Episode 20 of the All Around the West podcast is now ready. Click below to listen. After visiting a number of sites in Montana that were visited by Lewis and Clark (see Podcast 10), Sue and I decided to do the same while we were in Washington and Oregon. The Pacific Ocean was Lewis and ...
Forks and Flattery : Podcast 19
Episode 19 of the All Around the West podcast is now ready. Click below to listen. We had a great time visiting the very northwest tip of the continental United States, Cape Flattery as well as the town that is the setting for the Twilight books, Forks, Washington. If you are a Twilight ...
Olympic National Park : Podcast 18
Episode 18 of the All Around the West podcast is now out! Click below to listen. Sue and Scott visited a fabulous place, Olympic National Park. We had no idea what a unique and beautiful place this was going to be. We talk about our visit to the mountain, forest, coastal, and rain forest areas ...
Butchart Gardens : Podcast 17
Episode 17 of the All Around the West Podcast is now ready. Click the link below to listen. In this podcast, Sue and I talk about our fun trip to the world famous Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island north of Victoria, British Columbia. We talk about what we saw in our visit to the ...
Niagara Springs
I will just say that we were astonished at the amount of water that was coming right out of the side of the canyon wall. We've posted about other places in the Thousand Springs State Park (Malad Gorge, Thousand Springs Scenic Byway), and this is the last one that we visited. And it was amazing. ...
Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands : Podcast 16
You can now listen to Episode 16 of the All Around the West Podcast by clicking on the link below. Sue and I talk about our fabulous trip to look for whale in the San Juan Islands. We took a tour with Island Adventures out of Anacortes, Washington. We talk about how we almost didn't take this ...
Malad Gorge State Park
Malad Gorge is part of the 1000 Springs State Park in Idaho. This State Park has five different units in different areas, all related to a porous rock formation that allows water to be carried underground, often exiting from the rock formation high up on canyon walls. One area that shows that ...
Yellowstone Bear World : Podcast 15
You can now listen to Episode 15 of the All Around the West Podcast by clicking on the link below. Sue and I talk about a visit to Yellowstone Bear World in Idaho. We were on our way back from Yellowstone and other visits in Montana and decided to visit this park, since many people how told us ...
Massacre Rocks State Park and Register Rock
Among the State Parks we visited in Idaho was Massacre Rocks State Park. This State Park is located right along I-86 and has a number of interesting features. The park sits right next to the Snake River, has miles of hiking trails, a campground, a world class disc golf course, fishing, a swimming ...