The National Elk Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in northwestern Wyoming, just outside the town of Jackson. It is part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It was created by an Act of Congress on August 10, 1912, and covers 25,000 acres of grasslands, wetlands, and forests. The primary purpose of the refuge is […]
The historic Badger Hole cabin can be found in Custer State Park in South Dakota. It was once the home of Charles Badger Clark who is known as South Dakota’s first poet laureate. He lived in the park for the last 30 years of his life until his death in 1957 at the age of […]
The top three things on my bucket list for Custer State Park were: * Feed wild burros. * Get stuck in a bison jam. * Walk around Sylvan Lake. Well, I did all that and so much more, but I gotta say, spending a short time with the wild burros was by far my favorite […]
So while hiking the Cathedral Spires trail in Custer State Park we got to see mountain goats in the wild for the first time and it was so cool. This particular trail is very popular in the park because you get the opportunity to get an up-close look at the unique needle-looking rock formations […]
With a herd of almost 1,400 bison I was expecting to see a lot of the giant beasts while driving the Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park. This 18 mile stretch of road located inside the park is the best place to view it’s wildlife. We had traveled nearly 3/4 of the loop and […]
That’s right boys and girls we have finally seen a moose in the wild and we didn’t even have to leave our campsite! Jamey has been obsessed with seeing a moose in the wild for like ever. I don’t know why, but he really wanted to see one. While boondocking in the Green River […]
So we have been traveling around the country in Frankenstein the pop-up camper for a year and a half now and have seen a total of like 3 snakes in camp. One was a black snake and two were garter snakes so nothing serious. Well today that all changed. We are boondocking on BLM […]
So if you ever wanted to feed prairie dogs this little tourist trap is exactly the place you want to stop. Located just minutes from the Interior Entrance of Badlands National Park you will pass the Badlands Ranch Store on your way in or out of the park. The little store sells some cold […]
One of my favorite places we have stayed at in our first year of traveling was the Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois d’Arc Lake Wildlife Management Area. We loved it so much we stayed there in June and November. One of the reasons I love it so much is the incredible amount of wildlife that […]
While fishing on Lake Ouachita near Mount Ida, Arkansas we may have discovered an alien species. The solid and gelatinous clear blob was lying on the shore and appeared to have a stick trapped in the middle upon closer inspection. Even though we knew better from all the horror movies we have watched we picked […]
