Little Redfish Lake
Little Redfish Lake is a five minute walk from our free boondocking spot in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, but we’ve passed it…
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Boat Box Hot Springs Sunrise
Boat Box Hot Springs is the best hot spring in Idaho, and even better that it’s easily accessible along the Wild and Scenic…
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Afternoon at Redfish Lake
It’s not always mountains, snow, and crushing the altitude. Sometimes you have to sit by the lake and just chill. A Redfish Lake…
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Sawtooth Lake via the Iron Creek Trail
Sawtooth Lake via the Iron Creek Trail is the number one hike in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. At 10 miles and approximately…
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Custer Ghost Town Idaho
We knew that we wanted our Sawtooths trip to be more than mountains and snow, and the Custer ghost town area in the…
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Stanley Lake Sunrise
One of our big rocks here in the Sawtooths has been to catch a sunrise over Stanley Lake. 0500 wakeup, coffee, make extra…
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Pettit Lake Afternoon Hike
The workday is done, with no time left in the day for a big backcountry excursion we headed down to Pettit Lake to…
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Fishhook Creek Trail
We were looking for a high-value, low-effort, close-by afternoon hike when I wrapped up work for the day, and the Fishhook Creek trail…
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Craters Caves Area
We thought that the Caves area of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve deserved its own photo album. While it is…
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Craters of the Moon National Monument
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve looks like – well – craters of the moon. So much so that NASA even…
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Sheep Everywhere
We’ve had a lot of interesting boondocking spots, but the middle of a herd of a thousand or so sheep is a new…
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Leaving the Tetons
With our big rocks checked off and the weather deteriorating rapidly, it’s time for us to be leaving the Tetons. The crazy rain…
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Roam If You Want To
We never knew we needed a theme song until our old neighbor from Stuttgart passed this along the other day. Thanks, Terry –…
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Boating on Jackson Lake
While we were having lunch at Inspiration Point yesterday, Colette looked down at Jackson Lake and said "I’d like to go boating." Big…
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Jenny Lake and Inspiration Point
Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point from the Jenny Lake West boat dock is arguably the most popular hike in Grand Teton National Park….
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Jackson Hole Wyoming
A down day for us in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Starting with a quick walk along the Cache Creek Trail southeast of town to…
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Taggart Lake and Bradley Lake
The Taggart Lake and Bradley Lake loop hike was another easy one on our list. Although it’s still a very busy trailhead, again…
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Phelps Lake and Death Canyon
The Phelps Lake Loop hike was an also-ran on our list of must-do’s while here in Grand Tetons, but we discovered that it’s…
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A Day in Grand Tetons
Our trip through the Grand Tetons in 2013 was much too quick, and we decided to add it as a re-do for our…
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Lanesboro Minnesota Sunset
Farmland Sunset It’s not all mountains and snow – while Jim’s suffering in the cold, Colette is enjoying beautiful sunsets and green, lush…
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Climbing Mount Antero
Mount Antero is the 10th highest mountain in Colorado at 14,269 feet. Number 30 on the 14er list under the belt, finally past…
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