Looking for Moose in the Gold Mine
Started our day with a mini stop at Thunder Bird Falls for our warm up two mile hike… Next is Independence Mine which is a defunct gold mine. You learn about the gold rush but to see the operation was pretty interesting. Most of the buildings were wood, so they are all falling down but […]
Day Cruise along the Fjord
So Kevin and I have stayed away from cruises in all our adventures so far. Other than a 45 min boat ride in Wales that turned into three hours (thanks Todd), we’ve pretty much intentionally said no to any others. But this feels like the boat to try, so we booked a six hour dinner […]
Exit Glacier & Russian River
Next was a stop at the Russian River. The goal was to see a bear fishing for salmon, but we only saw humans fishing for salmon. Crazy how red the sockeye salmon are, definitely not camouflaged swimming in the glacier clear water. We’ve also turned into bit of birders (guess we hit the age). I […]
Arriving in Alaska
We’ve been talking about visiting Alaska for years – Kevin last visited 18 years ago (another story for later in the trip). Welp, we finally made it.. after a four am wake up that is, and a plane full of older fisherman (literally Kevin was probably the second youngest on the flight). No time was […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Ontario OR to Medford OR
Leg 5 – Ontario, OR to Medford, ORMiles: 450Hours: 8 driving, 4 hikingThings of Interest: Crater Lake, friends Second to last leg brought us to Crater Lake National Park. We’ve both been here before, but it was only 20 min out of the way so we figured it’d be a good stop. It’s the first […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Victor, ID to Ontario, OR
Leg 4 – Victor, Idaho to Ontario, OR Miles: 390 Hours: 6 driving, 3 hiking Things of Interest: Craters of the Moon, Best Buy, Lego Store Today is the day Kevin has been waiting for — after a quick breakfast we headed off to Craters of the Moon National Park, and it did not disappoint […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Grand Tetons National Park
“Rest” Day – Grand Tetons National ParkMiles: n/aHours: n/aThings of Interest: Mountains, lakes, barns Another “rest” day with a bit of sleeping in again was much needed. Today we spent our day in and around the Grand Tetons. Starting the day at Mormon Row despite a bit of misty weather, we were able to take […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Yellowstone National Park
“Rest” Day – Yellowstone National Park Miles: n/a Hours: n/a Things of Interest: Crossed into Montana, Geysers, Buffalo We slept in a bit though we probably shouldn’t have since we had over two hours to drive to get to Yellowstone. I also woke up to a message from our Airbnb owner warning us to watch […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Nebraska to Idaho
Leg 3 – Sidney, Nebraska to Victor, Idaho Miles: 585Hours: 11Things of Interest: Target, Grand Tetons, Starwatching Second looooong day of driving just to get through Wyoming to our destination of Victor, Idaho. I honestly don’t know that I have anything exciting to even write about — we fell asleep really early last night, […]