St. Mary’s falls

Well we have been stuck on the train about two hours from Portland in Rosevelt WA. Due to a broken track. We had our first night in a sleeper car last night. It was a lot better than slleping in a coach seat. We had a great time in Glacier Park. The Road to the…

Today we headed south on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Wow very nice.  We went to an area in the Great Smokey Mountain Park called Smokemont.  We hiked the Tow String Trial.  It was not a difficult day, 4.7 miles and 725 ft of elevation.  However it was a horse trail and it rained a few…

We stuck close to home today and we hiked the Cataloochee Divide trail.  This is a trail that runs on the Cataloochee Divide which is the eastern boundry for the Smokey Mountian Park.  The Trail head is only about 1.5 miles up the mountian from the cabin as the crow flies, however it is 8…

I understand that some of you were having problems with the gallery on your desktops. I think that I was able to correct the problem. If you have only been looking at the pic s with your phone you really should look at them on a bigger screen. I have been shooting in high Def…

We are on the train in Denver. We should make Chicago by early afternoon tomorrow. We had enough time today to visit the Alpine visitor center at Rocky Mountian Park. Wow, wow, wow…you could see Wyoming 34 miles away. The views were unreal. The pics dont really capture it. It took a few minutes to…

Traveling via AMTRAK through 16 states in 16 days.  110 hrs and 5 nights on a train.  Visiting some of the best parks in the world.  We will be hiking and driving on the road to the sun.  Hopefully we will have a few stories to tell you here along with a lot of great…