Near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive center in great falls, Montana, is Giants Springs State Park. This was discovered by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805 and is one of the largest freshwater springs in the country, flowing at 156,000,000 gallons of water each day. The springs are located ...
The Springs, The Rock, and the Mountains : Podcast 10
Episode 10 of the All Around The West Podcast is live! In this episode, Sue and I talk about three different places that we visited in Montana, all of which were visited by Lewis and Clark. They are: Giant Springs State Park, Tower Rock State Park, and Gates of the Mountains. ...
Wouldn’t You Rather Be Lunch for a Cougar?
In the March 2014 issue of Sunset Magazine, Nevada Barr writes a wonderful essay on the beauty of our National Parks and the reason we should all visit them and enjoy what we can get from them that can be gotten from no where else. She says: ...
Butte and The World Museum of Mining : Podcast 9
Episode 9 of the All Around The West Podcast is now up and in this episode, we talk about our 2013 trip to Butte, Montana, including The World Museum of Mining. ...
Three Things You Might Miss in Zion National Park
Sue and I try to get away each winter for a few days in southern Utah. It's usually warmer than where we live and it's fun to escape the snow and cold for a short time and enjoy some outdoors and sunshine. Our destination is Springdale, Utah and Zion National Park. The summer crowds are gone and ...
Thousand Springs Scenic Byway – Idaho
A couple of years ago, Sue and I took a trip to Idaho, one of those trips where we really didn't figure out ahead of time where we were going to go. We just kind of took it as it came and decided on the fly what to go see. We ended up in Twin Falls at one point and decided to head over to Hagerman ...
Idaho State Parks : Podcast 8
Episode 8 of the All Around The West Podcast is now ready! In this episode, we talk about several of the great Idaho state parks that we visited last year. While national parks get all the fame, there are some wonderful state parks that are well work visiting. ...
Yellowstone National Park : Podcast 7
Episode 7 of the All Around The West Podcast is ready! In this episode, we talk about our 2013 trip to Yellowstone National Park were we visited Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Falls (and other falls), and Mammoth Hot Springs. ...
Yellowstone National Park – Mammoth Hot Springs
In 2012, we visited Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. By the time we got there and ran to the visitors center, we only had about 20 minutes to explore before we had to head back to West Yellowstone for a previous appointment. It looked pretty awesome and we were definitely ...