Recent Tour Photos
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Aug 22 North to Yellowstone Our last trip of the season to Yellowstone and Grand Teton was a blast. The rain held off, and the parks were filled with wildlife and beautiful scenery. The geysers blew off steam, the bison caused a traffic jam, the hot springs soothed our aching muscles from all the hiking, and the skies were filled with stars. What a way to end our summer season!  Thanks!

Aug 15 Grand Canyon and the Wild West Conquering Angel's Landing, hiking among Hoodoos at Bryce, touring the formations in Monument Valley, scampering on the slickrock in Arches, rafting the Colorado River, and exploring the backcountry via Unimog... this group did it all! Especially memorable this week were the multiple sing-alongs around the campfire! Thanks for a memorable week!

More Photos Coming Soon!

Aug 10th Best Friends Grand Canyon Adventure In August  we teamed up again with Greenearth Travel and took a group of folks to volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and then on to Grand Canyon for 2 days of hiking and exploring. They cleaned pens, runs, washed windows, walked dogs, and pigs, had dog and cat sleepovers, whatever the sanctuary needed. Then some hiked the canyon or rim, became a Jr Ranger, survived a few thunderstorms, and were rewarded with a beautiful sunset from our camp along the rim. Thanks for a wonderful trip!

Great Glacier Adventure July 19-25 They call Glacier National Park the "Crown of the Continent" and we spent six fabulous days exploring  many of its beautiful alpine lakes, meadows and waterfalls. The wild flowers were spectacular and the wildlife plentiful. Still no grizzly sightings, but there is always next year!  Enjoy these highlight photos!

Our first hike was along the Trail of Cedars and along side of Avalanche Creek. This took us to Avalanche Lake.

Avalanche Lake is surrounded by mountain peaks and cascading waterfalls.

Some folks enjoyed a scenic boat ride on Lake MacDonald.

We also kayaked on Lake MacDonald while some rafted on the Flathead River.

Our tail up to Hidden Lake Overlook was clear of snow this summer (mostly) and the meadows were filled with glacier lillies.

Blue skies, crystal clear streams, beautiful vistas, and good friends... What more could you ask for?

We saw 4 big horn sheep, and countless marmots and mountain goats on our way up to Hidden Lake Overlook.

The Highline Trail was absolutely breathtaking! Stunning vistas, every color of wildflower, and a scary narrow trail!

Bear grass, columbine, forget-me-nots, asters and lupine were just a few of the flowers we saw.

We hiked around Swiftcurrent Lake, Lake Josephine and headed up towards Grinnell Glacier to get a stunning view of Grinnell Lake. Mitsue, Dan and Barb even made it to Grinnell Glacier!

Grinnell Lake

Lunch in a waterfall!

Hiking in a waterfall!

Beautiful bee balm.

A warm campfire. We also saw the Northern Lights that night!

The fickle mountain weather only got us one day!

But we went hiking anyway!

St Mary's Falls

Virginia Falls

Washington Coast to Cascades July 11-18 What an incredible journey! Our newest tour brought us to Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier, and Olympic National Park in Washington State. The diversity of the landscapes and wildlife were terrific, and of course the company of all the returning guests, fabulous. Here are just a few highlight photos from this incredible tour, but in our opinion, they do not do the experience  justice!

Relaxing on the bus after long plane rides from all over the country and the world!

A first night campfire to relax, catch up with old friends and meet new ones.

At our first breakfast we had pancakes with fresh blackberry sauce from berries we picked the night before.

Mt St Helen's was fogged in, but the wildflowers were stunning.

Our first group shot in front of Mt St Helens...... or so the sign said!

We kept our eyes out for the legendary sasquatch, or big foot, but never seem to find him, although some guests reported an odd feeling like they were being watched!

Once again we were fogged in at Mount Rainier too, but the wildflowers still put on a show.

Snow and colder temperatures did not stop us from hiking!

Breakfast by the ocean!

The Hoh Rain Forest

We saw lots of star fish and anemones while tide pooling at Ruby and Rialto Beaches.

Ardell finds a special star fish.

The tastiest meal of the tour was Salmon Chowder made with locally caught and smoked salmon, Washington potatoes and Washington sweet onions. Yumm!

Some folks chipped in one morning and collected 3 garbage bags of trash along the beautiful beach at La Push.

Hole in the Wall at Rialto Beach

Jim at Marymere Falls near Crescent Lake.

Hiking along Kalahne Ridge at Hurricane Ridge

The ferry boat to Victoria, BC

Eagles at Dungeness Wildlife Refuge

Kayaking at Dungeness Spit with Mt Baker in the background

A group shot at sunset.

