Today is the day to see Old Faithful. It goes off consistently every 90 minutes, plus or minus 13 minutes. I woke up and checked the schedule to get an idea of when we should drop by and I see this: If you can’t read it, it says something to effect of, “Last eruption,…
Scott and I love the thrill of looking for that unexpected grab-you-by-the-ass wonder. There’s no cool kid way of describing how it feels when your soul gets tickled. That’s why we travel. Often places will do that to people and they talk about it with a reverence. When you get there yourself… it just doesn’t…
I know when I’m tapping on the rooftop of my skill level. Tonight is a good example. This morning we decided to make the hike (drive) from Devil’s Tower to Big Horn National Forest. For those of you familiar with Wyoming, this is not an impressive distance. It’s the best we can do in the…
I’m not a movie person. We don’t even have a TV in the Chief. We haven’t seen an episode of a show in months (and if I was going to watch something, it would be season 6 of Game of Thrones) let alone a whole movie. I was a “pass” on Devil’s Tower. We just…
The area around Rushmore is charming in that “this has been a destination for decades” kind of way. I get into old school entertainment – old mining towns that keep up the character, mystical fun houses that have been demonstrating the goofy side of physics for generations, mechanical horses for kids to ride outside…
