Blogs from United States, North America - page 5982

Wildlife As we approached Yellowstone we saw various signs to remind us that wildlife is just that, wild. I find it interesting the different precautions that are needed, depending on the camping situation. There was one sign that stated not to sleep in the same clothes that you cook in. I assume that was for tent campers. The area we camped in was only for hard sided campers, no tents or pop-ups due to it being a bear management area. At Fishing Bridge Campground we were biking back to our site. At the end of our row there in a sharp turn. I was leading, so George wouldn’t get way ahead of me. I’m not a fast biker, and as I came to the turn I braked hard due to seeing a big hairy animal around ... read more

Wow, wow, wow and wow. Today was easily one of the more difficult rounds of golf of the year. The wind was absolutely howling today. Easily blowing a steady 20-25 mph, and gusting up to 40 mph. The wind will do whatever it wants with the golf ball, especially if you don’t hit it solid. A tee time of 8:15 this morning, I knew it was going to be windy from the forecasts, but I thought with an early time I might catch a little break. That was completely wrong. 6:15 came and it was time to rise and shine. A quick shower and I was on my way to the course. The trees were bending and shaking from the wind. I knew a long day was in store. The range at Lost Springs was facing ... read more

Welcome to my new travel blog! I just wanted to send a note from home, perhaps with some brief updates. My last day at my nanny job will be June 29th, just moments before my July 1st departure. Next week I will be focusing on packing up and moving out the majority of my items and taking them to my house in Torrance. I reall do not have too much here (mainly photo albums/books/clothes/movies). I have gotten to the point (finally) where I do not really want much "stuff" anymore. I would like to try to sell some of my clothes and older shoes and perhaps donate some random stuff. I already got rid of 4 generous boxes of "stuff." I have gotten a bit better about buying things and being a pack rat. Anyhow... ... read more

url='/Videos/3964.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3964.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Meet Molly the horse! I really struggled with which lame pop culture reference to use as a segue into the entry for our five day stay in Des Moines. I originally went with "Oooh, Baby do you know what that's worth?" but I thought Field of Dreams was more appropriate since we were staying on an Iowa farm and the actual site where the movie was filmed is less than a hundred miles from here. Throw in the fact that our next stop is the Badlands of South Dakota, where Kevin Costner directed his socially conscious western epic Dances With Wolves, and the choice seemed clear. But the point of all this is to say that Iowa, and more specifically Des Moines, might actually be heaven, or as close an approximation as we are ... read more

We arrived in Boise late last night. The aunt had beds ready and we crashed out. The drive was a long one, we caught the 7:20 ferry out of Bremerton, Seattle at 8:20 and we were on the road. (The ferry gave us, and specifically Little Z, a nice wake up time to run around before sitting in the truck for hours). Kennewick was the lunch stop. Towing a trailer for the first time makes for nervous parking... finding a place that we can get into and out of safely. Walmart allows for a monstrous parking lot and a trailer taking up 6 spots is unnoticed. McD's was a good stop this time as the climbing toys again gave Little Z a place to burn off some energy. As we were finishing up our lunch ... read more