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 …
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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 …
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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. …
Moab in February
February 2024 We took a quick trip to Moab for some hiking. We like going to Moab in February because there are no crowds and the weather can be great. We were lucky on this trip because it was sunny and warm and we saw very few people at most of the hikes. We started …
Homes of the Ancients
Homes of the Ancients Oct 4, 2021 This morning Bruce and Cindi left to start their trip back to California. They plan on taking a few days to make it back to home. Eva, Karen and I went to the Coronado Historic Site. This site has the ruins of the Kuanua Pueblo and was only …
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. …
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Hot Springs and Sand Dunes
Sept 30, 2021 We were a little slow getting up in the morning, but we left camp around 9 am and drove east to Pagosa Springs. This was another pretty town in the Colorado mountains. The San Juan River flows through the old part of town and there were several hot springs along the banks …
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