Adventures in the 63 Big Baddies
Protests also meant our stop at the Supreme Court got nixed, which is a pity because Dustin thought hopping off and joining the folks protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade might be an excellent opportunity to get arrested for the first time. … More Laura’s Journal: A Night on the Town (in a bus) in DC
A transcription of the journal entries shown in these photos begins below the last photo. A more proper blog post with lots of photos will be up soon! Transcription: Saturday, July 23 to Monday, July 25, 2002SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK Five-star tours from the King and Queen of the park! Pat and Dyanne are family friends … More Laura’s Journal: Three Days in Shenandoah
A transcription of the journal page photos can be found below. This transcription has been lightly edited and is probably more comprehensible than trying to read the handwriting in the photos. Apparently writing after nearly dying of heat stroke does not make for the most coherent of narratives. A more traditional blogpost of this hike … More Laura’s Journal: Arlington National Cemetery
A transcription of the photographed journal pages can be found at the bottom of the page. Also, lots of photos because it turns out I’m too far behind on regular blog posts to catch up. So! Transcription: Sunday, May 8 and Monday, May 9, 2022GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREASUTRO BATHS & FORT POINT When I … More Sutro Baths & Golden Gate
Transcriptions of the journal pages in the photographs below can be found at the bottom of the page. I’ve stopped believing I’ll ever turn this into a proper blog post, so I’ve included photos here. The gulls do not care. Transcription: Thursday, May 5, 2022 GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION: ALCATRAZ ISLAND Welcome to San Francisco! … More Laura’s Journals: Alcatraz, of course
For a transcription of these photographed journal pages, please scroll down! A fancier blog post with loads of pictures will hopefully get posted someday. Transcription of photographed journal pages: Tuesday, May 3, 2022GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK Who knew Nevada was so high?? In my defense, apparently I’ve spent my whole life under the impression that … More Laura’s Journal: Great Basin National Park
Transcription of images can be found at the bottom of the page. For a blog post based on these journal entries with a bit more thought put into phrasing and coherency, also lots of photos, please click here (er… don’t click there yet. There’s nothing to see there. I have good intentions, but I’m going … More Laura’s Journal: Dinosaur National Monument
“If you don’t stop picking huckleberries, we’ll be late for dinner!”
“So we’ll have huckleberries for dinner!”
“You burned, like, 6,000 calories today. If you eat huckleberries for dinner tonight, I’m going to have to carry you down tomorrow, and I don’t want to.”
Before we talk about our epic hike to Sperry Glacier, can we talk about how we fueled it with a quart of huckleberry ice cream topped with fresh huckleberries we picked ourselves? ‘Cuz I really wanna talk about that. … More The Glacier Day Between
Grinnell Glacier is one of the most popular hikes in Glacier National Park, and it was so worth the trek. And not just because of the huckleberries. … More Hiking to Grinnell Glacier
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