A blog of my North American Expedition.
Located in south-central Utah in the heart of red rock country, Capitol Reef National Park is my thirteenth national park since embarking on this adventure. Capitol Reef’s defining geological feature is a 100-mile wrinkle...
Ebenezer Bryce was a Scottish-born shipwright who as an 18-year-old converted to Mormonism and then moved to Utah where he married Mary Ann Park. At the direction of church officials, the Bryces became serial...
After leaving Glacier National Park, I made my west to Logan State Park located in the Thompson Lakes region of Montana for a relaxing Labor Day. My plan calls for me to traverse the...
Glacier National Park is located in northern Montana bordering Alberta, Canada. Its name is derived from the forces that created the numerous jagged peaks, deep valleys, and large lakes. About 1.6 billion years ago,...
After leaving Yellowstone and visiting Cody for a few days, I made my way to the “Big Sky” state of Montana where I would remain for most of the month of August 2024. I...
On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law and the world’s first national park was born. At the heart of Yellowstone’s past, present, and future...
Located in the northwest corner of Wyoming bordering Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park was established in 1929 and encompasses some 310,000 acres of wilderness, rugged mountains, and pristine lakes. I visited Grand Teton National...
Devil’s Tower has long been a prominent landmark in northeastern Wyoming; however, the origin of the mammoth rock obelisk remains somewhat of a mystery. Geologists agree that the tower consists of molten rock forced...
There’s an area of southwestern South Dakota that the Lakota called mako sica and early French trappers referred to it as les mauvaises terres a traverser: both mean “bad lands”. First established as a...
The Black Hills are an isolated mountain range that rises out of the Great Plains in western South Dakota and extends up to Wyoming. The land is considered sacred to the Native American people...
