Misc
Colorado with my Dad
Father and son go hiking in Colorado without incident. No bears encountered… except Yogi which was fine.
Banff Canada 2023
Banff Day 3: Vistas and Valleys
In fairness, we saw vistas and canyons but I like alliterations. Oh, and we saw some more lakes because lakes are the waterfalls of Canada. This day was a long leisurely drive north along the Icefields Parkway (except for the first stop). The drive itself was almost enough to make Read more
Banff Canada 2023
Banff Day 2: The Art Walk
At the edge of Banff (or at least the part we came to know as Banff) is a lazy river along which they have a really neat art walk. It’s a seemingly endless stream of art installations built placed in nature along a picturesque backdrop. First, the nature: Natural Life Read more
Yosemite 2023
Bass Lake
About a 15 minute drive from our Airbnb was Bass Lake. We did some hiking nearby and then walked along the water for a bit. It was a Thursday morning and overcast, so it was quite peaceful. Mono Trail We started off with a very short but poorly-labeled-as-easy hike called Read more
Yosemite 2023
Yosemite
There isn’t really a ton to say about this. It’s Yosemite. The granite is real, the vistas are unreal. We hiked around for about 4 hours, which put the boys at over 5 miles… which is probably about 4 miles more than their little legs are used to. Despite not Read more
Yosemite 2023
Stay at North Fork
I’m calling this trip our “Yosemite Trip” but in reality we spent most of our time in an Airbnb in North Fork, just under 2 hours from Yosemite. It was in a very rural mountain town that reminded me a lot of PA, actually. The majority of our time went Read more
Iceland 2022
Iceland: Just the Pictures & Video
For those of you who are uninterested in my chatter, this post has all the pictures from the other posts as well as an apparently 11 minute video compilation of the clips we took while on the go. If you’re interested in the van we stayed in, click here. If Read more
Iceland 2022
Iceland Day 07: Snaefellsjokull and Tea!
It’s day 8 of our trip and we still hope to be able to pronounce a place we’ve visited. Stay tuned. The Snaefellsjokull National Park (It’s pronounced “WTF”, the “Snaefellsjokull” is silent) is the place of a shipwreck from the, oh lets say early 1900s because I don’t remember, and Read more
Iceland 2022
Iceland Day 04: More Fosses and a Kayak!
The morning of Day 4 we kicked open the van to this view, which was a touch surreal. Svartifoss From there we hiked straight up the mountains we had slept beneath to Svartifoss, waterfall number 9,371 of our trip. It was carving its way through some basalt columns, which present Read more
Iceland 2022
Iceland Day 03: Seljalandsfoss and Glacier
The first stop on Day 3 was Seljalandsfoss which is a waterfall that you can walk behind. After nearly 4 decades of playing video games I’ve finally been able to do this in real life. Spoiler alert – there wasn’t a treasure chest behind it. 😢 Seljalandsfoss Once you’ve gone Read more