Welcome to a bonus post in our Alaska series….not centered on Alaska or Canada. We decided that on our way back to New Mexico, we would hit up some of Nevada, Utah and Arizona’s National Parks and Monuments. Well, some…
Seward & Kenai Fjords National Park
After departing Denali National Park, our second big destination for Janelle’s visit was Kenai Fjords National Park. Janelle is our resident coastal ecologist. When I mentioned Kenai Fjords as a possible destination, her enthusiasm was immediate! So we set off…
Denali National Park
Big destination #1 for Janelle’s visit, was Denali National Park. We headed here from Talkeetna to take advantage of the camping reservations I had made back in December. This is the ONLY reservation we had made in advance. We arrived…
Copper Country
It’s time to explore Alaska! Let’s go. We had no specific plans and no reservations. It’s still early in the season so it turns out you really don’t need reservations right now. We pulled out the map and decided to…
Traveling again…
I just took a look at when I wrote our last blog post. February? I can’t believe it’s been that long ago. Our on-line silence in an indication that our summer did not transpire as we had hoped. The plan…
Empire Ranch (Las Cienegas)
After Big Bend (was that really a month ago?), we wandered back to Las Cruces to check in with our home builder, then decided to head back to Arizona because, well, it was warmer there. This has been a travel…
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National park is AWESOME! This is another example of a park that we didn’t know much about and didn’t quite know what to expect (another instance being Death Valley). We managed to get a week’s reservation at Big…
Chasing 70 (degrees…not years).
Let’s first start with the good news. Following up on the E. Coli knee infection from last August, Jim had a tele-medicine with the infectious disease doctor back in Rochester a few days ago. All his blood infection markers look…
Crater Lake National Park
Jim Update Before I detail our visit to Crater Lake National Park, just a note on Jim not feeling well. After Crater Lake, we drove for three days to get to Las Cruces, New Mexico to meet with the builder…
The Oregon Coast with Dr. Janelle
Look who we found on the Oregon Coast! It’s Dr. Janelle, PhD in Coastal Ecology. Whatever shall we learn? Come take a ride with us exploring along the iconic U.S. Highway 101. Before I go too much further, I should…