This spring, Sue and I decided to make an early trip to Bryce Canyon National Park, hoping to see it before all the summer crowds arrived. The visit was fabulous, the scenery amazing, and we did some really fun things. Enjoy listening to them on this episode of the ...
National Parks
Lassen Volcanic National Park : Podcast 23
After our trip to Mount St. Helens, how could we pass up Lassen Volcanic National Park? Lots of interesting things to see and do, and my solo hike had an interesting twist! ...
California Redwoods : Podcast 22
Our travels down the Pacific Coast took us to the Redwood area of Northern California. We visited Redwood National Park and the adjoining state parks. Stunning is all that I can think of to say. These trees are magnificent and the wanderings that we took through them were fabulous! ...
Olympic National Park : Podcast 18
Episode 18 of the All Around the West podcast is now out! Click below to listen. Sue and Scott visited a fabulous place, Olympic National Park. We had no idea what a unique and beautiful place this was going to be. We talk about our visit to the mountain, forest, coastal, and rain forest areas ...
Olympic National Park Beach and Rain Forest : Northwest Trip Day 10
After staying the night in Forks, we headed out to First Beach and La Push, both located on the Quileute Reservation. Both of these have scenes that also take place in the Twilight series and Sue wanted to visit them. It turns out that First Beach was another introduction to the gorgeous ...
Glacier National Park : Podcast 12
Episode 12 of the All Around The West Podcast is now live! In this episode, Sue and I talk about a visit that we made to one of my favorite places: Glacier National Park. In the last episode of our podcast, we talked about the beautiful scenery of Waterton Lakes National Park. Glacier National ...
Waterton Lakes National Park
Last summer, we had the opportunity to visit a beautiful park, Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. Oh. my. goodness. It was gorgeous. We were staying in Cardston, but made several day trips over to the Waterton area. The Waterton lakes are gorgeous, the Waterton Town is nice, and ...
Cape Flattery and Forks : Northwest Trip Day 9
After a long day with our trip to Butchart Gardens, it was time to leave Port Angeles. I think Port Angeles would be interesting to go back to and visit again and be able to explore the areas around more than we were able. Next on our agenda was exploring the other two environments of Olympic ...
Olympic National Park Mountains : Northwest Trip Day 7
Our destination for Day 7 was Port Angeles, a town of about 20,000, squeezed in between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Mountains. And I do mean squeezed. The south edge of town sits right on the Straits and the north edge is right at the base of the mountains. It's a pretty cool ...