It’s back to shorts weather after the Pike’s Peak Colorado snow! Phoenix is still in the low 90sin the October afternoon. We did a challenging hike in the White Tank…

From Colorado Springs, it’s a short drive to Garden of the Gods. There were some neat rock formations, and lots of climbers, but we’d been spoiled recently by Moab, so…

Just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park, we started what was probably the most challenging hike of the season. The trailhead was a few miles down a dirt road, and…

Here they are at last. Take a moment to click the links below and see some beautiful photos of the Oregon Coast, the Trail of Ten Falls at Silver Falls…

This is just a teaser. We took some gorgeous pictures of the Oregon coast from Tillamook up to Seaside. A link to the photos will appear here soon.

Portland’s Forest Park has miles and miles of hiking trails. After wearing ourselves out with a 12-mile hike on Saturday, Sunday was for a little relaxation. The Japanese Garden at…

At about a mile deep, the Lava River Cave is the longest lava tube in Oregon. It was created by lava from volcanic eruptions flowing through to feed the front…

Idaho in general has proven to have much more to offer than we’d imagined. After a single event in Sun Valley (most of which is owned, supposedly, by Demi Moore…

From Spokane to Idaho Falls, we had to pass through some seriously mountainous parts of Montana. Somewhere near Missoula (thank goodness!) we had a blow-out. Not to worry, we didn’t…

The way to the top of Chinook Pass (5,430 feet) is designated an All American Road. It was historically used as a trading route over the Cascade Mountains. On our…