Underground Exploration

July 1, 2024 – Monday (Canada Day) It was another rainy night in Canada.  So far it has rained every day we have been here.  And it was raining in the morning.  Today we had scheduled a tour with Canmore Cavern Tours.  Our tour was a 5-hour tour through Rat’s Nest Cave, a few miles outside of Canmore.  The entire …

O Canada – Welcome to the Great White North

June 28, 2024 – Friday It was a rainy and windy night as we slept behind the Visitors Centre.  And it rained most of the day.  We stayed in the van at our camping spot until around 10 am when we drove to the Visitor Centre to use their internet for a while. Later we went to …

The Expedition of Discovery

June 26, 2024 – Wednesday We continued up I-15 to Great Falls.  I have always wanted to see the waterfalls on the Missouri River.  Our first stop was Black Eagle Falls.  It was a little disappointing.  Since we are in early summer, I was expecting the water flow to be higher.  However, most of the water is diverted to the …

We Start the Trip North

June 24, 2024 – Monday Today we started our Alaska trip.  We are leaving our house with Alyssa and the boys still here until they leave for California on Thursday morning.  Kayla is also turning our house into a girl’s camp for her ward in Layton.  They could not find a place to hold their camp, so Kayla …

Gold Butte National Monument

March 10, 2024 We took a short trip south this week looking for warmer weather and somewhere new to hike.  We had never been to Gold Butte National Monument that is just southwest of Mesquite, Nevada.  We left home a little after 9:00 am and didn’t stop until we stopped in Cedar City for gas and lunch. …

Balloon Chasing and a Night Time Glow

Oct 3, 2021 We had a nice quiet night in Frenchie’s yard and in the morning all the girls went to walk the dog down by the Rio Grande river. They had a very nice 4.5 mile walk and were able to see the many balloons that were part of the Mass Ascension of the …

Coyotes, Covid and Balloons – A lot of Balloons

Oct 1, 2021 The night was full of packs of coyotes howling all around us. It was fun to listen to them. Early in the morning it started to rain and kept raining most of the day. In the morning we came down off the mountain and drove into Alamosa to find a Covid test. …

The Narrow Train up the Mountain

Sept 28, 2021 We left home on Tuesday morning with the goal to camp to near Durango, CO. We had tickets for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train trip at 8:00 am on Wednesday morning. We would have left on Monday, but we wanted to attend Everett’s 4th birthday party that night. We left home …

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