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Showing Timmy Yosemite National Park
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Since we were here in California, we decided to take advantage of it and make a day trip to Yosemite. Timmy has not been here, though we have been in California multiple times since my trip to Yosemite back in …
Fossil Butte Ntnl Monument
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After an entire day of driving through two National Parks and hundreds of miles of lonely (but scenic) country roads, we ended up a few miles outside of Fossil Butte Ntnl Monument at the South-Western corner of Wyoming. This got …
Into Yellowstone
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As we drove up and into the Flag Ranch area to find our Forest land camping area, we were greeted only with a road-closure sign which prevented us from going any further. This really threw a wrench in our plans …
A short day in Grand Teton
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After spending the week in the forest, we did skip into Teton Ntnl Park for a single night at a “civilized” camp ground to shower, wash clothes, and re-stock on some supplies. The following day, we left our camp sight …
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Tagged Hikes, Other places, Photography, Sunset
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Final days in the Teton forest
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Though it was not necessarily planned this way, we ended up spending the entire week in the Teton Forest. We did try to go into Grand Teton Ntnl Park on Thursday, and even got in a quick 3.2 mile hike …
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Tagged Boondocking, Hikes, National Park, snow
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Another day in the Teton Forest
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After a good night’s sleep, thanks to the exhaustion for yesterday, we woke and got straight to a coffee and oatmeal breakfast. Some cleaning followed before my afternoon work which held me near the van for a few more hours. …
Camping in the Teton Forest
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Just outside the National Park is the National Forest. While it may sound the same, on paper the different between a”Park” and a “Forest” is everything. Within the National Parks, the public is very limited in what we can do. …
Waking to the Tetons
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After the 12 hours of driving, arriving in the park well after sunset, we found a place to park for the night. Timmy and I watched a bit of recorded TV before calling it a night, but by 11pm the …
More changes to summer trip
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As is normal for any McArthur plan, it has already been changed. Now, instead of traveling to California for the summer we have chosen to stay in the ‘cheap-gas’ states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. This allows us to re-visit …
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Route planned for summer road trip
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Yep, the route is planned; A total of about 1700 miles through a few Wyoming State Parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton Ntnl Parks, Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, and Yosemite Ntnl Park before taking a few weeks …
Bierstadt Lake hike
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This past Monday Conor and I chose to hike up in Rocky Mountain National Park. We knew the weather would be semi-poor, including the chance of snow and rain. Because of the weather we originally chose three different hikes, none …
Petroglyph National Monument
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As I traveled North toward Colorado, I was in need of a fuel stop and a lunch break. Not far off my path was the Petroplgyh Ntnl Monument so I decided to spend my few hours there instead of at …