The Bear and the Dove
We decided to give camping a try since we found hotels to be an expensive, cost-prohibitive way to spend the night. My daughter had a tent, and I decided to borrow it one day. I set it up in the backyard, sent a picture to…
Cedar Breaks National Monument
July 8, 2025, was a great day for us on our America is Beautiful summer vacation. We visited a bird zoo, had lunch in the first place to put the âKâ in KFC, visited a Hindu temple, and stopped at a Walmart to replenish our…
Craters of the Moon
I heard of Mount St. Helens and the huge eruption that happened in 1980. That was so unexpected and shocking, but it was nothing like the volcanic lava flows of Hawaii or the fiery displays of Iceland. For Mount St. Helens, it was a loud,…
Goblin Valley State Park
I put a lot of effort into researching a vacation. I want to utilize our time to the best of our ability and see and experience as much as possible. When we first started travelling, we did what I suspect most people do: hotels and…
Bryce Canyon National Park
This summer, we visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah as part of our America the Beautiful summer vacation. There are two reasons why I chose this name for our trip. First, the annual pass to all the National Parks in America is called the…
A Wild Night Camping
I lamented to Charlene the other day that we hadn’t had a good storm in a while. I have always loved storms. The bigger, the better. Storms, when I was younger, seemed to last longer and were more intense. Today’s storms are just fast and…
Taking Mom To Her First Camping Trip in Algonquin on the First Day of Summer
It has been a while since we have gone on a trip with Mom. We decided to show her Algonquin Provincial Park. This will be our second trip here, but her first, and it will also be the beginning of summer. The trip is designed…
Spruce Bog Boardwalk Trail
There was a time when I thought anything more than a two-hour drive was just too far, meaning I would never visit Algonquin Provincial Park. Algonquin is an enormous park that is impossible to miss on the map. It is actually larger than some countries.…
Carnage of Death
Our first stop on our Summer 2024 Trip was Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Usually, the first place we stay on the opening leg of our journey is a hotel. We both work and to make the distance, we leave as quickly as possible and skip the…
