We planned two nights at the Hampton Inn in Riverton, Wyoming (from September 24 - 26, 2026). 24th - The day started with a great breakfast at Bob's diner. I had a nourishing cheese filled crepe and a short stack of pancakes. Chris had his entire English breakfast wrapped in an omelet. On the way to Riverton, Chris found a great site at Red Gulch where they found dinosaur tracks and you could walk right down next to them. Surprisingly, they didn't know what sort of dinosaur

From 17-21 September, 2026 we are in Custer, SD A note about this AirBnB. This AirBnB was SO small (how small was it?) that I had to unpack outside and there were not hangers, shelves or drawers, so my stuff was either draped on the bannister, or stuffed onto a small window sill. 18th - Hike 1: Black Elk Peak (a.k.a. Harney Peak Lookout) - 6.91 miles with 1600' elevation gain. Coddiwomple score: 8/10 (no wildlife, overheated). Weather - hot and sunny. This trail goes to th

September 12-15, 2026 we stayed at the Lake Lodge Cabins at Yellowstone Lake. Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-elevation freshwater lake in North America, sitting at an elevation of 7,732 feet. Its deepest area is 139 feet, so relatively shallow. We drove over from Mammoth Hot Springs via Norris and Canyon Village. Along the way we stopped at these falls (I've forgotten their name, but they weren't so spectacular). There was a huge raven hanging out and, evidently, a

From September 7-12, 2026 we were in Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone. Here are some highlights (then you don't have to read the rest of the post): Days 1 and 3: Saw an amazing bull elk and his harem. They came through at about the same time on two days. (sound on during the video to hear the call). Day 2 - A buffalo blocked our bridge and ended up walk right by our car Day 4 - Osprey Falls Day 1 -A home-run day because we saw lots of animals and had a good hike. The h

Today we moved from the Central-West side of the Park to the Northern part of the park. It was a great day that deserves it's own post. I was just feeling rather sad about leaving Old Faithful Inn after seeing one last eruption of the geyser, when I went for a coffee for the road. I had to wait 18 minutes for this stupid coffee. I was in a bad mood. We had no set plan for the day, except getting to Mammoth Hot Springs by 4pm. We took just about every side road available an

21-28 August, 2026 - AirBnB in Brinnon Washington. I realize I didn't include a map showing the travel at the start of this leg of the around the world ticket (ATW), so include it now. The map for around Brinnon becomes rather complex, so will show it a bit later. I started out with the "breakfast of champions" which included Garrett's cheese corn and coffee. followed by champagne in the American Airlines lounge which wasn't as bad as we feared, other than the entrance Nazi