Today is our last official day in San Francisco. It’s more bittersweet than I thought, but truth be told, I’m absolutely stoked to start the next chapter in our lives back in the South. But there are things I’m definitely going to miss… I’ll miss that hour just before sunset when the city looks ablaze. [...]
Detouring through Oregon
July 24, 2011 By 32 Comments
Once we were in Coeur d’Alene, I had this odd sensation that we were nearly home. After all, it was the last “real” stop on our route, and it was nearing the end of week six. We’d be back in California in a jiffy, right? WRONG. Silly me and my lack of perception when it [...]
Photo Friday: Flathead Lake, Montana
July 22, 2011 By 27 Comments
Prior to heading into a rain-besotted Glacier National Park, we camped out near Bigfork for two nights. The town is situated on Flathead Lake, though with all the fog resting heavily over the area, we had not actually seen signs of a body of water…until one brief hour-long respite when we capitalized on rays of [...]
Learning to Swim in Coeur d’Alene
July 21, 2011 By 40 Comments
On day 38, we found where the sun had been hiding: Idaho. Fitting, that after five weeks of rain, the sun would finally come out when our trip was winding down and we were slowly making our way back to California. Also fitting: June is typically one of San Francisco’s coldest months, and while we [...]
A Walk in the Treetops
July 19, 2011 By 31 Comments
When I was working on the Montana portion of my Redbook road trips story this spring, I read all about Whitefish Mountain Resort and its “one-of-a-kind” canopy walk. I had no idea what this meant. So what better way to find out than experience it for ourselves? (There’s a huge mountain that towers over the [...]
When It Rains…Go Rafting!
July 17, 2011 By 21 Comments
From Philipsburg, we headed to Missoula, a town I couldn’t get enough of but somehow didn’t photograph in the slightest. (Here’s my biggest Missoula tip: Eat a burger at Missoula Club. And while you’re there, have some fries and a root beer float, as well. Hey, you only live once—you won’t be sorry!) Then, we [...]
Photo Friday: Philipsburg, Montana
July 15, 2011 By 23 Comments
Our route through Montana changed entirely once we encountered the flooding in the eastern part of the state, then wound our way through Yellowstone, down to Jackson and back up to Montana via Idaho only for the rain to follow our every twist and turn. Big Sky was out, Bozeman was too far to backtrack, [...]
A Morning on the River, a Night at the Rodeo
July 13, 2011 By 25 Comments
Part of our motivation to take a Great American Road Trip was to explore the mind-bogglingly massive open spaces that the United States has to offer. In sheer numbers, our country has 84 million acres of protected land, 85 million miles of clean river and 4.5 million acres of ocean, lakes and reservoirs. This does [...]
