Today’s main activity was to explore the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park. Being that this was our first day, we enjoyed some of the sights along the way. We were nearly immediately graced with a herd of bison, which luckily stayed out of the road and didn’t cause any traffic delays. […]
Author: Phillip Doup
Cascade Canyon to Lake Solitude
In looking over our last day in Grand Teton National Park, we ended up making some changes to the itinerary. What was originally going to be a light hike followed by travel ended up being a 14+ miles round trip hike, up 2,400+ feet in elevation gain, through Cascade Canyon to Lake Solitude. Boy was […]
Bradley and Taggart Lakes and Menor’s Ferry
Today was our first day in Grand Teton National Park, as seen here: But, before we headed into the park, we stopped off in Jackson, Wyoming to acquire some refreshments: We started off our visit to this magnificent park by hiking up to Bradley Lake (the featured image of this post), which was one of […]
Sawtooth Mountains
Today we spent nearly the entire day hiking in the sawtooth mountains, enjoying the views of Sawtooth Lake (above) and Alpine lake. We first headed directly up to Sawtooth Lake as it was the highest and we wanted to see it first. There were many vistas along the route, but this one below is my […]
Garnet Ghost Town and Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
We started our day by heading to the Garnet Ghost Town, a remarkably intact ghost town that is supposedly the best remaining ghost town in Montana. On our way there, we had to dodge a herd of cattle that were apparently quite surprised to see us as they bolted up the hill. These store fronts […]
Flathead Region
Today started off with the mundane duties of washing clothes and fighting with WiFi to get pictures uploaded. Around noon, we headed south from the campground to the St. Ignatius mission. There was some beautiful artwork in this church, apparently painted by the cook. Here’s a sample: They had some seismic activity cause some structural […]
It’s Almost Time
We’re on the eve of the most epic trip of our lives. We leave tomorrow morning for a trip through 10 states and over 6,000 miles for a total of 5 1/2 weeks on the road. We’ve been planning and anticipating this trip for over a year, and it’s almost here!
Hawaii 2016
These pictures are from our honeymoon trip to Kaua’i in September of 2016. For the first few days, we were incredibly jetlagged and tired from all the bustle of the wedding, but we made the rounds of the island and fell in love with it.
Wedding 2016
These are the pictures from our wedding on September 17, 2016, in Columbus, IN. Ceremony was held at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church with reception at Columbus Youth Camp.
Florida 2015
These pictures are from a trip we made to Florida from late December 2015 to early January 2016. We went to the Everglades, which was experiencing a particularly awful winter in terms of the mosquito population. We saw some beautiful scenery but basically got out of there as quickly as we could, literally killing mosquitoes […]