We had another early departure in mind today, but 7:30 goals turned into 9:00 reality. The highlight of the day was the Alum Cave hike. Another “moderate” rated hike, but only 4.5 miles. We have driven past this trailhead several…
2020.06.23 Appalachian Trail and Charlies Bunion
At around 5:45 this morning, Stephanie rolls over and asks, “Is that your alarm?” “No, that’s a bird.” There was a very musical bird outside our tent making the same sound over and over and over again. I understand why…
2020.06.22 Visiting Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and Setting Up Camp
We all turned in pretty early last night. The girls went swimming and showered before bed. When I got up to shower this morning, I found they had left Stephanie and I collectively one clean towel to use. I definitely…
2019.07.15 Crater Lake National Park
During last night’s dinner, KK expressed an interest in watching the sunrise at Crater Lake National Park. Twilight starts at 5:09 and sunrise at 5:41, so we left shortly after 4:00. The sunrise crew was KK, Scott, Mallory and I. …
2019.07.12 Rose Garden & Mount St. Helens
Today was out last full day in Portland and apparently we felt pretty content with our accomplishments so far, as we did very little touristing today. One of the joys of spending time with a 3-year-old is all the unexpected…
2019.07.09 Olympic National Park
Wake Up To Adventure Olympic National Park coffee mug In the Olympic National Park Visitor Center gift shop this morning, Mallory pointed out a coffee mug inscribed with “Wake Up To Adventure” and said that would be a good blog…
2019.07.06 Spokane to Seattle
The canyon beckoned. In the distance, the howl of a dog reminded us that this place is all too real. Did we imagine the dog? No, we didn’t. Because at the time, KK said “You should write about that dog…
2018.06.22 Wall Drug and Badlands National Park
We pulled out of Medora, North Dakota, before 6:30am. We had a meetup with the rest of the family at Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota, and we had 3 more hours than they did to drive to get there.…
2018.06.21 Exploring Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Today our group is exploring Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the only National Park named for a person, while the other group will hit a number of other major attractions. We spent the night in Watford City. Stephanie calls this Watford…
2018.06.20 Return to the USA
Good morning, Moose Jaw. We have enjoyed our time here, but we must be on our way. During the last few days, we have had a change in the schedule. The next few days are scheduled to be a Wyoming/South…