Heavy smoke during the summer of 2021 throughout Montana drove us indoors (checked into a hotel in Great Falls, MT) for a short reprieve. Admittedly, on a scale of Sasquatch to Gigi Hadid, the city of Great Falls is…
Calling all Shaman, Sorcerers, Healers, Wizards, and White Witches. I’m not sure what we’ve done, but for the second time our visit to the holy grail of all national parks, Glacier, has been a huge bust! Our first attempt…
If you haven’t been to, or even heard of, Troy, Montana it’s because it’s a bit off the beaten path in northwestern Montana. YAAK FALLS The first time we stayed near Troy we were travelling along Yaak River Road…
We’d been through some gorgeous locations in northern Idaho during 2020 (idaho bucke list link here, bike Hiawatha Trail here and more Idaho here) but had planned in the summer of 2021 to cut through the Bitterroot Mountains like…
Boondock With Bailey Scenic Cycling Travel
Beating 2021’s Summer Heat and Bad Juju in Eastern Oregon
With 2021’s sweltering heat even in early July, we continued to look for camping at high elevation and near water. Believe it or not, Halfway, OR met our needs more than halfway. HALFWAY AND FISH LAKE Halfway, OR is…
2021 was the summer of excruciating heat and a massive number of forest fires, big and small, particularly in the western states. We had hoped to spend some additional time in eastern Oregon before heading up into Idaho but…
From Prineville, OR we headed for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The 2 hour drive is the epitome of slow boiling a frog as the landscape gradually transitions from crystal blue streams and lush dark green pines to…
Almost due east of Sisters, OR (post here) is Prineville. The drive from Sisters to Prineville is pretty in a central Oregon ranch land way, and just before you drop into Prineville there’s an overlook called Ochoco Wayside State…
Doug’s daughter and son-in-law live in Sisters, OR (very near Bend, OR). We’ve been lucky enough to visit on several occasions ( link to prior post here). This last time we visited (June 2021) we were able to scenic…
We lived in the Bay Area for many years and never once ventured into central California to visit Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon. What a mistake! Doug may not strike you as a tree hugger, but I will…
