May 13, 2021• by wasatch
USA’s National Parks, etc, etc
Bureaucracies inspire complexity, and the USA's national park system is part of a very complex bureaucracy. Of the nearly 500 properties included in the National Park System, only 63 are...
May 9, 2021• by wasatch
Gardiner, MT: The North Gateway to Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner is a 7 hour drive from where we live in northern UT, and Gardiner quickly became our preferred choice for lodging when vising Yellowstone National Park because it was next door to Mammoth...
May 8, 2021• by TravelLightLaura
Superior Views (UP North in Michigan)
The view from the Rock Cut Cabin was pristine – Lake Superior stretched out beyond our sight, golden eagles soared overhead, thimbleberry bushes lined the driveway, a rock-face bordered the fire...
Apr 28, 2021• by wasatch
In the 1950's, The National Geographic Magazine picked Mom's Cafe as the quintessential example of a Western Cafe. A few years ago, an Australian friend and his wife were coming to the USA for a two...
Apr 24, 2021• by TripFiction
5 Great Novels Set in New York
Have you ever thought about researching your next trip to New York by diving into a novel? Of revisiting a trip you have made through the eyes of an author (especially now when we can't...
Apr 21, 2021• by wasatch
Cowboy Lodging: The Apache Motel, Moab, Utah, USA
There is a TV channel in the USA called “Grit”, a name taken from two famous cowboy (western) movies (films) telling the same story, both based on the book “True Grit”. The actor John Wayne...