It was a long weekend of travel for us, instead of driving our usual 200 miles or less we tackled a whopping 504 mile journey. We maybe could have shaved off a few miles by taking smaller roads but this time we stuck to the Interstates. As I mentioned before, the Idaho Panhandle is rather [...]
We were heading into the Big Sky state for the weekend. It truly is big, the state is the fourth largest in the U.S. after Alaska, Texas, and California. I think the name of the state may be a bit misleading, Montana is the Spanish word for mountain. While the western side of the state [...]
Listen to this male American Bison grunt to try to get attention–it is mating season, after all. (Turn up the volume to hear his grunts.)
Bison Grunts[mp4 1.4MB, 31 sec]
This video goes along with our post about the National Bison Refuge and Glacier National Park: Wild About Montana.
The results are in…
Congratulations to Rick for acing our quiz! As with every Travel Challenge winner, Rick will be receiving one of our always interesting, sometimes useful, usually strange prizes. Lucky man!
1. “Consort” is the name given to a group of young Whooping Cranes.
False – I admit to utilizing a common but oh, so [...]We left Seattle in the middle of a heat wave—temperatures were in the low 90s–rather hot for that part of the state. Temperatures out in eastern Washington, where we were headed, were even higher. When we lived in Tucson we were accustomed to those soaring triple digits but now, after two years of following mild [...]
Much of our attraction to visiting the Seattle area is in the wide diversity of nearby activities. Our time was made even more special because we were able to spend it with friends. Our first weekend, Lisa and Gino drove up from Portland. We spent most of Saturday touring the sights in downtown Seattle. The [...]
This month’s challenge will test your knowledge of North American wildlife. The first questions are “True or False” while the final question will require a few words from you.
1. “Consort” is the name given to a group of young Whooping Cranes.
(T or F)
2. The River Otter’s fur is so dense that it has 1 [...]
The drive from Port Angeles to Seattle is not an easy one even though they are only about 80 miles apart. As the crow flies. The problem between here and there is the lovely and all-important Puget Sound. Oh sure, in theory there is a ferry that would transport a person and their vehicle from [...]
Part of my Olympic experience when I worked at the park included trips to Victoria, British Columbia. After looking over to the Canadian coast from Neah Bay we knew we had to go for a visit. So bright and early on a Saturday morning we drove to Port Angeles, parked the car, and boarded the [...]
Lance and I came across this “wealth” of information while grabbing a bite to eat in downtown Portland. It caught our attention because it looked like something that should have been in a classroom.
(Click photo for larger version.)
Upon closer examination we discovered it was from a classroom series on Economics developed in 1962. I [...]
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