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A Recap of a GRAND Experience
(Click here for a pre-trip post I wrote.)
I sit here today rested and showered, a little stiff and sore, and completely exhilarated. You see, yesterday I returned from my successful Grand Teton summit expedition.
For some photos, click here. (BTW, thanks to Jason Kintzler and Brunton. Thanks to Brunton’s solar power and battery pack, I was [...]
Grand Teton Or Bust!
From Aug. 1-4, I’ll find myself on a guided expedition to summit the Grand Teton. I can’t believe it, and I can’t wait!
The Grand Teton is a 13,770-foot-tall, rugged, beautiful peak in western Wyoming that I’ve looked at in awe many times. It is the tallest mountain in Grand Teton National Park, and the second [...]
Jackass Pass & Cirque of the Towers
Yesterday it became vividly clear to me, once again, why I love living in Lander, Wyoming.
I was on an epic day hike that’s in my back yard in Wyoming. Along with a dear friend, Kathy Browning (also of Lander), I hiked the Big Sandy Lake trail over Jackass Pass to Lonesome Lake and the Cirque [...]
A Wyoming morning
Thanks to friend, photographer Mark Gocke, for letting me share this photo. It shows why I live in Wyoming.
(BTW, my husband and I are going to (hopefully) stand on top of the Grand Teton in August.)
A shout out from the Frontier
Hello from out on the frontier, in the Old West, in Lander, WY. The U.S. Census Bureau actually classifies Wyoming as “frontier†(not even “rural!”)
Frontier means, “land outside the region of existing settlements.â€
Um, yep, that pretty much describes where I live and work.
In the early 20th Century, a famous American historian named Frederick Jackson Turner, [...]
National Park Trips
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