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Apparently, This Is Why They Call Them the Badlands

We flew the Vision Jet to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a quick stop in...

Snacks, Bear Spray & Just Enough Inspiration – Hiking the Tetons

Hiking in the Tetons is a wonderful adventure. It’s also a little more of an...

We’re Not Lazy, We’re a Consensus: Yellowstone to the Tetons

The next morning, Ed and Eileen offered to take us on a three-mile walk around...
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Bison, Boardwalks & How to Dispose of a Body: Yellowstone Day Two

After a night at the Old Faithful Inn, we woke up to another beautiful day...

Buckle the Fluff Up, We’re in Yellowstone

Day One of the mother/daughter Backroads adventure started early, gathering in the hotel lobby and...

A Bunny Guy, a Moose, and Fifty Shades of Gray

We spent two nights in Valdez, and I'm not proud to admit this, but it...

Alaska: The Brochure Lied (Sort Of)

I came to Alaska expecting soaring mountain peaks reflected in sapphire lakes beneath impossibly blue...

Holding My Line at the Edge of Crater Lake

We finally reached the part of the trip that had sold us from the start—Crater...

Riding into Bend with the Eye of the Tiger

By Day Three, the Backroads crew had logged some serious miles. Let’s just say there...

Spandex, Baby Alpacas, Headwinds, and oh a little fire.

Every Backroads trip begins the same way: standing in a hotel lobby scanning the crowd...