I love reading Annie Proulx's novels, but this memoir, not so much. Bird Cloud. It's the name of the book and the ranch she built. First she bought some land in Wyoming. The day she first saw the land, there was a cloud in the sky shaped like a bird. The book details her travails of building her "dream house" on the land, a section south of I-80 in Wyoming. This memoir was interesting, in some places interesting like reading an instruction manual is interesting--you know you're learning something as you go but how long will you retain it or care to remember it? Some of it not that long for me.

To match the beautiful steaming geysers, bubbling mudpots, and pristine mountain views of Yellowstone, you'll need a great places to stay near Yellowstone National Park. There are plenty of budget friendly hotels that still offer a lot of luxury, as well as higher priced, amenity filled resorts surrounding the Yellowstone region that you can stay at. Whether it's winter or summer, the park is an unbelievably beautiful place to see that you'll never forget.

Grand Teton National Park provides both a challenging hike and a beautiful place to relax and contemplate things. It features towering peaks, placid deep blue lakes, clear wandering mountain streams, and flower covered subalpine meadows. You can take a photo journey of the area through my photos.