On my final walk with Javi on the trail I saw an old guy wearing a faded sweatshirt standing by his back door smoking, reminded me of my dad.  Today was a big driving day, but before we took off we went to the King Mountain resort and rode the Cowboy Coaster! It was an…

Today was my last full day in Jackson. I spent the morning catching up on my blog and packing up, then went for a walk in the rain to the grocery store for last minute supplies. Afterwards I headed out to the sculpture trail at the Museum of Wildlife Art – I love seeing art…

Went for a walk along the Snake River, checking out the Mama Mimi sculpture in the morning light and other natural art including a spiral design in the middle of the river.  While Christina worked, I headed out to the Lawrence Rockefeller Natural Preserve. It took a little while to get to as the road…

Woke up to rain this morning, such a lovely sound and smell. Spent the morning reading and enjoying my coffee. The rain had stopped by lunch time so I went for a wander around town to check some of the murals. I sat outside at a lovely coffee shop and finished reading my book.  After…

The next morning I got up, made coffee, packed up my campsite and went to the brink of the Lower Falls. It was a 600 foot drop in elevation and more than a dozen switchbacks down to the brink. Well worth the slog back up for the beautiful misty morning views. There was an older…

My trip to Yellowstone started with an early morning drive to Schwabacher’s Landing to watch the sunrise on the Tetons. It was a chilly morning, but there were a good amount of people bundled up to watch the Tetons turn pink as the sun hit them. It was also a full moon so that made…

Today we took a boat ride across Jenny Lake then hiked up to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point -a 900 feet elevation gain over 1 mile so that got the blood pumping! The views were gorgeous, and the weather was perfect -sunny, clear and cool in the morning.  We continued on to Cascade Canyon which…

A relatively quiet day today, we both participated in Old Bills Run, Christina did the 10K and I did the untimed fun run. This is a fantastic community event that is free for anyone to enter, and they encourage people to donate to their favorite local nonprofits. The start of the race was at the…

It’s definitely starting to get a little cooler now, Javi and I went on a morning hike and going up the hills helped warm us up.  I explored some parts of the Grand Tetons that had been too crowded over the holiday weekend, but now were easier to get around. First stop was Mormon Row…

Started the morning enjoying coffee, reading and journaling then headed out for a morning hike at Coal Creek with Christina and Javi.  Wonderful hike that climbed up through a forest next to a tumbling creek. At one point Javi’s ears went straight up and he started to climb into the bushes. Luckily Christina stopped him, because…