One of the nice things about Grand Teton National Park is its close proximity to a very cool city – Jackson, WY. It’s only about a 15 minute drive from the campground so we drove in a few times to check it out. One of our first stops was the Snake River Brewing Company. The … Continue reading Grand Teton National Park Part IV – Jackson
I think the best way to describe our 9 days in Grand Teton would be to call it a wildlife extravaganza! We had heard that early spring was a great time for wildlife viewing, and we were not disappointed. One of the things I wanted to see most was a grizzly bear. We used to … Continue reading Grand Teton National Park Part III – Wildlife
The are several lakes in Grand Teton National Park. Jenny Lake is one of the smaller ones, and the water is amazingly, beautifully clear. We visited this lake a couple of times – one afternoon we hiked to where String Lake pours into Jenny Lake, and had lunch sitting on the rocks overlooking the water. … Continue reading Grand Teton National Park Part II – Lakes and Hikes
We just wrapped up a fantastic 9-day stay in Grand Tetons, and we saw and did so much I’ll have to break it up into a few posts! We stayed in the fabulous Gros Ventre campground. Our friends Sean and Kristy (Long Long Honeymoon) had told us that this was their favorite campsite ever, and … Continue reading Grand Teton National Park – Part I
I made only two advance reservations for this trip – and one of them was for Zion National Park. I hate making reservations too far in advance, but we heard that Zion was so popular that it was highly recommended to do so. We had a short drive over from Kodachrome, and arrived at the … Continue reading Zion National Park and Crazy Dog Antics
It’s hard to believe now, but Bryce Canyon National Park wasn’t on our itinerary at first. It would have been a huge mistake to pass it up! But we squeezed it in after our Moab trip and I’m so glad we did. We stayed in the North Campground in loop A. We didn’t have a … Continue reading Bryce Canyon
Last year when Deas and I were planning our trip, we had multiple people tell us how amazing southern Utah is. We planned on adding it to the itinerary, but we made the rookie mistake of not looking at the average temps for the summer, and by the time we were close to Utah, the … Continue reading A Second Chance At Utah – Moab and Arches National Park
Deas and I are now on a mad dash east, headed towards Memphis for my college reunion at the end of the month. Our route is basically straight east on I-40, all the way from California right to Memphis. We weren’t planning to do a lot of stopping along the way, but then we heard … Continue reading The Grand Canyon
Yosemite was high on the list of things Deas and I wanted to see on this trip. As luck would have it, our visit to the area coincided with the government shutdown, which meant Yosemite would be closed. We were pretty disappointed, but then we heard that the highways running through Yosemite would still be … Continue reading Yosemite during a Government Shutdown
Whenever Deas and I discussed our Oregon plans with anyone, inevitably someone recommended Crater Lake. Everyone kept telling us how beautiful it was, how amazing it was. I still wasn’t overly motivated to go. Of course it would be beautiful. After all, lakes are pretty, right? What was so special about this particular lake? Well, … Continue reading Crater Lake….Wow
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