As our time in Ashland closed, we were undecided about where to go and what to see. We decided to head up to Portland and look for things to do along the way. The Oregon Vortex and Silver Falls State Park were the choices. Listen to Sue and I talk about our visits! ...
State Parks
Waterfalls of Silver Falls State Park
On our way from Ashland to Portland, we took a couple of side trips, one to the Oregon Vortex and the other to Silver Falls State Park, where we spent an entire day. What a place! We had no idea that there were soooo many waterfalls in Oregon, and that was evident during the day that we spent ...
Southern Utah State Parks : Podcast 25
As part of our trip to Bryce Canyon National Park, Sue and I visited some of Utah's beautiful state parks, including, Kodachrome Basing State Park and Fremont Indian State Park. We also took a beautiful drive along Highway 12, designated as an All-American road. The scenery was beautiful. In ...
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! ...
Niagara Springs
I will just say that we were astonished at the amount of water that was coming right out of the side of the canyon wall. We've posted about other places in the Thousand Springs State Park (Malad Gorge, Thousand Springs Scenic Byway), and this is the last one that we visited. And it was amazing. ...
Malad Gorge State Park
Malad Gorge is part of the 1000 Springs State Park in Idaho. This State Park has five different units in different areas, all related to a porous rock formation that allows water to be carried underground, often exiting from the rock formation high up on canyon walls. One area that shows that ...
Massacre Rocks State Park and Register Rock
Among the State Parks we visited in Idaho was Massacre Rocks State Park. This State Park is located right along I-86 and has a number of interesting features. The park sits right next to the Snake River, has miles of hiking trails, a campground, a world class disc golf course, fishing, a swimming ...
Massacre Rocks State Park
As we traveled through Idaho, we took some time to visit some of the Idaho State Parks. Massacre Rocks State Park and the accompanying Register Rock is right along I-86, ten miles west of American Falls. While it was plenty hot the day that we visited (late July 2013), in cooler times it would ...
Giant Springs State Park
Near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive center in great falls, Montana, is Giants Springs State Park. This was discovered by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805 and is one of the largest freshwater springs in the country, flowing at 156,000,000 gallons of water each day. The springs are located ...