Author: ssichler

We are enjoying are stay in Glacier National Park. A sharp contrast to the crowds and congestion of Yellowstone. Getting some good shots with the new zoom lens for the Canon. This family of mountain goats was right off the Going to The Sun Road. The goats can run extremely fast and climb like a […]

Our next stop was Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park in Montana. Unlike Yellowstone their were no crowds and we easily found a nice quiet campsite for the night. The next day we took a two hour tour down into the large limestone caves. Very cool formations including a 6,000 year old bat.

I would have thought Yellowstone -the nation’s first National Park and our 11th of the trip- would have been a highlight for us. Half the world’s geysers. Incredible wildlife. Come on what’s not to like? Unfortunately it was jam packed with people, cars, mosquitoes and the weather was horrible. Yeah but what about the wildlife? […]

We spent almost two weeks in Grand Teton National Park. Awesome views and great hiking. We saw moose, buffalo, pronghorns, and marmots. We really need a telephoto lens to get closer to the wildlife. Oh and I forgot to mention a grizzly bear that came into our camp. I had Jaime throw rocks and sick […]

We are currently just outside of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. We spent Thursday through today at Sinks Canyon State Park in Lander. Our camp site was right on the river. We enjoyed some hiking and wildlife viewing. The big horn sheep below rammed a truck that stopped too close to him.

We spent the past week up at Rocky Mountain National Park. And I do mean up… our camp was at 8,400ft and I did a hike to almost 12,000ft. The only negative was that the park was pretty crowded due to the 4th of July holiday. Longs Peak 14,259ft – Northernmost 14,000ft peak Moraine Park […]

We spent the past two days in a great spot on Lake Dillion outside of Breckenridge, Colorado. Over 9,000 feet elevation but not too cool at night. Today we made it over the Rockies and down into Denver Our current spot is not so picturesque but we wanted to spend a few days here checking […]

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado was our eighth National Park on this trip. It was a quick and steep drive from our camp in Montrose up to the canyon rim. The South Rim Campground was a nice wooded spot with electric hookups but no water so we had to haul our […]

We left Mesa Verde and headed North up scenic highway 145. What a beautiful drive with leafy green aspen trees, green meadows, following streams, and 14,000 foot rugged mountains. We stayed in Matterhorn Forest Service Campground about 20 minutes outside of Telluride. A very nice spot but a bit chilly at night due to its […]

A quick update on our visit to Mesa Verde National Park. We saw some amazing Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling ruins. We currently in Telluride Colorado and I’m uploading this from the public library and would like to get outside and mountain bike – it’s beautiful here! Here’s the link to photos on Flickr.