Ker-thump.  I was off the bed, scooping Jack up from the cement floor in less than a heartbeat. Even though he's a monkey, Jack was in a little bit too much of a hurry to climb the ladder to the...

This is how our third and final day in Yellowstone started out:       As usual these days, we were slow in getting started on our third and final day in Yellowstone.  We had camped at a place about...

We had never been to Kentucky before.  It wasn't by design, it was just the result of opportunity (or lack thereof).  I didn't have much in the way of expectations and I really thought we'd pop down, spend a great...