July 2012 Blog Posts (6)

One of the highlights of our honeymoon in 1970 was the climb to Inspiration Point, overlooking Jenny Lake at Grand Teton National Park.  I took photos back then.

We tried it…

9-time Untourist Doris M dishes on her most recent Prague/Budapest Untour. She takes excellent pictures and is a wonderful writer. Make sure to check out what she has to say!

Once at the breakfast site, we sipped cowboy coffee and orange juice while waiting for the horseback riders to arrive.  Meanwhile I inspected the food being prepared and said hello to Bridget, the cook.  Besides the coffee, hot chocolate, tea and orange juice, breakfast included fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, pancakes, potatoes and fried whistle pig, "which looks and tastes like ham."…

"The Grizzly Bear Incident"  It was July 19, 2012, our last day in Grand Teton National Park.  We had reservations for the Breakfast Wagon Ride through the scenic Willow Flats area.  We got there early because road construction between Jackson Lake Lodge and Colter Bay Corral didn't delay us as much as expected.  We were to take a 45 minute ride to the breakfast site on a wagon drawn by Daisy and Diva.  There were to be just three of us on the wagon (besides our driver, Perrin), followed by…

If you're in Barcelona and are looking for a different perspective on things, you have to take a ride on the city's two cable cars: Teleférico del Puerto (aka Aeri del Port) and the Teleféric de…

Who's first job was killing gophers on his parents' ranch? Untours founder, Hal Taussig, that's who.

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