Truckin` Features
Get Lost in America is all about what we call “Truckin` Features”. We have lived our lives on the road, trail or river for over sixty years now with out any real regrets.
Firehole Lake Loop Drive Yellowstone National Park Between Madison Junction and Old Faithful is a 3.3 mile Firehole Lake Loop Drive Brisk fall morning on an early drive. Spent twenty minutes watching a swan feeding on the lower Firehole River. Firehole Lake Loop Drive Other Geysers on the Route Here’s a short list you ought […]
Wigwam Trail Colorado Hiking in Lost Creek Wilderness We start this adventure with the drive to the trail, it is a very beautiful trip in. Scenic Drive Lost Creek Wilderness FS-211 Turning off Tarryall Rd on to FS-211 heading north fifty four miles to Wigwam Trail Head. National Forest on this spring morning was a palette […]
Mystic Lake Montana a Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Trail Is a popular trailhead for day hikers as well as backpackers. Hike to Mystic Lake is a three mile one way hike with an elevation gain of sixteen hundred and fifty feet. Trail’s actual name is West Rosebud Trail Nineteen. Dam at Mystic Lake was built […]
Williams Pass, Colorado a Second Attempt a CDT Alternate Williams Pass trail was a beautiful experience both times. A very secluded hike with elk herds and six foot deep snow on the first attempt. That was the first weekend in July snow got to post holing to the chest in depth. Just to help […]
Fly Fishing Montana’s Gallatin River Walk Wade or Float Fly Fish Gallatin River a beautiful freestone river who’s headwaters lie in Yellowstone National Park. Originating at Gallatin Lake in the Gallatin Mountain Range, the river flows for approximately 25 miles inside of Yellowstone National Park’s boundary. As the river exits the park boundary, it is […]
Fly Fishing Yankee Jim Canyon on the Yellowstone River Yankee Jim Canyon is a stretch of the Yellowstone River unlike any other outside of Yellowstone National Park. Characterized by a steep canyon, large boulders, and deep holes – Yankee Jim Canyon is a stretch that affords more solitude, more adrenaline, and some great fishing. At […]
West Thumb Yellowstone National Park and a Hike to Duck Lake Once through the West Yellowstone gate on your way to Yellowstone’s West Thumb you have rough 48 miles or an hour and half drive. There are many side trips on the way down to West Thumb Geyser Basin. Such as Old Faith Lodge and […]
Day Hike to Lightning Lake Trail: A Trail Guide Have you ever felt that itch for an adventure, but maybe not one that leaves you breathless from exhaustion? I totally get it. Sometimes you just want beautiful views without an extreme challenge. That’s where an excellent Day Hike to Lightning Lake Montana comes into play, […]
Cabin Creek Trail Historic Yellowstone Country Began our hike at the Cabin Creek Scrap looking for the trailhead. Cabin Creek Scrap is on the North Shore of Hebgen Lake where the shore dropped twenty one feet. Scrape is located on the east shore of Cabin Creek, the Red Rock Fault dropped twenty one feet creating […]
How Was Quake Lake Formed? The Night the Earth Shook August 17, 1959 at 11:37 PM a lake was formed and twenty eight people lost their lives. There were 250 people in the valley when the 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the valley. Hebgen Lake tilted cracking the dam and the side Sheep Mountain slides across […]
Delta to Leadville, Colorado a Spring Drive On a late March morning took a drive from Delta, Colorado through Leadville by way of Carbondale, Glennwood Springs, over Tennessee Pass and on through Leadville. There are thirty, nine minute video documenting the voyage through the countryside. To watch the complete play list visit: Delta to Leadville