The Journey Out West and Back

Hello.  Here we sit at “Crystal Rock Campground” in Sandusky Ohio sipping our cup of coffee and enjoying a cool breeze blowing.  I cannot believe the peaceful night’s sleep. Snuggled in our 6-person tent, us in our sleeping bags and Emma in hers.  The only sounds were those of the crickets and cicadas.  We were […]

Well, the big day is upon us to embark on a journey that many have dreamed of and few have undertaken.  For us, this has been a dream deep within but often fraught with excuses and fears delaying the process.  It is amazing when you think that we conceived this idea on July 15th and […]

After hours of research as to the supplies we would need, we found everything either locally or online.  We laugh along with the neighbors because I think there was not a day when either UPS or Federal Express wasn’t dropping off a parcel or two or three or four, lol.  Our goal is to pack […]

Tom has done an incredible job of mapping out our journey to Yellowstone National Park and back.  He spent countless hours on Google maps using “my maps” to create the 8 leg of our trip and layering in all the possible campgrounds and endless sights to see in the northern border states along the way.  […]

I was thinking last night on what it was I did to get my peoples to understand they needed me on this trip?  The nearest thing I can think of is I kept putting my “nylabone” in their pile of supplies then again maybe it was because I kept laying on top of their packs?  I […]

Hello again.  Now, let me see what else do we need to share.  Oh yeah, figuring out where it is we are heading and the basic route.  Because we are quickly approaching the fall season we figured it would be the perfect time to capture some awesome foliage by heading along the northern border between […]