath leading from the park into the Blue Whale’s mouth is visible.

Yesterday Odoacer met one of his personal heroes: the Blue Whale of Catoosa! #WRRoadTrip

Cadillac Ranch—a row of old cars half-buried in the soil, sticking up at an angle, and covered in graffiti; and Marietta (a plush platypus) in the foreground at the same angle.

Marietta looking at graffiti on a car reading “in omnia paratus” with a pink heart.

We visited Cadillac Ranch today on the #WRRoadTrip and Marietta was very excited!

Rochester (a plush bison) in the parking lot in front of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Rochester in front of a cliffside of boulders, some of which have inscriptions on them of geometric shapes and figures of animals.

Today #WRRoadTrip was in Albuquerque, and Rochester visited the Pueblo Cultural Center and the Piedras Marcadas petroglyphs!

Marietta (a plush platypus) in front of a granite slab engraved with facts about platypuses and a large picture of one.

Marietta standing on top of a half-scale replica of the Liberty Bell in the desert.

Marietta on the floor next to a brass plaque labeled “official center of the world”

Day 1 of #WRRoadTrip 2025! Marietta was excited to visit the exact center of the world. There was a granite monument about her family, and a replica of the Liberty Bell!

Rochester, a plush bison, sitting on top of a purple suitcase in a hallway. Other bags are visible in the foreground and background.

Here’s Rochester packing for #WRRoadTrip 2: the sequel! Some members of our team are spending the spring in Pittsburgh, and driving there over the coming week.

The car that took the #WRroadtrip across the country is going into honorable retirement today.

Last weekend, Silas took Marietta to Palomar Mountain in a #WRroadtrip sequel!

End of the #WRroadtrip: first night in the new place.

Hi to my peeps at the San Diego Zoo —qxz #WRroadtrip

Final hotel room of the #WRroadtrip: San Diego.

Finally in the sunny part of California. #WRroadtrip

Marietta and John Steinbeck. #WRroadtrip

Castro Street! 🌈 #WRroadtrip
(Not the famous part of the street, which is a few blocks away, but still. —qxz)

In San Francisco, day off from traveling. #WRroadtrip

Forgot to post this a couple days ago: the Devil's Churn, an ocean inlet near Cape Perpetua, Oregon. #WRroadtrip

On the Golden Gate Bridge! The fog starts exactly where the city of San Francisco begins. #WRroadtrip

THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF A TREE #WRroadtrip

This guy drives the bus in the gift shop! #WRroadtrip

Pascale and Marietta on the Avenue of Giants. #WRroadtrip

Rochester and a salmon in Klamath. #WRroadtrip

Pascale contemplates the misty treetops in Redwood National Park. #WRroadtrip

Marietta looks across the Pacific from Cape Blanco, the westernmost point of the #WRroadtrip.

The Pacific at last. #WRroadtrip

A Portland institution! #WRroadtrip

The fox doesn't usually care much for tourism, but he appreciated the Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland. #WRroadtrip

Ending our day in Seattle with a night at the theatre! #WRroadtrip (I've been excited to see this! —qxz)

The Pike Place Market has this businesslike pig statue. Her name is Rachel! #WRroadtrip

Marietta and the Space Needle. #WRroadtrip