Tag Archives: Yellowstone National Park

The Altered States of Stuffed Animals

My daughter cohabits with approximately 427 stuffed animals. If this were like the early days of The Book of Genesis and the skies were to open and deluge us with forty days and forty nights of rain, we could repopulate the Earth with our own Noah’s ark. Continue reading

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Yellowstone Backpacking Trip Report 2026

In 2024 we kayaked Yellowstone Lake, in 2025 Shoshone Lake, and for 2026 we backpacked to Heart Lake. This year was extra special: our 25th wedding anniversary. Continue reading

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Shoshone Lake Paddle Trip Report: Yellowstone National Park, September 2025

So last Spring when I was arranging a week-long kayaking trip on Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park I read a number of Trip Reports, on various blogs and backcountry-travel sites. They were helpful. Some of them were kooky, such … Continue reading

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On Adventures Gone Wrong: Stephane Gerson's "Disaster Falls" and Jason Kersten's "Journal of the Dead"

So I stumbled upon a book that touches close to home for me, as a naturalist who drags his young daughter with him to various outdoor locales seething with both beauty and danger, filled with the confidence and aplomb that … Continue reading

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