We’ve made it to Day 22 of our journey without being eaten by a bear, falling off a cliff, drowning in a lake, freezing to death, or succumbing to altitude sickness! Yay?
The Rockies are large and in charge
We are alive! Some of you may be wondering if we succumbed to the altitude here in Rocky Mountain National Park. At a base elevation of 8,000+ feet, that wouldn’t too unrealistic.
We’re in Boulder, Colorado
Just a short update tonight because it’s late and we’re pretty tired after a full day of driving (almost 600 miles!). We’re just outside of Boulder, CO, in a $58/night room booked through Hotwire. While here, we plan to see Rocky Mountain National Park…
Lovely Lamar and magnificent Mammoth Hot Springs
Three days in Yellowstone and not one bear! This is a little shocking since Yellowstone is known for its constant “bear jams” and relatively high population of grizzlies and black bears.
Want to see bison? Head to Yellowstone!
Welcome to Day 18. It started innocently enough…us looking for a good cup of coffee to help us wake up on our way to Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is a park ruled by bison
(Yes, I know that’s a moose in the featured image!)
Searching for Inspiration (Point), moose, and ice cream
We finally had a warm (relatively), sunny day at Grand Teton National Park today. So we headed out for some hiking!
Where the wild things are
Here we are at Day 17 (holy cow). We had a relaxed day and did some light hikes to some pretty lakes in the area. The weather was spectacular.
Yellowstone’s violent past has created a beautiful present
Today was an adventure of the geothermal variety in the caldera of the continent’s largest volcano. We saw geysers erupt, mud pots bubble, and boiling hot streams roll over rocks crusted with colorful bacteria.
Grand Teton: hail, snow, a bear!
Terrible weather today. It was cold, and the sky couldn’t decide if it wanted to drop hail or snow on us, so it alternated between the two. We spent the day at Grand Teton National Park nonetheless, but the clouds…