While visiting Capitol Reef National Park this year, we decided to start our hikes with the Capitol Gorge Trail. It is listed in the park materials as an easy one-mile trail. Somehow, we managed to do four miles, and scampered all over the universe. We should have relied on the Live and Let Hike trailContinue reading “Capitol Gorge & The Tanks”
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Capitol Reef National Park
Our all-around favorite park on our recent Utah trip was Capitol Reef National Park. See our itinerary here. The landscapes were amazing, and the trails were not crowded in mid-May. Disclaimer #1 – Do your research about the rainy season. I would not want to be on these trails in the rain, and flash floodsContinue reading “Capitol Reef National Park”
Kenai Fjords
The southern coast of Alaska makes it ridiculously easy to take good pictures. Seward is a wonderful postcard of a town. I highly recommend eating there and visiting the Alaska SeaLife Center. This is the view from our restaurant – the flowers are in a box outside the window. While on the coast, we tookContinue reading “Kenai Fjords”
Denali
Chronologically, I should start with our travels in Minnesota and Canada. Or with the Mega-honeymoon. Could we have a destination honeymoon? No. We had a coast-to-coast, visit eleven national parks honeymoon. How we managed it on our salary, I still have no idea. I’m going to start with Alaska. For our ten year anniversary, JonContinue reading “Denali”
Ottergarden's Minnesota Backyard 