This morning as a surprise, DJ and I woke up early to make special Montana pancakes with huckleberry syrup for everybody.
On the ride back, conversation in the car turned to getting out of your comfort zone. Some passengers on this trip had never been camping before, or hiked to such great heights, and everyone was [...]
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Road Blog- Mountain Madness day 8
August 6th, 2009 
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Adventure Travel Road Blog- Mountain Madness day 7
July 28th, 2009 americanrambler Today’s hike is to Grinnell Glacier which yields some potential facebook profile pictures. Sarah, our favorite Aussie, counts 86 waterfalls. Ordinarily I would never think of drinking water from a stream, but the water running down the mountain, straight from the snow a few feet above us, was so clean.
The third lake we came upon [...]
Adventure Travel Road Blog- Mountain Madness day 5
July 23rd, 2009 americanrambler In the morning we hiked a Yellowstone trail that was named after a German genius who, by the way, also invented the Bunsen burner. It was such a clear, nice day, we could see the Grand Tetons, which were about 75 miles away! We came upon some watermelon snow, which I’ve only seen in these [...]
Road Blog- Mountain Madness day 3
July 20th, 2009 americanrambler What better place to celebrate a birthday than in the Grand Tetons? And I would imagine the best way to wake up is by silly string and party poppers to the face. Dj, our fearless leader and everyone’s favorite southern man, turned another year older and wiser today.
The Death Canyon hike was sometimes treacherous, but [...]