Day 8 of our Yellowstone Adventure found us overnighting at the Amarillo KOA, our third overnight there. Among other things, Amarillo is known for its meatpacking industry, one of the largest in the nation, and was once called the “Helium Capitol of the World,” for having one of the country’s most active helium fields. The…
Day 7 of our Yellowstone Adventure found us headed for Pueblo, Colorado, as we continued to make our way back home. We had been advised to skirt Denver via the E-470 tollway rather than stay on I-25 through the city. The combination of construction work and rush-hour traffic seemed to make the $50 in tolls…
We left Yellowstone National Park two hours ahead of plan, thanks to an unexpected snowstorm. Heavy, wet flakes fell at about an inch an hour, quickly covering everything in a blanket of wintery white. To complicate matters, we learned that our intended route out the East Entrance to Cody had to change because a rock…
Day 6 of our Yellowstone Adventure found us at the most popular tourist attraction in the park: Old Faithful. Because most of Yellowstone is an active volcano (one of only about 35 in the world), molten rock lies just beneath the surface, causing geysers to shoot jets of water, mud pots to form, and fumaroles…
We decided to spend Day 5 of our Yellowstone Adventure at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, one of the park’s most picturesque spots. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is a relatively young formation, perhaps having between 10,000 and 14,000 years old. Although few geologic studies have been done, it’s generally agreed that the canyon…
Unlike many Americans, who wake up on Memorial Day thinking about backyard barbecues and family gatherings, we awoke to the sights and sounds of Buffalo Valley, east of the Teton Range. Thought to be some of the youngest mountains in the world, the Tetons were formed when earthquakes caused the mountains to rise and the…
Today’s road trip took us from Custer, South Dakota, to Moran, Wyoming. In between, we experienced nearly everything Mother Nature had to offer: Wind, rain, lightning, thunder, hail, snow, sun…you get the picture. Speaking of pictures, we shot this one right outside of Douglas, Wyoming. We loved the railroad bridge set against the distant windmill,…
We managed to capture everything in a single shot: a herd of bison, our beloved Cloud 9 in the side mirror of our amazing F-150, and the relatively short gap (maybe 25 feet?) between the herd and us. Notice that the only thing separating us is the road’s gravel shoulder. As Jon took the shot,…
We started our trip 45 minutes late. Perhaps because we didn’t have any sense of urgency. After all, we were simply traveling due north to Oklahoma City, then on to Wichita, and, from there, points west, including Salina and Hays, before spending the night at our destination. A day of driving and an evening relaxing…
There’s no better balm for a sun-starved soul than the greening of spring. Life at the lake this weekend was filled with flowers blooming, trees budding and grass growing. At one point in a long walk, we marveled at how the tender blades of grass writhing in the wind mimicked the waves on the lake.…
Garinns on the Go 