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…
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…
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…
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…
The light starts coming through the window, around the closed curtains, before 5am. Good morning, Rawlins, Wyoming. Marissa and I enjoy the complimentary hotel breakfast in the dining area, and before it is even 8:00, a hotel guest is walking…
We are headed to Yellowstone National Park. The very first park of America’s Best Idea. Mallory, who is a rising senior at Oklahoma State, is working outside West Yellowstone, Montana, for the summer, and we are excited to get to…
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…
Yesterday we saw the desert and the river, today we get mountains. It started with an alarm at 5:45 and bacon and eggs for breakfast. We were on the road by 7 headed to the Chisos Mountains. The drive coming…
Up at 7:45 this morning, we made scrambled bell peppers and eggs with chicken maple sausage on the side in our propane camp stove for breakfast. We rolled out at 9:15 and got to the park entrance around 10. During…
When Peyton and I moved to Dallas in August of 2020, Big Bend National Park topped the list of places I wanted to visit in the state. As young professionals in our first year of employment and in the midst…