The last time Big Papa and I stood at an elevation above 12,000 feet, we were in Tibet. I remember Big Papa doing his best attempt at jumping jacks by the entrance to Mount Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) National Park. We were at 17,000 feet. He was a bit breathless. Flash forward six years and one […]
Rocky Mountain National Park
Elk!
For nearly ten years, whenever Big Papa and I went on vacation, we’d anticipate seeing wildlife in our backyard. At the cabins and B&Bs we rented, we’d find notebooks detailing other visitors’ observations: “Every day, two otters played in the lake just off the shore.” “There were whales breaching at the beach!” “We saw a […]