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Thankful to be in the South!
Escatawpa Hollow Park, AL, March 2026 This last winter seemed like polar vortex after polar vortex. It’s March and yet another Polar vortex with Wisconsin getting between 1 foot and 2 feet of snow. Tonight, the temperature in Wisconsin is supposed to drop to -11. We are enjoying Alabama warm weather. I thought you might…
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Keeping Up with the Trends
Escatawpa Hollow State Park, AL, March 2026 Wednesday started with John’s office being invaded by lonely cats. And it ended with frogs and toads raining from the sky. Okay, Okay. We are pretty sure the toad was an innocent bystander and just out in the rain. It did rain really hard, and there was a…
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Predictions vs. Actual
Beggs, Oklahoma, January 2026 John and I have been monitoring the weather forecast and prepping for the big snow and cold weather event. The news indicated 8 to 12 inches or more. Similar forecast predictions came from AccuWeather, Weather.com and National Weather Service. The news and local government folks said to prepare for multiple days…
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Tire Replacement Day
Des Moines, IA, October 2025 On Thursday, John worked to do some repairs on the trailer. The tire blowout had ripped two pieces of fender skirt off and damaged the weather coating underneath. The front fender skirt piece was never found; it might have disintegrated. The middle piece was found, but it was damaged. The…
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Thunder Cats
Custer State Park, WY, July 2025 We have been very fortunately this year to with very few thunderstorms. In Yellowstone, we had more snow than rain. We did have a little rain in 7th Ranch Campground in Wyoming but nothing of major note. That all ended in Custer State Park. We had a thunder and…
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Protection from the Storm?
Garryowen, MT, July 2025 An afternoon storm with chance of high winds and 1/2 inch hail popped up. The skies all of a sudden turned dark with major wind gust rocked the trailer. Not knowing if Montana is at higher risk for Tornados, we pulled out the cat carriers just in case we needed to…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 37
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 This was a very long day. We left at 8 am and did not make it back home until after 8 pm. We immediately grabbed our shower gear and left again. Finally, we were back in the trailer for the night around 9 pm which would 10 pm central…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 36
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 You always hear about snow in the middle of the summer in Yellowstone National Park. Today, John and I go to experience the mid-summer snow fall. Because of the snow, we decided to stay inside and not travel around. Especially since we are seeing a lot of California and…
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Grand Teton National Park Day 25
Grand Teton National Park, WY, June 2025 Kate wanted MORE cancel stamps, so she plotted a convoluted route from Fishing Bridge to Jackson Hole, WY that hit every cancel stamp (that was open) within 100 miles. Maybe it was only 20 miles. We drove down John D. Rockefeller, Jr Memorial Parkway to get from Yellowstone…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 4
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: The animal pictures are set up as links to the pictures because you need to zoom in to see the details. This requires the back button to return to the page. The other pictures are embedded. Just click on them to return to the page.) This morning started…