In 1932, Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) was combined with the Glacier National Park (Montana, United States) to form the world’s first International Peace Park. Rangers like to remind visitors that elk, moose, coyotes and bears don’t recognize international…
When people I know talk about Glacier National Park they describe it as the Holy Grail of US National Parks and a supposed hiker’s paradise! Glacier was established in 1910 and still contains over 25 active glaciers. It is…
We’ve seen 15 state capitol buildings prior to this one in Helena, Montana. We’d visited this city in August of 2021 but that was prior to us starting to tour state capitol buildings. This city has an interesting history so…
In the US, when you full-time RV, you still need to have establish a “domicile”. Having a specific address is needed so that you can vote, register your vehicle, and get RV and health insurance. Since we sold our Bay Area…
Wyoming isn’t top of mind for people when they think of pretty states, but as soon as we mention Yellowstone or the Tetons they go, “oh yeah, those are in Wyoming!” I’ve got family in Cody and have had…
Most people enter Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park at the east entrance and we did so in 2021 (post linked here). This year we entered from the west end. This nearly forgotten side of the park had few visitors,…
As we noted in the blog during our first trip to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado (that post linked here), this canyon is underrated. From Telluride. we were headed to the suburbs of Denver to see friends and family so we decided to…
If you don’t want to hear my brag about my home state of Colorado, stop reading now! I mean it. You aren’t going to like the audacious claims I’m about to make.…
Mesa Verde protects the cliff dwellings, kivas, pit houses, pueblos, masonry towers, and farming structures of the Ancestral Pueblo peoples who lived here for more than 700 years. This park undoubtedly contains the most notable and best preserved dwellings…
We’ve seen a lot of cliff dwellings and Puebloan ruins on our travels. What Hovenweep is known for is its detailed structures in a variety of shapes and sizes, including square and circular towers as well as D-shaped dwellings…
