One of the things that almost always draws our attention is waterfalls. Sue loves them and so we always stop to take a look, even if it requires a short hike. Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park are full of waterfalls, some of them spectacular. Last year and this year, we took ...
Visit State Parks During the Shutdown
I know that everyone is ticked that they can't go our National Parks while the shutdown is in place. I'm with you and I can't imagine how frustrating it might be to have had a vacation planned where you were going to visit a favorite park or a park that you had never been too. I hope they get this ...
Yellowstone National Park – Norris Geyser Basin
Want to see that area that is the most changing part of Yellowstone National Park, where thermal features appear and disappear regularly? If so, you'll want to make sure you visit Norris Geyser Basin. ...
2013 Trip to Yellowstone
I'll admit it. Yellowstone National Park is one of my favorite places to visit (perhaps only second to Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada). I love the "out of this world" feeling that some of the areas give. I love the beautiful valleys with the rivers flowing ...
Craters of the Moon National Monument : Podcast 6
We've got episode 6 of the All Around The West Podcast ready to go! In this episode, we talk about our great trip to Craters of The Moon National Monument. We tried this visit in April 2011, but there was still 3-4 feet of snow on the ground, so didn't get very far. Visiting in August was very ...
Craters of the Moon National Monument
If you are traveling in south central Idaho, Craters of the Moon National Monument is definitely a stop that you'll want to consider. This park houses a huge area of fairly recent (between 15,000 and 2,000 years ago) volcanic activity. It's kind of like visiting another planet :) If you are ...
Martin’s Cove
A national historic site that Sue and I had never been to was Martin's Cove. Since we live in Utah, and both have ancestors that were pioneers that came across the plains to Utah, this area was of interest to us. It marks the place were Mormon handcart pioneers, caught in an early November ...
Martin’s Cove : Podcast 5
Podcast 5 is now ready and we are discussing our visit to Martin's Cove, a National Historic Site on the Mormon Trail in central Wyoming. We spent most of an afternoon walking to the cove and back in the hot, hot sun, and we talk about the visit, along with the historical significance of the area ...
Caves and Caverns : Podcast 4
Podcast 4 is up and in it, we talk about our visit to two caves in Montana on our latest trip. They were very different from each other but we decided to group them together on our podcast. One was your typical cave experience with stalagmites and stalactites and the other was used by Native ...