When we've talked to someone about the Badlands National Park of South Dakota, a common response is - "Oh yeah, we drove through that on our way to Yellowstone. Weird place!" In our effort to champion the more "underdog" parks, we wanted to make sure we didn't treat...

The Twin Cities! (August 13-15th) We stayed in St. Paul with a friend and fellow entomologist. It was nice to have showers and to catch up on thank you notes (from our wedding) and go over the finances for the trip.  Here are some cool things I saw in the Twin Cities....

We realized that this trip would be full of great sessions of sight seeing the classics of America: Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Zion. We also realized, that some of the best places we go would come from local recommendations or spur of the moment places we hear about...