Winter Texans
We made it! It was a bit of a boring slog through this year’s fall and winter, but the mild Texas weather made it easier (except for that one week,…
Wildlife, part 2
So here are some more photos that we’ve taken since the last Wildlife post (no repeats). Enjoy!
Back to Texas & Halloween
After Roswell we headed back to Texas, where days are still warm and swimming pools are open into November. In the same weekend Jackson was stung by a scorpion and…
Roswell, New Mexico, 1947
A lightning storm. A rural ranch in the New Mexico desert. A crash site. Whether you believe in extraterrestrial contact or not, or waffle in a gray area, the UFO…
Animas Forks, a Colorado ghost town
We were here 16 years ago! It was such a cool experience to bring Jackson back with us all these years later. Things were so much the same but also…
Utah, part 2
In early September we returned to Utah to finish the “Mighty Five,” Utah’s five national parks: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches and Canyonlands. We visited three of them in…
Boondocking the Dakotas and Wyoming
We boondocked the badlands of both South Dakota and North Dakota. In South Dakota they are called Badlands National Park, and in North Dakota they are called Theodore Roosevelt National…
FREE annual National Parks pass for 4th graders and their families!
All U.S. 4th graders can receive a FREE annual National Parks pass…an $80 value! We did it, and it was super easy. And we’ve used it, and it was seamless!…
Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
What a cool place to visit. Scotts Bluff National Memorial is a history lesson on pioneer days. Scotts Bluff was a milestone on the Oregon Trail as settlers journeyed to…
Great Sand Dunes National Park
The tallest sand dunes in North America are located in Colorado. As you approach them, people climbing them look like tiny ants crawling on ant hills. As you trudge up…