All aboard

After falling behind in the home renovations and tweaking my back moving furniture, we decided beginning a northbound thru hike of the Appalachian would have to be postponed. Instead, we opted to goЧитать далее
Austin - St Louis (disconnected)

I have some very fond memories of taking the train with my mom and siblings to visit my aunt back when we were younger. Riding the train now took me back to that simpler time. Before 1gb InternetЧитать далее
A day in St Louis

Today we spent the day exploring a bit of St Louis. After a tasty breakfast at a little downtown diner, we headed off to the gateway arch. 8 pods of 5 people each sitting in very close proximityЧитать далее
Next stop Flagstaff AZ

We hopped the 4pm train from St louis to Kansas City. This train seemed more like a nice commuter train and was nowhere near as comfortable as the long distance trains. Once in Kansas city, we waitedЧитать далее
Grand Canyon (National Park #1)

We rented a car in flagstaff today and headed out to the grand canyon. Wow, that thing is huge with many places being a mile straight down and over 10 miles across. My head was spinning even withoutЧитать далее
Hollywood

Next stop LA and hollywood. It was a nice little stop, but this trip isn't about big cities, so it was a quick one. Got to see the Hollywood sign, walk of fame and the Chinese theater and just hangЧитать далее
California dreaming

When we were trying to decide our next leg of the trip, an idea came up. "Let's rent a car and drive up the Pacific Coast highway". So we did. If you've ever done it, you know. If you haven't, I don'tЧитать далее
R&R Time

After sleeping in trains and spending the day in LA, we needed some good sleep away from any hustle and bustle. We found an amazing little hostel about an hour south of San Francisco. It's was a coastЧитать далее
San Fran

We spent Saturday in san francisco in a 20 bed dorm. With that many people, I wasn't expecting much sleep, but I slept like a baby. We did a little boat ride around the bay to get a closer look atЧитать далее
Yosemite National Park

The park itself was gorgeous. Sheer walls of granite going straight up thousands of feet, the tallest waterfall in North America and tall sequoia trees all around us. Unfortunately, we didn't get toЧитать далее
Going green in Oregon

A few years back I was thinking about a move up to the portland area. It would not have been a bad choice. The state is beautiful. Tall pine trees as far as the eye can see, crystal clear streams andЧитать далее
Washington

After all the beautiful scenery in Oregon we were hoping Washington wouldn't be a let down. It certainly wasn't. Lush rainforests, more waterfalls, glaciers and volcanoes. This trip is making me wishЧитать далее
Trading in the train tickets

The house has been officially sold and so we had a few options of what to do next. Get back on the train, take one of the vehicles or look for an rv. The rv seemed like the best one, so we could bringЧитать далее
Rocky mountain high

After taking a day and a half just to get out of Texas, we finally made it to cooler weather in the Colorado rockies. We spent some time hiking and driving in rocky Mountain national park (NP #5 theЧитать далее
Grand tetons

Stayed 6 days at Grand teton national park. Saw our first of many wild bison. We had a moose walk through our campground, caught a few smaller trout and enjoyed a couple of hikes. The mountains andЧитать далее