Sunday, November 27, 2016

Hi all,



We had a great trip to the Grand Canyon.  We stayed at the RV village in the center of the park.  The best part was that it snowed!  It started out as rain then turned to hail.  Finally, it turned to snow for several hours. We played in the snow for a while and then it turned into rain again.  In a few hours, the snow was gone.

Here is the park in the snow.
 
Leia posing in the snow

The kids posing in the snow
Storm over the Canyon

Some deer in the park
Along with the snow, we did the usual hiking around the park.  Always beautiful here.

Good travels all

Monday, July 4, 2016

Almost time to leave Montana....

Happy Independence Day all,

It's really windy here, mixed in with some Thunder showers.  We've managed to see all the major parts of Yellowstone.   Old faithful and the adjacent walkways are amazing.
The kids showing of their junior ranger badges.
Lucy really enjoyed the West thumb area with the geysers right next to the lake. The kids enjoyed swimming in firehouse river.  I really enjoyed the Norris geyser area.

At Grand Teton national park

We managed an impromptu trip to the Grand Tetons...what stunning mountains.  Let's see, white water rafting, ziplining, horseback riding and fishing too.  Plus some pretty intense thunder storms with complementary lighting!

We have met lots of people around the park from all over the U.S.  I spoke with a young couple that came from back east.  They showed me a picture of Devils Tower they took while in Wyoming.   I told them it looked  like it was from the movie.  I got a blank look in return.  I said, "Close Encounter of the Third Kind"?  Still got a blank look from them!  Wow, has it been that long?

So, tomorrow we will pack up and the day we will head south into Utah.

Good travels

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Wow, this is a big park..let's go ride a horse.

Hi all,

We have noticed that yellowstone is not big, it's Huge!  We spent all day exploring the old faithful area and that is just a small sliver of the park.  The National  park service does a great job maintaining the park.
The family in front of the prismatic  spring

Nancy  modeling on the boardwalk


















Next we drove around the north part of the park to Lamar valley. We saw bison, pronghorn, elk and deer.  We watched stupid tourists trying to get close to the bison for that perfect picture!
Bison
On the way out of the park, we found a grizzly with two cubs! It was a great event. The bears walked to a stream and splashed around and then crossed the road.


We rested a day and then went horseback riding at  Eagle Ranch in Island park, Idaho. The kids really enjoyed themselves (Alexander smiled a lot). Devon and Nancy were amazed that the horses just pooped as they walked!

Well, tomorrow we are off to Mammoth hot springs and then to boiling river for a dip.

Good travels all,

Gordon







Saturday, June 11, 2016

We are here!

Hi all,

  We had an uneventful drive here.  We tried to meet Ed and Rae at Idaho Falls but they had RV troubles and we did not meet (they did get their rv repaired).

   But some good things to know. There is a Five Guys next to Costco in Pocatello!
Good to know info
   We arrived at our rv park and it is beautiful!
Lake at sunset
     










   We arrived late in the evening the day before our reservations and we dry camped in the boat trailer  area.  The next morning, the manager came out and yelled at us because there is no dry camping on the property.   We thought we were going to have an unpleasant stay but he must have taken a Midol and calmed down.

We have hiked around the grounds and have not yet gone to Yellowstone.
Nancy on the lake
Well, that's all for now. We are going into town later but that's about all for today.

Good travels, 
Gordon

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

New 2016 adventure

Hi all,

We are all loaded up.  We have a new masthead on the front of Gulliver  (Well, it would be a masthead if Gulliver had a mast).  I had Superman on there last year but Devon snatched him up.  I asked Alex to find a Action figure to put on Gulliver and this is what he came up with....I like it!
Gulliver will be tailgating the Enterprise the whole trip.
Anyway, let's see, newspaper held....check...House sitter....check...a hundred other things we were supposed to do before we left...check..ish

Anyway, we are off to Yellowstone.  We will be staying outside the park, near West Yellowstone.  

Hiking, trout fishing, sleeping, you know, all that vacation stuff.

Good travels, 

Gordon