Into Yellowstone
Friday, May 8 Today is another short driving day, from the Walmart parking lot in Billings, MT to the Conoco/Town Pump tuck stop in Livingston about two hours west. A good chunk of the day is spent at...
View ArticleOnly Scratching the Surface
Yellowstone is big, very big. Artists Paintpots hydrothermal area on 5/10 In my five days here so far, I’ve come to the tentative conclusion that as a visitor, you’d really want a good seven days or so...
View ArticleWorking for a Nonprofit Park Association
Most people who visit national parks never realize that the anyone other than National Park Service employees might be serving them. The truth is, while the NPS man the entrance booths, staff the...
View ArticleA Walk Around the Neighborhood
Training time has come to an end, the summer season officially starts tomorrow – Memorial day weekend. My work view: at 9:20-ish this morning, Old Faithful (right foreground) and Beehive (left...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Travel Blogging
A stray photo of Sawmill geyser that didn’t make the cut for the last post A while back I wrote an introductory article about travel photography, and some time after that it occurred to me that I’d...
View Article100 Mile Hiking Club – Mystic Falls
There’s a little yellow book sold in our shop titled “Day Hiking Yellowstone” by Tom Carter. It’s simple and unassuming, the black and white photos are not high quality and the pages are just folded in...
View ArticleThree Ordinary Work Days
OF visitor center through the trees on a stormy day Today I’d like to share with you all the flip side of the coin, the side of full-time RVing as a person of working age that you don’t hear as much...
View ArticlePurple Mountain
Been getting a lot of rain this week, feels like I have a house boat instead of an RV sometimes. Thursday, June 4 What a lovely morning! The sun is shining and the temperature is already steadily...
View ArticleTravel Blogging Part 2
A boggy meadow along my route to work A lot of people commented on the introductory Part 1 that they’d like to see more in depth information about blogging, so here it is! If you’re not interested in...
View ArticleFirehole Lake and Virginia City
Earlier this week after work I traveled scenic Firehole Lake Drive on a whim, a little one-way road between Madison and Old Faithful, about nine miles from where I’m living. Not knowing what’s around...
View ArticleGrand Loop Road & Fairy Falls
Thursday June 11 Fog lays like a blanket over the campground as my neighbors and I climb into their big white truck, destination: Norris Geyser Basin. But a funny thing happens when we get to the end...
View ArticleLittle Moments
There are a lot of things I love about full-time RVing. I love the frequent change in scenery, the hiking, the interesting people I meet, the new skills I learn while working, all the adventures I get...
View ArticleClear Lake Loop
Thursday, June 18 Gee, hope I’m not late. Traffic is at a standstill, yielding right of way to the herd of bison coming down the road. Bertha idles while the cows and calves part around me, like the...
View ArticleFriends and Groceries
Last week was quite busy socially. Met up with Bob Wells of CheapRVLiving after work on Tuesday, he dropped by the Old Faithful area and we had lunch. After hiking the Clear Lake Loop with Jayne on...
View ArticleGetting Lucky with Mobile Internet
For three years living in Cas I relied solely on public WiFi and mooching off of friends for getting online, a pretty impressive achievement considering how much I use the internet – for updating this...
View ArticleIn Class
First campfire in Yellowstone! This post was written on Tuesday, as while you’re reading this I’m on day two of a three day class at the Yellowstone Association Institute in Lamar Valley. There is no...
View ArticleWolf Watching
The scopes stand ready I arrive back to Cas Friday afternoon utterly exhausted, but deeply satisfied. My class at the Institute exceeded expectations, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me explain...
View ArticleYou Must Be Crazy
Wagons in West Yellowstone Lately there’s been a lot of comments and e-mails from new readers who are just starting to look into the RVing lifestyle (welcome!). Back in March I wrote a guest post for...
View ArticleThe Northern Range
Lewis’ Monkeyflower Thursday, July 9 Three coworkers and I roll on up the road through a morning fog. Because of the hour, the traffic hasn’t gotten bad yet and we make good time, heading north from...
View ArticleGrand Teton National Park, WY
Falls in the national forest between Yellowstone and Tetons Thursday, July 16 After two months of living in Yellowstone, I finally make it into Grand Teton National Park. I have no excuse for not...
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