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Anyone who has followed our blog for any length of time will know that we are fascinated with the stories of the 19th Century emigrant trails. The Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, the California Trail all hold a fascination for us. Sometimes it's prominent...
See Park Video After the dam tour we briefly checked out the marina but didn't stay long since the restaurant wasn't open so we headed east to the Dutch John Resort for a nice sit down lunch before heading west to the Red Canyon Overlook. Wow! What incredible views....
After a conversation with a fellow traveler at the KOA last evening about cool things to do in Flaming Gorge, this morning we headed north on US-191. All along the way are signs indicating which geologic formation is visible and what kinds of fossils are present. Also...
See Park Video Five years ago, almost to the day, we visited Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal, Utah, and promised ourselves that someday we would return and take the ranger led hike from the Quarry Exhibit Hall back to the Visitor's Center and that's exactly...
See Park Video You know you are in an incredible place when the photos can't even begin to tell the story. The Meyer's Beach Sea Cave Trail is one of those places. parking at the trailhead was congested with folks heading out in kayaks to explore the sea...
Although the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore wasn't really on our radar, when we spotted it on the map the other day we quickly decided to include it in our whirlwind tour of Superior's southern shore. To get our bearings we headed to the Visitor Center in Bayfield...
This gorgeous waterfall once was the source of power for the Schoolcraft Blast Furnace, a part of northern Michigan's 19th Century iron boom. A question about the geology of the area led to a lively conversation that involved three rangers at the Munising Falls...
See Park Video Our plan today was to travel through Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore pausing to drink in some of the beauty and history here. Today's adventure was the 1.8 mile hike along the Lakeshore Trail, a portion of the North Country Trail to Au Sable Light...
See Park Video Early yesterday afternoon we arrived at Gulpha Gorge Campground in Hot Springs National Park and were immediately greeted by our delightful campground hosts, Becky & Gary. All sites here are first come and luck was with us, we were able to get side...
After getting situated at the national park campground, we four piled into our truck and made our way into the heart of historic Hot Springs. First challenge was figuring out where to park! From there we toured one of the historic bathhouses along Bathhouse Row and...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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The apprehensive with which we approached our the Bitung Jungle Trek quickly evaporated with the incredibly warm welcome offered us by the Bitung people, the gorgeous lush landscape, the beautiful beaches, and the fascinating wildlife. This has been an incredible experience.
Today’s adventure took us into The Australian outback in the Northern Territory, Australia’s last frontier in search of towering termite mounds and incredible waterfalls as well as a most delicious Aussie lunch.
Our much anticipated excursion to the Great Barrier Reef from Queen Mary 2 docked at Yorkey’s Knob near Cairns, Australia turned out to be not quite what we had hoped for but did yield an absolutely amazing helicopter experience as we flew above Moore and Elephant Reefs.