You Probably Won’t Get Eaten By a Bear, But You Might Drown!
Posted by Sierra Glacier National Park in Montana, our last BIG trip stop, is considered one of the major tourist destinations. It became popular because of its proximity to the railroad, and today we think of it as being in the same category as Yosemite and Yellowstone. The first day we were there, we took [...]
Cave No. 4—We Got Out Alive
Posted by Sierra Wind Cave was our fourth and final cave of the trip. In case you have forgotten, our other caves were: * Font de Gaume, Les Eyzies, France * Skocjan Caves, Slovenia * Mammoth Cave, Cave City, Kentucky Located a few hours’ drive away from the Badlands, Wind Cave is the fourth-largest cave [...]
Nebraska rest area
Posted by Stan Taken a bit north of Carhenge, which itself is quite cool. Photos from there will have to wait until we have a good Flickr connection. Like next month at home.
Ten years later, still hiking
Posted by Stan Early on Sierra learned we expect her to be able to hike her age. Thus you see her on the right in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas on Memorial Day of 1999. Not long after I took the picture she insisted on being carried back to our tent, but the tradition had [...]
YellowSTONE and its HighLIGHTS
Posted by Sierra Yellowstone National Park is the oldest national park. It is 2.2 million acres, most of which is located in Wyoming. Established March 1, 1872, Yellowstone is one of the most visited parks, up there on the list with Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Arches National Parks. I’m here today to tell you about [...]
The colors of Yellowstone
Posted by Stan Sierra will give you the words about Yellowstone National Park. A lot to see and take photos of, enough to merit a new category at Flickr . . . if we could find a good enough connection to post dozens of them. That might have to wait until August. Meanwhile here are [...]