There is some excitement around the lodge regarding today’s activity – a pontoon boat rental on Lake Superior, and the viewing of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. We left the house at 8am for our 45min drive to Munising, located on…
2024.04.15 South Coast – Glaciers and Black Sand
The guesthouse’s geothermal hot tubs opened at 7:00am and we were plunging in by 7:30. There were several hot tubs where you could sit and look at the next-door glacier if you didn’t mind getting blasted by 20mph winds. We…
2024.14.13 Golden Circle
After yesterday’s extreme adventures, we slept in until 9am. Our hotel the next few nights, the Grandi Center Hotel, offers a free breakfast with the stay, as do most all hotels and guesthouses in Iceland. We were anxious to see…
2021.06.16 Snake River Rafting
The time has come to move on from Montana and Mallory. Boooooo! We enjoyed our time at the Under Canvas campground. As we were loading the car, we walked past a yoga session on the deck of the community tent. …
2021.06.15 Grand Prismatic Spring & Lone Star Geyser
Last day at Yellowstone and still plenty to see. We entered the park around 9am and made a beeline for the Grand Prismatic Spring, the hot spring with the vibrant colors of orange, yellow and blue. Even with our fairly…
2021.06.14 Avalanche Peak
Big day planned here today. A hike to Avalanche Peak and a trip to Cody, Wyoming. We also have to check out of our motel this morning. This led to us leaving around 9:15 instead of the scheduled 8:00. Mallory…
2021.06.13 Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
Today we are reverting back into a more laid-back vacation mode. Our first order of business was to pick up Mallory at Noon to go eat lunch. That is one way to start the day with good pace. Everyone in…
2021.06.12 A Race, Old Faithful, and Chico Hot Springs
It’s Race Day! Stephanie and I are running in the West Yellowstone Half Marathon, put on by Vacation Races. The race had an option for walkers to go out on the course 15 minutes before the first wave of runners…
2021.06.11 Buffalo Balls
Confession time. After just two days, we have failed our goal to eat ice cream every day of the trip. Believe me, we tried. After getting out of our late dinner last night, we tried several places, but every shop…
2021.04.11 Guadalupe Mountains and Homeward Bound
We got up at 6:30 and rolled out of camp by 7:15 this morning, we made quick work of that camp takedown! After stopping for coffee and gas in Study Butte, we were on the road heading north on State…