I know my golf buddies in AZ will want to know that I had a 9:40 start time at Vail Golf Club on August 20th, 2015. What’s interesting is that my start time was delayed by 35 minutes due to frost! Continue reading VAIL GOLF CLUB
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JENNY LAKE – GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
We thought about riding our bikes from Jackson to Jenny Lake near the Moose entry to the Grand Teton National Park…and then regained our senses and decided to drive about half way making our bike trip about 10 miles round trip. Continue reading JENNY LAKE – GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
JACKSON – WYOMING
We spent so much time in Grand Teton and Yellowstone; we didn’t have enough time to explore the city of Jackson. Most everyone I know calls it Jackson “Hole”, but it’s just Jackson, a town in the Jackson Hole Valley of Teton County Continue reading JACKSON – WYOMING
JACKSON LAKE LODGE – DINING
We didn’t make reservations and took our chances and drove to have dinner at the Jackson Lake Lodge restaurant. Don’t miss this experience and if you can get a window table, all the better. Continue reading JACKSON LAKE LODGE – DINING
GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
A fleet of 1930 Packer-like busses called “jammers” were rebuilt in 2001 to run on propane or gasoline and offer tours to the top for those without transportation, are driving a motor home (too wide) or the expertise to drive the narrow and winding two-lane road. Continue reading GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
WHITEFISH MONTANA
Tiny log cabins, white sided houses with blue steel roofs and McMansions peek through the furry pine covered hills that surround Whitefish Lake. Continue reading WHITEFISH MONTANA
GOLF IN BIGFORK MONTANA
Eagle Bend Golf Club is a 27-hole championship course located on the north shore of Flathead Lake. Eagle Bend is Montana’s only golf course to be rated #1 by Golf Digest for six consecutive years and in the top 50 in the United States. Continue reading GOLF IN BIGFORK MONTANA
CANMORE, LAKE LOUISE and BANFF
We saddled up on our trusty steeds and began the Banff Legacy Trail. Built in honor of Banff National Park’s 125th anniversary, the trail links Banff to Canmore, giving cyclists (we now consider ourselves cyclists!) 22 km of paved pathway through the park. Continue reading CANMORE, LAKE LOUISE and BANFF
JASPER – ALBERTA CANADA
Located in the Athabasca River Valley, Jasper is a townsite established in 1813 and part of a trade route called New Caledonia. Jasper National Park was established in 1907. Continue reading JASPER – ALBERTA CANADA
THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
It doesn’t take long to be out of the shadows of the skyscrapers and into the farmland that surrounds Calgary. Be warned, you must buy a park pass just to drive into the park. Continue reading THE CANADIAN ROCKIES