Upon waking this morning, I realized why the furnace was cycling all night. The temperature was a frigid 25 degrees. The good news, however, was the sky was a brilliant blue, which was a real treat, as they were predicting rain and mixed precip for today. I hope the weather man continues to be wrong, as they are predicting snow for the next two days. After breakfast, we got underway at 8:00am. We headed north toward Canyon. Our plans required revision, as we learned that the road was closed, due to a water main break, just north of the Lower Falls. We took the side road over to Artist's Point, and after a short walk we were treated to the most incredible sight you can imagine. The area is know as the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, ... read more

After going to bed way too late last night, we slept like the dead. After breakfast, we unhooked from out utilities and were on the road by 8:10am. The Cedar Hammock group was leaving at the same time, and had a lot of ground to cover. We fueled up (40 gallons) and calculated we got just over 7 MPG yesterday. The drive thru South Dakota is quite boring. The scenery along the way consists of miles and miles of farm land and cattle. On this trip, we decided to check out Wall's Drug Store, just north of the badlands. They must have spent half a million dollars on billboards telling us the place was world famous. Well, how do you describe it? It was a small, western looking town full of gift shops and trinkets. Definitely ... read more

After an early wake up and final check of all needed items, we were on our way to Diane and John's for our Limo pickup to Boston's Logan Airport. Traffic was light so we arrived in plenty of time. After checking our bags in at curbside, and waiting for the others to do so, Ray happens to look at the boarding passes and noted that we had been upgraded to 1st class. Sounded great till he realized that the destination was now Orlando, Fl and his name was Mohammed something or other. As our bags had already disappeared down the conveyer belt, concern crept in rapidly. Luckily the bags were correctly sent to MSP and just the boarding passes were incorrect. I can only imagine not finding this out till we were ready to board. I ... read more

Well here we go again! Loved our last "Great Alaskan Spring Adventure-2015" so much that we decided to do it again this year. This trip we will be heading West across the states stopping at Crazy Horse monument in South Dakota, through Wyoming into Yellowstone, then up through Idaho and Washington state before going into Canada. Once in Canada we will be heading up the Stewart Cassiar highway, also known as "The Gold Rush Route" which goes through the Yukon and up to Alaska. We will be flying out of Boston, Ma. on May 12th, along with the Cunningham's, one of the couples from our last adventure and long time travel companions. Three couples who winter at our community in Florida, Cedar Hammock, have also decided to embark on this adventure taking pretty much the same ... read more

Well, last night it rained cats and dogs. Must have been cold as well, as the heater was on quite frequently. We set the alarm for 6:00 am, but shut it off and went back to sleep. Finally got up around 7:30, had breakfast and put in the day before's blog, having to restart this stupid wifi a couple of dozen times. This campground, Miller's landing, has no redeeming values. We finally pulled out and went to downtown Seward's visitor's center. After getting some info as to where to go, we went to their Aquarium, and then to the downtown shops. The Aquarium was just alright, and the downtown area was less than alright. If the weather had been sunny, this would have been a wonderful place to come, but with the rain and low clouds, ... read more