Yellowstone National Park is one of the most beautiful places we’ve found in our travels. And it’s certainly one of the most thrilling. Where else can you stroll on boardwalks over colorful hot pools and geysers and encounter traffic jams caused by bison and bears? Our last visit to Yellowstone was in the fall of […]
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One of the things I love most about our full time travels is discovering places we would otherwise never visit. We plan our journeys starting with a rough outline of things we want to see, and then connect the dots with mystery stops along our routes. More often than not, those unknown places turn out […]
In the northeast corner of Wyoming’s rolling prairies a pillar of ancient lava rises more than 800 feet above an ocean of Ponderosa pines. Throughout the centuries, the mysterious monolith has captured the imaginations of the tribes of the Great Plains, president Teddy Roosevelt, and filmmaker Steven Spielberg, among many others. In early June, we […]
That last Yellowstone post was too long. So I’m making this one brief. The subtitle is “Jams: Various Varieties.” Day 5: Woke up to a couple of inches of snow. Tried to drive to the Canyon area, but halfway there, got stuck in a huge traffic jam; walked a half-mile to find a truck and […]