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 [...]

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 [...]

Photos from Crater Lake in Oregon

Because Matt Van Wyk asked so politely . . . Even when it’s cloudy the views are terrific. A lot of snow left on June 17, which we expected. That I’d be beating off mosquitoes while shooting this photos was more of a surprise. Posted by Stan One reason we’ve taken a curious route through [...]

A Toad-ily Cool Shower: A Frog Blog

Posted by the Daring Duo, Sierra and Daria We were in a campground in Three Rivers, California. Sierra went to take a shower in the slightly old bathroom. She picked a shower stall and was closing the door when something moved. Sierra jumped and saw there was what she described as “a small, light-green toad.” [...]

I Used to Call it “YOZE-mite”

Posted by Sierra We were recently in Yosemite National Park in California. We did the typical national park-y things we do: I did the Junior Ranger Program (which, I admit, I am getting a little old for), we hiked, and we did a few ranger walks. I’ll start by talking about the hikes we did. [...]

What Lies in the Walmart Parking Lots

Posted by Sierra There are a few REALLY SCARY situations on the road. One of them is staying in a Walmart parking lot overnight. Sure, some of the Walmarts are nice, but some of them are not. We frequently drive around trying to find a “level” place to park so the refrigerator doesn’t turn off. [...]

Close Encounters

Posted by Daria Big Bend National Park is truly spectacular, with an amazing variety of rocks from all different geological periods in one place and more species of wildlife than any other national park. We’re spoiled—living in the Southwest, we get to see these kinds of mountains and mesas all the time—but we were still [...]

Home of the 62-Second Crosswalks

Posted by Sierra Hooray! this is officially our 100th post! I dedicate it to all our friends and family who have let us park the RV at their house, and let us stay there. Washington, D.C., as I’m sure you’re all aware, is our nation’s capital. It is filled with big, white, buildings and people [...]

Ms. Sierra goes to Washington

Posted by Stan What a pleasant surprise today, when we stopped by the office of our congressman, newcomer Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, to pick up gallery tickets so we can view the House of Representatives in action and were invited to meet him. He presented Sierra with three books on how the government works, asked [...]

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