When driving around Yellowstone, you won’t go very far before you come across a traffic nightmare: seven or eight cars backed up in both directions, with people jumping out to go look at some animal. Rob and I have nicknamed them “bear-parazzi” and just this one photo demonstrates why. Typically, you get a professional photographer…
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After the Flood
On our first trip to Yellowstone, back in 2014, we thought it would be fun to bike the road from our campground at Mammoth Hot Springs out to the North Entrance of the park, in Gardiner, Montana. And ever since, we’ve recalled this fondly as a pleasant 5-mile bike trip; nothing really out of the…
Working at the General Store
Welcome to the Tower Falls General Store! The store is where Rob and I spend most of our time these days. It’s nestled in a little valley just northwest of Dunraven Pass, the last road to open in the park every year due to its elevation and the massive amount of snowfall it receives every…
Old Bones
The road to Jardine starts in Gardiner, Montana, less than a mile away from the Northeast Entrance to Yellowstone and heads up into the Absaroka Mountains. And as if you were traveling back in time, the road turns from pavement into dirt about 50 yards into your journey and reveals a treasure trove of ancient…
Trailer Cat!
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we adopted a semi-feral cat. We had our reasons: our pre-existing tomcat had just lost his companion and was feeling lonely and needy. And we needed a new companion who wouldn’t compete with him for our attention. So when a friend told us about Tilapia,…
Settling In
It’s hard to believe that we’ve already been here two weeks! And at the same time, it feels like forever. We were the first ones to arrive, so we got our choice of sites! There are six RV spots in the employee campground, which is basically on the edge of the parking lot for the…
Bison or Boulder?
We’ve made it to Yellowstone! And I’ll definitely have more photos about our arrival soon, but in the meantime, you’re invited to play a little game that Rob and I call “Bison or Boulder?” Basically, when you’re driving (or even hiking) you are sometimes called upon to make snap judgments about your surroundings. Like, “Is…
Waldorfing
Did you know that anyone can park an RV and stay overnight in any Walmart parking lot, anytime? Not that you’re dying to run right out to do this. At least I wasn’t. But it’s become such a staple in our Airstream life, that we’ve given it a name: “Waldorfing.” As in, “We Waldorfed our…
Radical Sabbatical
It sounds like something out of the Bible—and it is—but the sabbatical as we know it actually became a practice in the United States thanks to Harvard University. In the 1880s, Harvard’s administration rolled out a policy designed to aid faculty in “resting and recovering” but also to facilitate “advancements in knowledge” that could only…
Fixing Up the Airstream, Part 3: Bringing in the Pros
A lesson my dad taught me when I was young that I’ve never forgotten: There will be points in your life when you’ll have more time than money, and points when you’ll have more money than time. It’s rare to have an abundance of both at the same time. As our plans to live in…