It’s been over 20 years but we are finally making a return trip to CR. June 26 (2024) we hit the road mid afternoon with our carry on bags, loads of dog stuff, and of course our dog. Slept in the van at a Cracker Barrel in Barbourville W Va, then on to Kevin andContinue reading “Regresan al Costa Rica”
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Memphis/New Orleans whirlwind tour
Noel had a soccer game in Memphis, the Venables were going to be in New Orleans right afterwards, so we decided to make a trip out of it. Friday 02/16 we drove to Memphis and met Colleen and Noel at the Germantown Commissary for supper. That’s a huge slab of ribs with two small loavesContinue reading “Memphis/New Orleans whirlwind tour”
Covid Cometh
Left on the afternoon of Thursday 01/11/2024 for our regular Ft Myers beach trip despite some reservations, many had assured us it was back from the destruction of hurricane Ian in fall 2022. Well not exactly. I’d estimate only about 30% of the buildings were restored and usable. Our condo was running on a generator,Continue reading “Covid Cometh”
Eatons’ Ranch
July 1. Peggy, Anne Kash and I drove east from Yellowstone, through Cody, Wy. then the Bighorn mountains with impressive views, including a siting of an antlered moose, to Eatons’ Ranch, with a stop at McGraws Paws in Sheridan. Eatons’ is the oldest continually operating dude ranch and the only one that allows you toContinue reading “Eatons’ Ranch”
Yellowstone, last day
June 30, 2023. We realized the night before we had seen just about everything we wanted to, so this would be a free day. Will, Colleen and Noel wanted to ride bikes, they hadn’t yet, and do some hikes. Anne Kash wanted to go out on the lake, I wanted to do some bird watching,Continue reading “Yellowstone, last day”
6/28 There was a Glitch*
This was the day I picked for us to move to a different campground, just to see a different place, and to have electricity. We looked forward to the latter so that the space heater could be run in Rosie, it was in the low 40’s to the low ’30’s at night, pretty tough sleepingContinue reading “6/28 There was a Glitch*”
Yellowstone !!!!!
It’s difficult to over state the magnificence of this park: snow patched mountains, beautiful views, waterfalls, wild life, a picturesque mountain lake, historic lodges one of which had a daily string quartet playing in the lobby, and of course the thermal features….hot springs, geysers, mud pots and fumaroles. We spent 6/25, 26 and 27 seeingContinue reading “Yellowstone !!!!!”
Will’s B’day
The only hard driving day so far. It was a beautiful drive especially through the Big Horn mountains. There was quite a bit of difficulty navigating w/o internet. Arrived at Yellowstone around 3 PM, set up, Will left to get Colleen at the Jackson Hole airport. We took the kids to see Old Faithful, hadContinue reading “Will’s B’day”
Middle Fork CG
About a 4 hr drive from Mt. Rushmore, we picked this site in the Big Horn mountains simply because it was on the way to Yellowstone. There’s a beautiful stream behind the van and Rosie in this picture…. You can see the Volvo in the next campsite and our dog run on the left. TheContinue reading “Middle Fork CG”
Devil’s Tower
After 3 nights at Horsethief lake we drove a mere 2 hours to Belle Fourche campground at the base of Devil’s Tower on June 21. A first come first serve campground we were worried about getting a spot but there were two or three open. Devil’s Tower is hard to believe. A massive column ofContinue reading “Devil’s Tower”