Never let yesterday use up too much of today.---Will Rogers Monday. Our first order of business is to go to Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, but first we enjoy Bob’s famous grits, eggs, and salsa. The tower is a solitary stump shaped granite formation that looms 865 feet above the tree-lined river valley, like a skyscraper in the country. It’s the core of an almost volcano. The mountains markings are the basis for Native American legends. After viewing this monument, we both felt it has been misnamed, “God’s Tower” comes closer to what we observe. We opted for a three mile hike with close-up views of the forest and wildlife, not to mention spectacular views of the Tower. Bob went a little “beserkie” taking picture after picture of wildflowers. He ranks the beauty and diversity of this ... read more

"Measure often, cut once." Punjabi proverb Alaska and Northwest Canada Introduction: The next adventure, expedition, journey, will start June 2. We will drive across the United States, stopping at the Badlands, Rushmore, then to Mt. Rainer, Seattle, and Bellingham, Washington. From there we will board the Inside Passage Alaskan Ferry, getting off at Ketchikan, Wrangle, Sitka, Juneau, Haines and then Skagway. We’ll be spending a few days at each place. From Skagway, we will drive over to Seward along part of the Alaskan Highway, then to Homer and Kenai Peninsula. Then up to Anchorage for a few days, then to Denali National Park for a week, next to Fairbanks, where we will fly up above to the Gates of the Arctic National Park, which is above the Arctic Circle and then ride a bus back ... read more

My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through earth’s loveliness. Michelanglo LINKS You need to go see these pictures. There are a few better than ours Valley of Fire Valley of Fire TRAVEL TIPS If you live by or go to RV Parks they often have a library of books and a lot to good travel information. It is a good place to stop and ask what there is to do in an area. So go to their web sites when looking for info. Sunday, May 29. Red Rock Canyon is our destination today. Glenn Oster will join us as we drive north for 60 miles or so to do some exploring. Glenn is a dear friend and we are delighted to do this little side-trip before returning home. Glenn is ... read more

quotation here LINKS None TRAVEL TIPS We’re here in the Grand Canyon looking up; the sun’s starting to come up. It’s going to be another beautiful day. Everybody is up and moving about. We’re going to get a good start this morning, get on the river, get ahead of people. This is the last day of the real rapids. We have one coming up called Lava Rocks, which is the biggest. Then there are a bunch of small ones after that, but it will be a pretty easy day, except we’re going to be out in the sun, baking. So they brought water cannons and buckets and stuff like that to douse us down and keep us cool. We’ll drink lots of water. The deeper into the canyon we go, the more rock is exposed ... read more

“Strenuousness is the immortal path,” another quote from crew LINKS None TRAVEL TIPS Well, we’re back on the river and we’re continuing to move downstream. Today was a great day for rapids. We just hit one right after another - we were soaked! As soon as we’d get a little bit dry, another rapid. We stopped and did a hike up a stream and we followed the stream right through a gorge all the way to a beautiful waterfall. Everybody got to play in it - another just beautiful, beautiful place. People could climb up behind the falls and jump into a deep pool and cool off. For afternoon hike, went up a slot canyon back to another little falls, but the important thing about this was the geology as we walked back. The whole ... read more