• Taking the Scenic Route

    After our week of relaxing in Island Park Idaho waiting for the gates of Yellowstone to open, we were ready to find the coast and the ocean again. It’s a pretty significant distance from the eastern side of Idaho to the Pacific Ocean so for the first time in a long time, we had two Read more

  • West Yellowstone

    West Yellowstone

    It seemed a shame to come this close to Old Faithful and the Morning Glory basin and not actually get to see it. Especially since it was a bit of a trek to get here. I will say though – this is one of the few areas that we’ve seen so far that I would Read more

  • North Yellowstone

    North Yellowstone

    We headed west from South Dakota, across Wyoming and Montana to our ranch house in the land of the Duttons. We rented a super cute house in Livingston Montana, just outside Paradise Valley and the North entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The west part of the park doesn’t open until the third Friday in April. Read more

  • Not so Badlands

    Not so Badlands

    Our last day in the Black Hills we decided we would drive out to see the Badlands. We had pretty low expectations for this National Park. It doesn’t hit any of the ‘must see’ lists, and we’ve become pretty desensitized to national parks, and rocks in general. We set out intending to just drive through Read more

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

    We left Denver and made sure to drive through Nebraska en route to Rapid City to cross that off the list. We are in South Dakota for my 40th birthday: dreams really do come true. I spent the day wandering around target by myself with a hot coffee before we all went out to eat. Read more

  • In Denver Pants are Optional

    In Denver Pants are Optional

    We were completely surprised by Denver in a number of different ways – the weather, the city, the nudity. Like so many of the places we have been on this trip, we put effectively zero research into where we were going, what we would do when we were there, and if there was anything really Read more

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