EcoStrides

Dock at Ancón, near Lima, Peru

The sky plays an integral part in wide open spaces.

I’m sure there are a million videos of the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone, but here’s mine.

Manchas enjoys a swim in the Chetco River of Alfred Loeb State Park in Oregon. This river is designated a national “Wild & Scenic” river with the intent of keeping it free-flowing. Portions of the St. Croix River in Minnesota/Wisconsin share the same protection.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Congress declares that the established national policy of dams and other construction at appropriate sections of the rivers of the United States needs to be complemented by a policy that would preserve other selected rivers or sections thereof in their free-flowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes. (Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, October 2, 1968)

Take a peek at each of our campsites during our roadtrip from Minnesota to the West Coast in June 2009.

Memaloose State Park on the Columbia River, Oregon, June 13, 2009

Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, June 11, 2009

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, June 21, 2009. And I thought Minnesota winters were long!

Listen to this. It makes me laugh every time.