JoAnne and I have been back from our vacation for almost a month already. We’ve been extending the fun by enjoying all the pictures we took. Love this digital age where you…
Category: Americana
Posts related to US history, geography, traditions, etc.
A Unique American Vehicle
One of the fascinating sidelights of our visit to Glacier National Park was the ubiquitous red tour bus. Since I was driving my own rented vehicle, I did not actually get to…
A Cooper at the State Fair
Few things say Americana quite like a fair in August. When I was a boy, I was in 4-H and since I lived on a dairy farm, my project was raising dairy…
The animals
Everyone wants to see the animals when they go west, and we were no exception. One warning, you never know when you will see them. It might be in a park and…
Mountain Pass Hiking (written Aug 23)
I may be a little sore tomorrow, but what an exhilarating feeling. It was too cold for JoAnne up at the Logan Pass Visitor Center. The wind was blowing hard and the…
A Rural Railroad Surprise
We had stopped to get gas in the middle of nowhere. As I pumped gas, I looked to the left of the station and noticed a small railroad station and yard, only…
Hell’s Canyon – the scariest drive
Let’s just say that we figured out why they call it Hell’s Canyon. Getting down in and back up the other side, even one branch of it took hours and involved the…
The deepest blue
Crater Lake was a surprise to both JoAnne and I. Even though we had seen pictures, what we experienced surpassed our expectations in so many ways. We did not realize that it…
Redwoods
We have always wanted to see the redwoods of California. We learned that there are two kinds of oversized trees in CA, redwoods in northern CA, the tallest trees in the world…
An old Shay locomotive
One night we were searching all over for a motel. It was at the end of a long travel day and we were both tired. We hadn’t made reservations since this stop…