J & I are now “master educators” for Leave No Trace (LNT). We spent 5 days with 7 other like-minded students and 2 instructors. Most of our course was in the backcountry of the Grand Canyon, practicing what we preached. J & I hadn’t been to the GC since we lived in Phoenix (2004), so…
Hello from the Grand Canyon, where J and I are becoming “master educators” for Leave No Trace. Yes, it is as cool as it sounds. Because we can’t do things the simple way, J & I decided that we needed to make the most of our road trip to the Grand Canyon for our Leave…
FYI, this is a guest blog post by hubby, so please excuse all typos, poor spelling and incorrect grammar. In my wife’s last blog she called me a “Mountain Man.” I am not quite sure I have earned that title yet, but I am striving at it and I totally rocked out this past 6-day,…
I came across a “Currently” blog post from this Colorado blogger and I loved the idea. Apparently, this is not new to the blogging scene, but once again, I live under a rock when it comes to these things. So here goes my own version of “Currently.” Currently thankful for: being on blood thinners for…
First of all, happy birthday to my old man!! For the many, many years, he would tell people he was 22 when they asked his age. Lately, he’s been saying 31. Getting closer to his real age, but still in denial! J shares his bday with a number of our friends and friend’s kids ……
As I said in my last blog post, our time in the Pacific Northwest was wrapping up. But I couldn’t go without one last blast of pictures from Crater Lake National Park in Oregon because this place is too good to be true. Almost as unbelievable as its beauty is its formation. Something like 7,000…
I love Washington … always have. How could you not love a state with such diverse ecosystems? We have been lucky enough to come to Washington 3 different times this year and get to really experience its diversity. You already heard about our experience in the alpine ecosystem up on Rainier. But to get the…
We just spent the last week exploring Idaho. For those of you thinking Idaho is not so cool of a state, think again. It is way cool. This state is covered more by national forest and wilderness land than anything else. The state even survived a mysterious volcano and earthquake, so brownie points for that.…
Before this week, I had never been to South Dakota (4 states left on my list!!!), while Deal has been on his road trip to move out to Phoenix in 2002. But since South Dakota was a quick 7-hour road trip from CO, we figured WHY NOT? Well, folks, it was well worth it. I…
We spent 3 glorious days and 2 glorious nights exploring Big Bend National Park. For a trip we weren’t planning to make, we have no regrets. I have so much to say & don’t know where to begin. This is a warning, folks, this could get long & ugly. We weren’t sure we wanted to…