We were grooving to some sweet John Denver this morning at breakfast (after Scott tried to start with Metallica - no, pass, veto'ed).  We're enjoying the woods of West Virginia.  We're in Coopers Rock State Park outside of Morgantown.  Scott...

THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. PLEASE READ MY DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO. More often than I expected, I get asked, “How did you start the blog?”  In retrospect, I totally get it.  I had no idea how to start...

I've read about petrified wood but hadn't seen any.  Ditto for Scott.  When we saw a sign for a petrified wood garden just outside the Badlands, our thought was, "Eh, why not?!"  It was $12 for the both of the...