The Adventures of Myron and Dorcas

It seems like we just got unpacked from our last trip, and now we are off again. Life is good. This morning we will depart for our annual p...

The heart rock weighed in at 13 lbs 13 ounces. The winner of the Heart Rock Sweepstakes is Ann M. with an entry of 15 lbs. Congrats Ann on...

All in all it was a very enjoyable and satisfying trip. We had been worried that we would want to come home before we had planned to do so,...

August 10-13 This weekend we attended the reunion of the descendants of Samuel and Dorcas Franklin in Linville Falls. Samuel Franklin is my ...

We were on the road again this morning by 7:00 after a 2.5 hour nap. We parked the coach at the Holiday Inn in Morganton and took the Honda...

Thursday August 9 We woke early and I was in the Lowe's when they opened at 7:00. It only took two trips into the store to get everythi...

Wednesday August 8 Today was another big travel day. Technically the western portion of our vacation is now over. We are headed to Charlot...

Tuesday August 7 Today we took two more cave tours, this time at Wind Cave NP . Wind Cave is the 4 th largest cave in the world, but is th...

Faithful readers may remember that this trip was dedicated to Izaak and was named the "Izaak Memorial Westward Ho Summer Adventure 2007...

Monday August 6 Pronghorn (commonly called antelope) ought to be the state mammal of Wyoming. You can see them in large herds all over the ...

Sunday August 5 Today would be a long travel day. We ate breakfast with our friends at a quaint log cabin restaurant in Columbia Falls. We...

July 30 - August 4 There have been fires all over northwestern Montana. Everywhere we have been people have told us that the place, campgro...

NW Montana has been enjoying record high temperatures, as has many of the places we have visited this summer. This bin contains firewood fo...

Thursday July 26 Today we puttered around the camp for most of the day. We went into West Glacier to visit some gift shops. We also went t...

Wednesday July 25 We have stayed the maximum seven days at Fish Creek CG, so we packed up and moved to Apgar CG for three more nights, a dis...

Tuesday July 24 Hidden Lake??? Today we took the shuttle to Logan Pass and hiked to Hidden Lake. Actually they didn't hide it well eno...

We were watching this marmot watch the tourists watch the bighorn sheep. "What's all the fuss about?" he said.

The national park is the best idea America ever had ." - James Bryce , British Ambassador to the U.S., 1912

After almost a week without internet I find myself in the position of making another massive update. We have seen and done a lot of exciting...

Today was a serious travel day. We left Moab about 9:00, cut over to I-15 and headed towards Idaho and Montana. At Green River, UT we boug...