I drove from one end of South Dakota to the other today. We hit Badlands National Park today. I talked a little about the name on Day 26, but it gave me some wrong impressions about the badlands. I just kind of assumed they were going to be mostly void of life, and I’m not … More Day 28: Badlands & Sioux Falls
Driggs, Idaho is home to the best bagel shop in the world: Big Hole Bagels & Bistro. Come at me, NYCers. I will fight you on this. One thing I found a little odd (or at least noteworthy) is that the café is staffed by children. I swear on whatever you deem holy that not … More Day 25: Yellowstone, Shoshone, Buffalo Bill & Central Wyoming
Today, I quickly discovered that you could spend an entire week in Yellowstone and not see everything. This park is humungous. It’s so big that I drove about a third of it, and still spent 5 hours in the park. It covers so much space that the weather is different throughout the park. We entered … More Day 24: Yellowstone
I am coming back and camping/boating/climbing/hiking the heck out of this park. Too bad Tako can’t come back with me, but he’s way too cute to be bear bait. Can we take a moment to acknowledge how much effort I put into getting just one semi-passable selfie with Tako? He is so uncooperative! I try … More Day 21 (Part 2): Glacier National Park & Central Montana
This post is so picture-heavy, I need to separate it into two. Sorry, guys. Today was the day! We finally drove through Glacier National Park. That park is indescribably beautiful. The colors are way too vivid for my phone to even capture, and in the morning mist it looked ethereal and just too everything to … More Day 21 (Part 1): Glacier National Park & Central Montana
Not Quite Flying Solo 