Entertainment… Recreating Our Favorite Meal on the Trip West 6 Sep 20116 Sep 2011 One of my favorite things about travel is bringing home a new idea for dinner. A great wine, new cheese, or a method of preparing a dish prolongs my visit…
Entertainment… Thirteen Days, Fourteen States 1 Sep 20111 Sep 2011 We returned to North Carolina today, making it the fourteenth state in thirteen days. We didn't plan it that way, it just evolved - a little like the energizer bunny,…
Entertainment… A Long Way From Home With Flooded Out Bridges 31 Aug 201131 Aug 2011 Wyoming to Nebraska to Kansas and our GPS lady is about to blow her fuse and our patience. We aren't following the exact path we took at the beginning of…
Entertainment… The Painted Hills of Wyoming and Vast Prairie with Sagebrush 30 Aug 201130 Aug 2011 When we left Jackson Hole, we drove back into the Tetons National Park along its eastern loop - we arrived via the western edge - and ran into a little…
Entertainment… Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming 29 Aug 201129 Aug 2011 We left Yellowstone and headed for the Tetons. Darkness grew and we found no lodging until we reached Flagg Ranch. The office was closed, but security helped us find a…
Entertainment… A Sobering Sign 29 Aug 201129 Aug 2011 After witnessing the much anticipated eruption of Old Faithful, we ambled through Yellowstone taking in the lake views, a rippling beach, and more smoking pores in the earth's surface -…
Entertainment… Geysers, Sulphur, and Roiling Pots of Mud – Oh My! 28 Aug 201128 Aug 2011 Grand Prismatic SpringWho was the first human of modern civilization to see the earth smoking, roiling pots of mud, boiling turquoise and sapphire pools surrounded by orange veins, and geysers…
Entertainment… Billings, Beartooth Scenic Highway, and Yellowstone 27 Aug 201127 Aug 2011 Another spectacular day in the west! We started out at Cabellas, again, the third on our trip. Then we continued to the Moss Mansion - one of the rare ones…
Entertainment… Wyoming and Montana 26 Aug 201126 Aug 2011 We've been watching a spectacular sunset for over an hour. And whipping around beside, then behind, are swirling cracks of lightening. When they tell you that Montana is Big Sky…
Entertainment… Majesty Made by God and Man 25 Aug 201125 Aug 2011 Majestic wonders - both God made and man made - filled our day, beginning and ending with Custer State Park. Keystone, a tour through the Black Hills - including driving…