I n August 2016, I moved from Chicago to Reno with my husband, Brandon, and daughter, Mrinalini. Over the course of a week, we drove through Wisconsin, Minnesota, dropped down into Iowa for a picnic, then South Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho before reaching Nevada. In South Dakota, just outside Badlands National Park, we stopped at a Prairie Homestead built in 1909. There we played dress up in the style of Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose "Little House" series was one of my childhood favorites.