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Glacier National Park: Avalanche Lake and Trail of the Cedars
Posted on November 7, 2014 5 Comments
After our amazing stay in Wyoming, we hopped back in the car for another long road trip stretch to… MONTANA! Yest another new state for me, and Big Sky Country did not disappoint. Our destination was Glacier National Park, and our home base for this leg of the road trip was beautiful Whitefish, MT. Glacier […]
Yellowstone National Park: Uncle Tom’s Trail and Artist Point
Posted on October 13, 2014 4 Comments
Just as we parked at the entrance to Uncle Tom’s Trail, we saw the first few drops of water hit our windshield, rapidly developing into pouring rain. No worries; we came prepared with ponchos that Maria had picked up back in Chicago! Uncle Tom’s Trail was developed in 1898 by “Uncle Tom” Richardson, an entrepreneur who took visitors […]
Gettin’ high at Grand Teton National Park
Posted on September 26, 2014 4 Comments
By this point of the trip, Maria and I were feeling pretty good about our hiking and outdoor skills, so we were looking for something a bit more challenging. We drove well into the park, and parked at the Grand Teton Lodge, where we asked a cowboy hat-clad bellman (I kid you not; the Lodge […]
Cruisin’ the Snake River at Grand Teton National Park
Posted on September 23, 2014 2 Comments
Behold: The Grand Tetons! Back in IL, I had mentioned the road trip to my friend Andrea, who said that the Grand Tetons were not to be missed. I take recommendations from friends, especially avid-traveler-friends, very seriously, so we added this to the itinerary. Now, when we last left off, our heroines had just bravely […]
Finding Paradise at Mt. Rainier
Posted on September 17, 2014 10 Comments
Get ready for a gazillion photos. Because Mt. Rainier? Might very well be one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life! I had no idea something this spectacular existed in our own 50 states or I would have come here sooner! As I mentioned in the last post, Maria and […]
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