Located just 30 miles from Jewel Cave National Monument is the completely different underground world of Wind Cave National Park. Wind Cave became the United States’ seventh National Park in 1903. It was discovered only a few decades earlier in 1881 by Jesse and Tom Bingham. The brothers were on […]
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Did you know that many of the world’s largest caves are found in the United States? The third largest is in South Dakota – Jewel Cave National Monument. Jewel Cave got its blinging name because of the calcite crystals that cover the walls and ceilings of the cave and shimmered […]
Happy New Year!!!!! I welcome 2016. 2015 was rough. Some really awesome stuff happened though: I wrote a book, visited over 30 National Parks, visited my 49th state, reconnected with lots of old friends and made new ones on 20+ trips around North America, and I got back on stage […]
When I think of mountainous states I think of Colorado. Or even the Sierra Nevada of California. Or the Appalachian of the east. But I don’t think South Dakota. I always found the term “Black Hills of South Dakota” puzzling because I didn’t think there were hills there and Mt. […]
Visiting the Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit from the North Unit also involves a bit of time travel. The Units are an hour apart. The North Unit operates on Mountain Time. The South Unit operates on Central Time. I arrived the same time I left. Whoa. Mind blown! Theodore […]
If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you know that I attended the Washington, DC Travel and Adventure show a few weeks ago. I spent Saturday and Sunday listening to and learning from some of the biggest names in travel. In between sessions I was able to visit booths […]
I’d heard of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I knew it was somewhere near Altoona. I knew there had been a flood there. I knew some of my childhood television stations were broadcast from there. The End. I honestly didn’t know anything about the flood. When was it? Why did it happen? How […]
I thought for sure I posted this video here two years ago, but I couldn’t find it today. In honor of the Cannes Film Festival currently taking place, here’s the video that Andrew Kamphey and I made when we were there a couple years ago.
I thought for sure I posted this video here two years ago, but I couldn’t find it today. In honor of the Cannes Film Festival currently taking place, here’s the video that Andrew Kamphey and I made when we were there a couple years ago. https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/RvSDTS4SL_E&source=uds
Yesterday morning I posted on Facebook that I was off to Europe. Sorry to those of you who feel tricked, but I was really off to “EU in the US.” The EU Embassies hold an open house on the Saturday closest to Europe Day (May 9). I’d never been in […]
Cheese. That was all I knew about Wisconsin when I started on this trip. I like cheese. The transitive property says I would like Wisconsin. I don’t typically like places that are rainy and cold – but I’m sensible enough to know that this may not be the normal weather. Despite […]