-
Falls Park
Sioux Falls, SD, August 2025 Kate found out that there was a Farmer’s Market in Sioux Falls at Falls Park. We decided to kill several birds with one drive by going to the Farmer’s Market, touring Falls Park, and getting groceries all in the same trip. On the way out, we saw a Great (White)…
-
Grand Prismatic Spring Day 39
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 The plan for today was to get up at 7 am, leave by 8am, and arrive at the Steel Bridge Parking at about 9 am to hike to the Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook and Fairy Falls. John stayed up until about 1 am culling and processing photos and writing…
-
Yellowstone National Park Day 38
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 Yes, we can count; we skipped over day 37. John did some reading on the Canon R7 to change settings to improve the focus. There are three shutter settings – mechanical, electronic first curtain, and electronic. That list goes from slowest to fastest, noisiest to quietest, and most vibration…
-
Yellowstone National Park Day 22: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 John got a call about a property in Oklahoma that he is trying to sell. On Monday, we knew John was going to be busy dealing with those and other calls. Due to this, we decided to try to get some exercise Sunday. Canyon Village and the Grand Canyon…
-
Yellowstone National Park Day 20
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 One of the office workers told Kate that there were goslings at Madison, so Kate needed to go see the goslings. It had nothing to do with getting a Madison Cancel Stamp. Really, nothing. When we got to Madison, the primary wildlife was fly fisherman. There were a few…
-
Yellowstone National Park Day 19
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 The main goal of today was to hike Artist Point, Point Sublime and Lily Pad Lake which is located in the Canyon Village area. Artist Point is on a wide paved path attached to a large parking lot on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon (of Yellowstone). It…
-
Yellowstone National Park Day 10: One out of Six Ain’t Bad?
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Task #1 – Lewis Channel Hike (Failure) The Lewis Channel Hike runs beside Lewis Lake. The first 2 1/2 miles was open for hiking but had a warning for snow covered trail. We weren’t worried about the snow and have hiked on snow before. The second half of the…
-
Devil’s Den Hiking Trail
West Fork, AR, November 2024 One of the first things you will notice (after trees), is the rock formations. At several places along the trail up the hill, there are rocks that look like relief carvings. These are natural formations known as carpet rock, and variants of these are found in parks across Arkansas. The…
-
Store/Cafe at Devil’s Den State Park, AR
West Fork, AR, November 2024 We had planned to stay at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas in February of this year, but the arctic blast put the kibosh on that plan. Later in the year, Kate had read that the road to Devil’s Den was windy and not easily navigated by large RVs. It…