Our Great Falls Sabbatical from the LGRT

Although it may seem to some (given our month long absence from blogging) that the road trip has come to an end, we were merely on a sabbatical of sorts in my hometown of Great Falls, Montana. We spent about two weeks prior to leaving for Taiwan preparing for the trip and, after returning, we […]

Our Taiwan Trip: Part II

And now for the non-museum portion of our trip to Taiwan….

On Monday, the museum organized a trip for all of us to go to Sun Moon Lake, a beautiful mountain lake in central Taiwan. Our day as tourists started with a boat ride around the lake. The first stop was Lalu Island, or should […]

Our Trip to Taiwan: Part I

Okay, so it our trip to Taiwan wasn’t officially part of the “road trip” as the road to Taiwan hasn’t been built yet. However, since the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts offered to fly us out for Sean to show his wearable biofeedback art works, it was hardly an opportunity we could snub our […]

Picks and Pans – From Red Lodge to Great Falls, MT

Soda Butte Campground in Gallatin National Forest

We stopped here for the night on our way out of Montana before we got back into Yellowstone for some hiking. It was another in a string of cheap ($9), well-maintained National Forest campgrounds (this one had potable water spigots and pit toilets). Another plus: we were fairly […]

Picks and Pans – Between Yellowstone National Park and Red Lodge, MT

PICKS: Newton Creek Campground in Shoshone National Forest

Leaving via Yellowstone’s east entrance, you immediately enter the Shoshone National Forest and pass around 10 national forest campgrounds within the first 30 miles out of the park. They cost between $7-9 per night and most have potable water. The first campground we pulled into (at around […]