Go Primitive
The Dakotas have their Badlands, we call New Mexico the Radlands and eastern Washingtons’ early settlers named theirs the Scablands, aka “not suitable for farming.” Coulee City crush We did not anticipate spending a long week here in the scablands.
Nine out of the Top 10 hikes in Glacier National Park are on the covid-closed East side with no indication of opening. With an on-the-fly itinerary in play we narrowed our options … 200 miles south to Teton and Yellowstone,
With East Glacier National Park still closed and West Glacier attractions exhausted, we extended our footprint and made some wild discoveries. Hungry Horse At 564 feet high and 15 miles from West Glacier, Hungry Horse is Dam one of the
On the second anniversary of walking out of corporate America, we saw no better way to commemorate the event than with walking up 4,325 vertical feet in 5.4 miles and back down again on a whim. TLDR: It didn’t end
Glacier National Park is in Phase 1 re-opening and while we can’t get to a glacier or the East Side of the park, or most of the West Side or camp in any campgrounds or explore the visitor centers, we’re
It’s been 24 hours of heavy rain here in Bigfork, Montana. They call it a Derecho – a big ass storm that’s long, wide and traveling. News reports say it may be the first in history to cross the continental
(Medora, ND)In braking news today, drivers on the North Unit loop of Teddy Roosevelt National Park were gridlocked by herds of bison who have taken control of the roads in the absence of tourists. No park rangers were on site
We arrived at the Red Trail Vineyard in Buffalo, North Dakota just in time to catch owner Rodney for a tasting and storytelling session before he departed to Fargo for friends, ribs, and some Red Trail wine we imagine. Harvest
An iron Bull Head as big as Teddy’s on Mt. Rushmore looms over I-90 in Montrose South Dakota, 20 miles west of Sioux Falls. We saw it last year, traveling from the Badlands en route to Minnesota. First you see
Two days and 688 miles later, with Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri in the rear view mirror, we’re smack dab in the middle of the country in Hamburg, Iowa. It is small town America all the time. The only large population