I am sure everyone is dying to hear more about the miniature moose island I referred to in my last post! Your wait is over! You may have figured it out based on the title of my blog post, but the place that almost had miniature moose is….drumroll, please….. Isle Read more…
After a night of camping and two nights hiding out at a ski resort in Lutsen to wait out some rain, we headed up to Grand Portage. Grand Portage is within spitting distance of the Canadian border, and is part of a tribal reservation. Our choices for accommodation in Grand Read more…
There is a scenic drive on Minnesota’s north shore – which follows Lake Superior (actually its west shoreline) for 150 miles. Within those 150 miles are 7 state parks, and a ferry to a national park. We saw them all! After being in the western US, where you can drive Read more…
In my 18 years living full-time in Minnesota, and four years living part-time (while in college in Michigan), I never did make it to the one national park located in Minnesota. In fairness, it is about as far from the Twin Cities as possible. The only thing I really remember Read more…
I wanted to blow off Yellowstone, claim it was all hype and since we had seen so many amazing places already, this was totally not worth the crowds and fanfare. But…it really is all that. But the crowds do suck. I wrote about the great day we had in the Read more…
Yellowstone amazed us with all of its variety, and the variety included the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. In fact, the yellow rock walls of the canyon gave Yellowstone its name! When we got to the parking lot in the morning around 10am, it was a little bit chaotic, but we Read more…
We had planned to camp in Yellowstone, but during this trip we have come to realize that we are camping wimps. We love to camp as long as it isn’t too cold, sunny, buggy or wet! Since it was scheduled to be both cold and wet while in Yellowstone, C Read more…
The Tetons are so breathtaking to look at because of the geological forces at work in creating them. Many of the National Park roads we have driven on have been winding roads on cliff edges, even in parks not known for having mountains, like Mesa Verde and Arches. In Read more…
Our first morning in the park, we headed to Oxbow Bend. This spot is famous for the way the Snake River reflects Mount Moran on a calm day, and for the animals that congregate there. We did get a calm morning to see the mountain reflected in the river, but Read more…
We woke up really early to head into Rocky Mountain National Park. We were headed to the Bear Lake trailhead, one of the most popular in the park, and reputed to fill its parking lot by 8:30am. We made it by 8am, and got a parking spot! The place was Read more…