Our last hike in Grand Teton National Park was into Death Canyon. It sounds pretty ominous but we escaped unscathed. One of our water bottles though did not, when it fell to its death down some rocks and into the roaring river… (Hier sind Bilder von unsere Wanderung zu Phelps See und Todes Schlucht.) We…
Originally we weren’t planning on riding the tram, but we found ourselves with a free day with no hiking planned and thought it would be a different view of the area. The Aerial Tram originates out of Teton Village (at an elevation of 6,311 ft), and climbs to the top of Rendezvous Mountain (elevation of…
Another periodic stats update: States: 13 (Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming), another 2 we were close enough to see but did not enter (Nebraska, Kansas) Miles Traveled: 5,500 (8,851 km) Approximate Highest Elevation Reached: 10,450 ft (3,185 m) – Rendezvous Peak, Jackson Hole Aerial…
For the first several days in South Dakota, I didn’t notice that many wildflowers, or when I did, it appeared they were all the same as I’d seen in North Dakota. However, near the end of our stay, I started noticing some new and unique flowers. Whether my powers of observation were sharpening or if…
We spent two separate days visiting Yellowstone with L and A. C and I had visited it once before, and I’d already been through it one time before that, but the most geothermally active place on the planet never really gets boring since it is a little different every time you visit it. The park…
K and I have decided that the Grand Tetons must be one of the most beautiful sights we’ve ever seen. When we drove over Togwotee Pass (at 9,658 ft (2,944 m)) and first saw the Tetons, we were in awe. And that awe did not recede the entire time we have been here! This may…
We knew that there would be tons of great rock climbing in SD, and we made it a point to plan for a lot of days on which we would do this. The way K put it, we would “climb our brains out.” Of the 11 days that we were in SD, we climbed on…
For one of the days we spent in the Custer area of South Dakota we decided to head about 40 minutes south to Hot Springs and see what was there, hoping it would be more interesting than Hot Springs, AR… Sure enough, it turned out to be another resort town where the local businesses have…
The climbing is so great around here and the hiking is no exception. There are so many gorgeous views, cliff faces and rock formations, challenging elevation gain, and cool forests, that we have to use a term our caving friend P coined, that it is “outrageously scenic.” We hiked out and back to Little Devil’s…
Here is an update on the stats for our trip so far. We’ve found a new cheapest gas price (hooray!), significantly increased our highest elevation, and got a good amount of additional hiking in! We’ve also noticed that wedding season has started, as we’ve run across 4 so far. States: 12 (Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,…
