We are now driving past endless fields of corn on the monotonous, unbroken topography of Nebraska. The beauty of the mountains in Colorado and the shimmering bright yellow of the aspen trees are already a memory that seems so long […]
We are now driving past endless fields of corn on the monotonous, unbroken topography of Nebraska. The beauty of the mountains in Colorado and the shimmering bright yellow of the aspen trees are already a memory that seems so long […]
We arrived in the Denver area the night before last to visit Chicory’s Colorado family. Four of his six siblings and their families live here, so we have been spending most of our time catching up. We decided to skip […]
Arches National Park was our last stop in Utah. We only had one day here. So, after we did school and work for the day, we headed up to see what we could see before the sun set. We saw […]
This morning , we hiked the canyons among the hoodoos, up and down and around (and repeat over 50 more times?). Although we only hiked six and a half miles, and did a combined elevation gain of approximately 2200 feet, […]
Yesterday, we experienced the opposite extreme of the canyon rim- the canyon floor. We hiked what is called “The Narrows”. Most of the hike was over large round river rocks, strewn under a foot to several feet of water. None […]
The pictures say it all…well, almost. Today, we hiked up to Observation Point. It was a 8 mile round trip with 2200 feet in elevation gain. We started at 7am in hopes to make it up the rocky slope before […]
Since we were just passing through, we chose a truck stop to sleep in the night before last. Our small setup seemed lost in the long lineup of trucks. I think we passed the noisiest night sleep we have ever experienced. […]
Our travels from the Glacier National Park area to Idaho Falls have provided a diverse array of scenery. It has been a feast for the eyes. The landscape went from mountainous and heavily treed, to hilly and sparse, and then […]
We were all happy the smoke lifted for a few hours – long enough to see some of the mountains at Glacier National Park as we hiked to Grinnell Lake.