I’m stumped again. Can anyone tell me what type of pine cone this is? I had never seen cones like this before. My husband spotted these little doozies on our hike last Saturday. I was up ahead on the trail and he called me to come back and take a look. He seemed really impressed and […]
Life is an Adventure
Everywhere you look, life is an adventure.
East Glacier and Scenic Point Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana
Our camping gear is in the van for summer. It’s hiking season, so we headed to Two Medicine to camp and hike. The campground was full, and we were lucky enough to get the last room in East Glacier.
Yellowstone – Beautiful But Deadly
….And now for the rest of the story. Tuesday’s post left you hanging as I took a tongue in cheek view of the boardwalk rules in Yellowstone National Park. My daughter had asked the question, “how did they build the boardwalks”, as we walked along a trail observing steaming hot springs and boiling water bubble out of the crust around […]
How Did They Build the Boardwalks?
I thought it was a reasonable question when E asked, “How did they build the boardwalks?” Boardwalks, the foremost means of seeing the sights in Yellowstone. We were walking around on the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super volcano on the continent. Let me correct myself, we were not actually walking on the crust but on the […]
Bear Jam: You’re Walking Way Too Close to a Bear
We were on the road between Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton when we saw the bear jam. We figured it was a bear jam, at least I did. But, it could have been buffalo, elk, or moose. Buffalo had caused a major traffic jam earlier in the day when they insisted on taking their good […]
Whatever the Season, Pack a Jacket!
Ghost towns, badgers, geysers, Tetons, bears, elk, cowboys, history, plus the natural beauty of the west are just some of the ways to describe our 4th of July road trip. Did I mention it was kind of chilly? To wear or not wear my jacket was a question I kept asking myself the entire trip. It wasn’t as […]
Our Geocache Was Missing!
Official Geocache – Please Do Not Disturb It Came as a Surprise How disappointing is was to discover that our geocache was missing. We had gone to check it at its secret location in Lawrence Park only to find that it wasn’t there. It came as a surprise simply because I couldn’t imagine why anyone would steal it. There were […]
A Hike on the Loop Trail in Glacier National Park
Hope you all had a great Father’s Day weekend….skipping stones and all! We were planning on driving the entire Going to the Sun Road, but persistent Pacific storms kept dumping moisture over the region. Weather conditions and an additional 6” of snow fell on the road between Triple Arches and Logan Pass preventing crews from completion […]
Skipping Stones on Father’s Day
While skipping stones at the river, I mentioned to the kids that I used to know the world record, but had since forgot. On the radio the next day, they announced the world record for stone skipping. ~ quoted from the article titled Answers by Grandpa Davey. David the stone skipper. Are you a stone […]
Memories of Grand Isle, Louisiana
Grand Isle, Louisiana is a town on a barrier island (of the same name) in the Gulf of Mexico. Located at the mouth of Barataria Bay where the bay meets the Gulf, Grand Isle is part of Jefferson Parish, as is Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans where David and I raised three of our kids. […]
