For our first full day in Glacier National Park I signed us up for a guided tour in one of the historic 1937 red busses. We met our guide at 8:30 (too early in the minds of the kids) and even though it was 47 degrees outside, he immediately asked for help converting our bus […]
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In June, Yellowstone experienced unexpected water levels that caused immense damage to the northern end of the park. This resulted in the two northern entrances to the park being closed and many of the parts and roads in the north being closed to visitors. Initially the entire park was closed to all people, though this
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Those who know us well, know we enjoy coffee. Now, we don’t enjoy coffee the way normal people enjoy it. We need it to have been roasted within the past week, be a light to medium roast, and single origin beans. Then it has to be made in a pour over method with a paper
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The kids asked to take Friday “off” from early wake-ups, museums, hikes, etc. We agreed and scheduled a day that was to be anything they wanted to do. Their major idea was to take the Jackson Hole tram to the top of the ski mountain and walk around the area. But Aleah insisted that it
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We have a few hikes planned in Canada that are many more miles than we are accustomed to, so we are trying to go on increasingly longer hikes now. Today we packed up our camelbacks and headed to Jenny Lake after attending a morning ranger talk at Jackson Lake Lodge. The talk was more of
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Our first full day in Grand Teton National Park was started with a two hour ride through miles of park land via horseback. This was a Christmas present from Chris’s parents that we have been anxiously awaiting for 6 months! The other couple that was scheduled for our tour did not show up, so the
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If you have been keeping track, you will notice that we are retracing many of our stops 20 years ago on our first cross country. Chris loves Lander, WY so of course we had to stop here again. We both remember visiting a ghost town during that trip and I bought a quilt from a
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We have spent the past two days exploring our corner of Wyoming around our base of Douglas. Yesterday we headed to Ft Laramie and the town of Guernsey. We packed a picnic lunch for Ft Laramie and enjoyed their picnic area before heading into the actual fort. While walking to the Visitor’s Center we were
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Another early morning for us resulted in sweeping view of the Black Hills. We started the day with a wildlife drive through Custer State Park. If yesterday was the day to see ALL the bighorn sheep, then today was the day of the Pronghorn. Along with lots of pronghorn, we happened upon a small herd
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Nebraska has amazed me. We are camped at Lake McConaughey in Ogallala, Nebraska for the week. It is beautiful. This lake is the largest in Nebraska and has over 1500 camping spots! It also has beautiful white sand beaches. Nebraska’s soil in this area (known as the Sandhills) is only sand. No topsoil in sight.
