Trips to Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
We stood over the campfire on a cold, blustery summer morning, sipping on authentic cowboy coffee, listening to tales of the cowboy life and gazing at the mountains beyond. This is just…
Rockies
Delving into Bighorn Canyon
by Grant June 19, 2018Bonnie and I have been to Montana and Wyoming five times since we started dating in 2009. We truly love both states and have, on many occasions, thought about moving out here.…
2017 Year in Review
by Bonnie January 1, 2018Writing this year in review article feels a bit cliché, but it also feels good! It is fun for us to look back on the new places we visited and relive the…
Yellowstone’s Old West Dinner Cookout
by Bonnie August 31, 2017As we prepared for our fourth visit to Yellowstone National Park, we anxiously awaited returning to our “happy place.” We were looking forward to staying at Fishing Bridge RV Park for the…
Exploring Colorado’s Black Canyon
by Bonnie July 20, 2017Pretty. Breathtaking. Deep. Interesting. A little scary. These are just some of the words that Grant and I used to describe the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Black Canyon of the Gunnison…
Cody, Wyoming – Heart of the West
by Grant July 17, 2017For a lot of folks, Cody, Wyoming is just a stop either coming or going to Yellowstone National Park. It’s a small town with a few red lights, a Wal-Mart and some…
Finding and Photographing Yellowstone Wildlife
by Grant July 12, 2017There is an overlook in Hayden Valley which always seems to have a crowd. The parking area is always full and folks are camped out there with chairs and spotting scopes. These…
Three Yellowstone Hikes: Wildlife and Wilderness
by Bonnie July 9, 2017Yellowstone National Park is our happy place. There is just something about all it has to offer that keeps drawing us back in. Yellowstone, and one of it’s gateway cities, Cody, are…
11 Tips for Visiting Yellowstone National Park
by Bonnie July 5, 2017Yellowstone National Park is iconic for many reasons. It was the first National Park in the world. At 2.2 million acres, it is one of the largest U.S. National Parks. It is…
Craters of the Moon and City of Rocks
by Grant July 3, 2017Southern Idaho is home to two geologic marvels: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve and City of Rocks National Reserve. Both are a little bit off the beaten path and…
Five Hidden Gems of the National Park Service
by Grant October 20, 2016Bonnie and I are huge fans of the National Park Service. We have visited 130 units out of the 413 (and growing) units in the U.S. and its territories. In our visits,…
A great start to a New Year
by Bonnie January 1, 2016This morning we returned to my (Bonnie’s) uncle’s place to get the full tour of his property. He has a large lot (30-40 acres) just west of Pagosa Springs. In addition to…
New Year’s Eve in Pagosa Springs
by Bonnie December 31, 2015Today, we rested, watched football, and toured Pagosa Springs, Colorado. We’ve had a couple of long days recently and will have some relatively long and boring driving ahead of us, so having…
More National Parks Sites
by Bonnie December 28, 2015Today, we continued our quest to visit as many National Park Sites as possible. Ideally, we would visit all of them (currently a little over 400), but a few of them are…
