Rebecca Smith

The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office will begin renovating the North Boulder Lake Campground on June 3, 2019. The project is expected to take up to six weeks to complete. Source

The provincial government announced earlier this month that close to 600 new sites opened up across the province this season. In the Southern Interior, 116 new sites have been constructed ready for the summer season at Okanagan Lake South, Manning Park, Okanagan Falls Provincial Park, Bear Creek, Kettle River and Fintry Provincial Park. Source

Mayor Jean Stothert and other city officials announced the plans to upgrade Glenn Cunningham Lake on Thursday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The project calls for 42 new RV pads, a 4-mile (6-kilometer) equestrian and nature trail and a 6-mile (10-kilometer) multipurpose trail that loops around the lake. Source

In April and May, crews spent several weeks finding and repairing leaks to aging pipes in the Many Glacier area, according to a park release. Earlier this month, a crack in the force main along the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road required significant repairs. Now crews have found multiple leaks in Two Medicine’s water system. Source

While there’s no denying that Coloradans love their winter activities — skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding — the frigid weather can leave even the most dedicated cold weather connoisseur craving some heat. Now that Mother Nature has finally decided that spring should be sprung, families are eagerly starting to plan their summer activities. Source

My daughter still talks fondly about the camping trips we took when she was a child. Now in her 30s, her favorite memory is of the time a blue jay swooped out of a nearby Giant Sequoia tree and snatched her breakfast pastry off the campsite picnic table. Source

Weezie Nielson is the park operator and does administration at Mabel Lake Provincial Park near Lumby. Jeff is the park manager. For the last three years the couple have been working hard to make the provincial park a treasure to visit. And for the most part, their efforts are paying off. Source

We love finding strange museums in our travels around the country, and we have discovered some real finds as we explore this great land of ours. Here are fifteen of my favorites, in no particular order. Source

When we moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in the mid-’90s, we couldn’t wait to take our first trip to the mountains. I’m not sure why or how we picked Crested Butte for our first Rocky Mountain destination, but Crested Butte it was. Source

If there’s one thing that our journey to Alaska taught us once and for all, it’s that the situation is always the boss. It was an important lesson but we could have done without the hassles or stress. At our lowest emotional points on the Alcan, we wished we had chosen to workamp in Lake City, Colorado instead. Source