The Yellowstone Rafting Trip…

Was fun! I went this past thursday/friday and there wasn’t as much whitewater as I expected, but was nice.

There were two guides, one a sophomore in college and one a first year medical student. Then two families, one from Connecticut and the other from Catalonia in Spain.

Sunset at camp…

Aug 11, 2008 | Travel | Leave A Comment »

Handstand Map up to date!

I took this morning to try and catch up with the handstand map.

Check it out!

Here is the one I was missing at Osprey Falls in Yellowstone…

Aug 11, 2008 | Travel | Leave A Comment »

Catching up with some pictures…

First I was at Mount Rushmore…

Then somewhere on my way to beartooth pass….

And Beartooth Pass (AMAZING)…

Then I was in Yellowstone National Park where there were tons of Bison…

More yellowstone…

and more…

Now I am in Glacier National Park:

I was in…

KOA in Livingston, MT

Neihart, MT

Choteau, MT

Aug 11, 2008 | Travel | 3 Comments »

Made it to Glacier (Day 18)

I made it to Glacier National Park, but really just spent the afternoon laying around… Need to rest up every once in a while. The mountains really are HUGE, the wind is STRONG and it’s quite chilly. I’ll be up here til Friday when I go meet up with my Canadian friends! Picked up the park map and hiking info so I can get to it starting tomorrow.

Aug 10, 2008 | Travel | Leave A Comment »

Yellowstone

So, I made it to Yellowstone last night after a FULL day of driving. Beartooth pass on the northeast exit of yellowstone is AMAZING. 11000 feet in elevation. I put on a jacket up there and was standing next to some snow. Soo amazing. All the campsites in yellowstone were full… so I went through and popped out in Gardier, MT and found a national forest service campsite about 15 miles outside the town. Woke up this morning and headed into the park. Got in about 8am and hit up the visitor center and backcountry office. I talked to the ranger/watched a video/got a backcountry permit for a site on Shostone lake for saturday night. This will mean a big hike for saturday, and a decent one for sunday as well… I might actually just do the shorter hike both days, but that’ll still be 8 miles… depends on how i feel. I’ll be singing to myself as I am told to do, this avoids suprise encounters with wildlife, and I’m going to get some bear spray as well, just in case.

I’m slightly terrified, but at the same time, it’ll be memorable and people do it all the time. Not a huge deal.

Went over to the Mammoth Hot springs this morning, and they were neat, minus the whole sulphur smell.

Anyways, here is rushmore from 2? days ago

I have tons of pictures but nothing to charge my laptop with except my car, and spotty internet. So… I’ll upload them when I can

Sunday night I”ll head off to the KOA above Yellowstone, do laundry, shower and stuff and then off to Glacier on Monday.

Aug 07, 2008 | Travel | 2 Comments »

Arrived at Badlands National Park (Day 11)

I got here today about midday and checked it out a little.

I’m going to be backpacking out the next two nights, but coming back in between for a water fillup.

Here is a picture from the Missouri River and then from Badlands.

Wisconsin River

Holla at your girl

Badlands Handstanded

Next stop will be Yellowstone. Will be driving there on Tuesday (I think) haha. Seems like cellphone works here for the most part…. Cheers!

Aug 03, 2008 | Travel | 2 Comments »

Matt for the win

So I talked to my friend Matt that I haven’t seen in just over a year. Got to catch up and found out that he went on a very similar cross country trip this past summer. Check out his pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mluxvt07.

Definite highlights he recommends are:

• Arches National Park
• Zion National Park
• Badlands National Park
• Glacier National Park
• Olympia National Park
• UT-12

Apr 23, 2008 | General | Leave A Comment »