now that we were in a new location, more central to all the parts of the park, with electric hookups to keep this sweet pup cool while we were gone for long periods of time, we had a lot more options for possible hikes and things to do. and with the kids all rested up […]
national parks
glacier. going-to-the-sun road.
have i mentioned it was hot in glacier while we were there? like 90s hot. and we were in the many glacier campground, with no hookups and limited generator hours. and since ruby is not allowed on the trails in glacier, we had to leave her in the camper while we were out hiking around. […]
glacier. cracker lake.my ultimate bucket list hike.
every since i first laid eyes on a photo from cracker lake in glacier national park, i knew i would someday have to make the journey. when we were here four years ago and i had to opportunity for a longer, solo hike, i wasn’t sure i was good enough shape for the 13 mile, […]
glacier. swiftcurrent lake.
after our “longest hike ever” to red rock falls and bullhead lake the previous day, we decided to take it easy on our second day in glacier. (i also maybe made this promise many times during the grumbling yesterday). for this easy day, we chose a 2.5 mile hike around swiftcurrent lake, which is mostly […]
glacier. redrock falls, and more.
finally! the moment we’ve all been waiting for. or, well, the week that i’ve been waiting for. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK!! when we were planning this summer road trip, the idea was to hit a lot of the places we missed during our 3+ years on the road. but, since glacier national park is pretty much […]
teddy roo’s. petrified forests and the rest.
well. we had one big day in the south unit of teddy roosevelt national park (plus a few evenings), and one big day in the north unit. our third day was spent entirely on running a few errands (haircuts, car wash, post office, lunch) in nearby dickinson, nd. the kiddos and doggo were thankful for […]
teddy roo’s np. north unit.
after our visit to the south unit, on our second day in belfield, nd, we made the fifty mile drive up to the north unit of theodore roosevelt national park. it was definitely a different feel from the south unit, a bit smaller (or at least the drive was shorter), and was way less populated. […]
teddy roosevelt national park. south unit.
theodore roosevelt national park marked the unofficial start of our “decidedly more adventurous” part of the summer road trip. it was also a brand new park to us, and we were pretty excited to check it out. we arrived in the late afternoon, at our FULL HOOKUP campsite, and once we were set up properly, […]
from MN to (WI to MN to WI to MN to) ND.
before we left the twin cities, and minnesota altogether, i was determined to squeeze in one more activity. derek had to work all day before he could make the journey to meet us in fargo, so we had quite a bit of time to kill. i settled on driving a little out of the way, […]
twin cities, partially explored.
our next stop on our epic (not so)post pandemic summer road trip was the greater minneapolis-saint paul metropolis, where we had four days booked, with big plans to do lots of things. but, on our way in, some of the same brake issues from the way out of chicago resurfaced, so we would end up […]