Monthly Archives: July 2008

Monday at Yellowstone, Part 2

The Mammoth Hot Springs area is overrun by elk. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration – there’s maybe a dozen of them in the town square at any one time – but you can’t help but notice them and … Continue reading

Food & Wine, Travel

Monday at Yellowstone, Part 1

After breakfast at Canyon Village (breakfast buffets just aren’t that good) we checked out and headed south a bit to view the canyon and the Upper and Lower Falls on the Yellowstone river. Water, rocks, and gravity. It’s a simple … Continue reading

Travel

Canyon Village

With the exception of Canyon Village, the places we stayed in Yellowstone tended to be old yet well maintained hotels. The room in Canyon Village was in a lodge that looked fairly new and had much more modern fixtures than … Continue reading

Food & Wine, Travel

The Friday Thingy

God is real, unless declared integer. -Source unknown

Humor

Sunday – The Real Adventure Begins (Part 2)

When we were on our Alaskan cruise three years ago we booked a special side trip so we could see some bears in the wild.  We climbed aboard a float plane in Ketchikan Alaska, flew to a more remote area, … Continue reading

Travel