Day Sixteen We found a place to drop off most of our recycling, which isn’t always easy to do on the road. National Parks tend to have it for aluminum and “tin” cans and plastic bottles of things like water and soda. Most can’t take bigger items like laundry bottles or other plastics like salad…
Month: August 2022
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Four
Day Twelve After breakfast, we gathered our adventure stuff and headed to Blue Heart Kayaking. In a tandem kayak, we did 5miles of the Snake River including the Blue Heart Spring and a circle around Ritter Island (which is a state park). We were already booked, so the staffer didn’t need to sell us on…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Three
Day Eight Craters of the Moon Every other vehicle we saw on the road was an RV setup. It was nuts. We are out in the middle of nowhere. Craters of the Moon is a unique place. Did you know that Idaho has a “smile” running through it? Most of Idaho is mountainous, but from…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Two
Day Four Grand Tetons National Park We took the scenic road south through the majority of the Tetons. We took our time and made sure to take all the little side roads so we could see as much as possible from the Jeep and via short walks. It was a beautiful day with no smoke…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part One
[As always, travel posts are delayed for our safety.] Our first “big western circle trip” started in Denver and then went north and counter-clockwise through the Tetons, southwestern Idaho, northeastern Utah, and northern Colorado. Day One We left the condo early, but got off to a late start. His back was hurting (sore muscles), the…
The Great Flash Flood
Meetup. We do love them, but they can be rough on organizers. Our recent Sunday one was no exception. This is the same storm where a hundred-ish people were trapped in water under an Interstate overpass and had to be rescued by Denver Fire. We were fine the whole time, but I’m sure some of…