Travel Time -Adventures of a Tar Heel

Thoughts on places I've been alone and with my family.

I'm a married mom of two boys who loves dogs,

good books, history and nature just sharing some of our adventures.

Alaska Bound! First stop, Vancouver! - Day 1/2

A cruise to Alaska had long been on my list of trips I wanted to take. We booked on the first day it was available to book so it was a...

Nowhere better for tradition and racing - Indy 500!

I am a lifelong fan of the Indy 500. It was the first track I ever visited and although I'm clearly biased - I truly believe its the...

Day 7 - Yellowstone Lake and Yellow Bus Sunset Tour

Our last full day in Yellowstone started at West Thumb Geyser Basin. we explored the area and took in a fabulous ranger talk about the...

Day 6 - Mammoth Hot Springs, Lamar Valley and a Chuckwagon Dinner!

Woke up ready to go! Breakfast at Obsidian again, and we started out fairly early to hopefully avoid some traffic as we drove north to...

Day 5 - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

We started our day with breakfast at Obsidian, and we all did the buffet this time after the debacle yesterday. It was still a limited...

Day 4 - Exploring Geysers and Grand Prismatic Spring

We had almost 4 more days left in Yellowstone so we planned to focus on a region each day. We planned to spend our first full day...

Day 3, Glacier to Yellowstone

Day 3, we packed up at Many Glacier and headed south to Yellowstone. We stopped at the St. Mary Visitor Center to turn in Junior Ranger...

Day 2 Hiking in Many Glacier and a Moose Kiss

Day 2 in Glacier National Park was mostly hiking. In the morning we took a hike around Swiftcurrent Lake enjoying the beautiful glacial...

Going-to-the-Sun Road launches our trek - Day 1

Our July adventure out west started with a flight out to Montana. There is an airport just outside Glacier National Park (Glacier...