It is September, so that means that kids are back in school all over. This is the time homeschoolers enjoy field trips! We headed to the WA side of the Bonneville Lock & Dam to learn how the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) is using the Columbia River to generate power for the area. The […]
We are in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada for the next few days and the top item on our activity list was to hike to at least one of the local tea houses. We chose to head to the Plain of Six Glaciers tea house today. It is the less visited one because it is 7.3km
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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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If you have read Jacks post: He lies, I crush him at Bad Tommy and when he wins, he barely wins. This week when we were leaving Yellowstone we decided to stop in the national forest 🌳 to see a visitor center because Daddy wanted to know why there were dead trees standing in the
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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Friday we went on a drive with Ms Kristie’s dad, Mr Bruce. He used to be a tour guide for Yellowstone, so he knew a lot about the park. He mostly talked about the hydrothermal features of the park. These features are the result of a millions of years old volcano that covered pretty much
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This week we were at Yellowstone and we saw wolves. We drove to the best spot to see them and we found them. We had a great time watching the wolves. We couldn’t get the best view because it was a few miles (maybe one or two) away but we could see a pretty good
On Friday, after driving around Jackson we visited a bend in the river called and oxbow bend to see some animals, and for once we did! The first animal we saw was a bald eagle. It was flying around overhead and flew so close to me I could hear its wings flapping. I decided to
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So proud of this family today! They crushed our Tetons goal hike climbing almost 3000 feet vertical on an 11 mile trail. A bit longer than it should have been because of a parking area full of people doing less ambitious hikes. The Jenny Lake hike was a great buildup for this one. Spectacular views
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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