Great adventures in diving, RVing and travel
July 2018 — This national park is right on the Canadian border (with Minnesota) and without a boat, it’s a little challenging to explore, but we managed. There are no campgrounds you can reach, except by boat, so we stayed just outside the park in The Pines of Kabetogama Resort, which …
July 2018 — Visiting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) was a dream that Hank had had for over 30 years. While we didn’t feel up to a 2-week canoe-packing trip (nor could we have left the cats alone in the motorhome), we still wanted to experience this outdoor adventure …
July 2018 — When we planned our trip to Minnesota and the Dakotas, this was the very first reservation we made because there are only two Windigo camper cabins on the western side of Isle Royale, and the reservations fill up quickly. We took the Voyageur II ferry over from …
June 2018 Calling all fans of Little House on the Prairie! You can actually camp on the homestead property where Pa and Ma Ingalls lived with daughters Mary, Carrie, Grace, and of course, Laura (who grew up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder). The homestead property has reconstructed buildings, based on …
June 2018 There is something both beautiful and eerie in the geologic formations that make up Badlands National Park. Badlands are areas where the clay soil erodes through wind and water action, creating weird peaks and both lush and dry valleys. The horizontal stripes in some of the formations are …
June 2018 If you love wildlife, the Game Lodge Campground in Custer State Park is a great place to be. The Wildlife Loop Road around Custer State Park provides up-close opportunities to see deer, elk, bison, pronghorn (antelope), wild burros, prairie dogs and more—evening and morning are best for wildlife …
From our 10-day dive trip to Raja Ampat (Indonesia). We departed from Sorong, West Papua and traveled hundreds of miles. See the ship (Damai II) in the upper left? We took this picture from a platform we hiked to…the only time we were off the ship…except for diving. We completed …