Sunset on the last night of the tour.

June 27 North to Yellowstone

Our North to Yellowstone crew came from Canada, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Grand Prismatic Pool	Herd of bison in Hayden Valley.

A bison in the parking lot at Midway Geyser Basin.

Rocky Mountain Blue Bird

Dave climbed all the boulders he could, and found us a moose an her baby!

Cascade Canyon was full of waterfalls and wildflowers.

The boys go fishing!

Calli and Thomas help Ardell with the campfire.

Thomas shows off his 5 Jr Ranger Badges!

Thomas and Ardell pan for gold.

June 20 Grand Canyon and the Wild West

Our Grand Canyon and the Wild West crew came from Florida, Canada, California, Washington and Italy!

Hugh admires the view in Zion

Sunset at Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Queen Victoria watches over the Queen's Garden.

Lunch! Complete with shade and of course some greedy squirrels!

Laura captures the trees in Bryce's Wall Street

Thomas gets his first Jr Ranger Badge

Camilla and Thomas play games on the bus.

Sunrise at Monument Valley

The crew heads out on their guided tour of Monument Valley with Jimmy.

Camilla and Marco pause for a photo at Partition Arch.

Pictographs near Moab.

June 14th North to Yellowstone

Barb will do anything for the perfect shot!

Arrowroot flowers along the Firehole River.

Watching Old Faithful from Observation Point.

Yellowstone Falls Overlook

The Mud Club!

A moose in Cascade Canyon

Robert captures Mt Moran at Colter Bay

We saw lots of fresh prints on the trail, but no close encounters..... except a grizzly near our campground at Flagg Ranch!

Robert gets a shot of the grizzly!

A marmot

Bison and Bird

Preparing to raft theSnake River near Jackson Hole!

Our crew came from Massachusetts, Kentucky, Florida, Italy, California, and New York!

Best Friends/Grand Canyon Charter May 26 Adventure Bus teamed up with Green Earth Travel for a special Charter. We spent 3 days at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in beautiful Angel Canyon near Kanab, UT, and 2 days at North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
The whole group returns from a tour of the Sanctuary	The Horses and Cottages.

One of the Cat Houses	One of the Dog runs at Fairway.
Rosco comes for a sleepover with ...	Prunella, and....
Chico!	You can see all kinds of creatures at Best Friends!
We hope to have more photos posted of the Grand Canyon portion of the tour soon! My camera broke during the tour, so if you have some photos you like send them along and I will post them! Follow this link to find out more information on Best Friends, and to adopt the dogs you see above! http://www.bestfriends.org

Trail of the Ancients May 17th, 2009 Adventure Bus once again teamed up with DFW Outdoors for another great tour. This time, we explored the ancient ruins of the Four Corners area including Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, Hovenweep, Durango, Mesa Verde, Chaco Culture, Bandelier, and Santa Fe.
Hiking to White House Ruins at Canyon de Chelly	Sand Island Petroglyph Panel
Skip, Carol and Daniel at Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde Petroglyph Panel at Mesa Verde	Carol braves the ladders at Balcony House! Way to go!!!!

Pueblo Bonita at Chaco Canyon
Alcove House at Bandelier		Ronda at Bandelier

Fat Tire Dreamin/Best of the West May 9, 09 Gooseberry Mesa, Thunder Mountain, Fruita, Slickrock, Porcupine Rim Zion, Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands, Rafting the Colorado River
Heading out to Gooseberry Mesa	Gooseberry Mesa Overlook
The Gang takes in Bryce Point before heading out to hike and bike Thunder Mountain.	Hiking in Bryce Canyon
Hiking at Canyonlands Island in the Sky	Slickrock, Here we come!

Hiking near Double Arch	Biking in Fruita, CO
Ardell prepares some Navajo Stew with Fry Bread	Sunset at Dead Horse State Park
Ken and Sue up near the Porcupine Rim	Rafting/Kayaking on the Colorado River

March 30th Death Valley and the Mojave Desert

Hiking the Calico Hills section of Red Rocks National Conservation Area.

Molly the Adventure Bus goes to Bad Water Salt Flats at
262 feet Below Sea level!.

We spotted lots of wild flowers along the roadsides including
globe mallow, desert gold, beaver tail and claret cup cactus.

An afternoon at the Kelso Sand Dunes in Mojave Preserve

Ardell spotted a rare desert tortoise by the side of the road!

Leaping Lizards.... (literally!)

Desert Tortoise

A unique bathroom break along Rt 66. Roy's restored Cafe.

Chillin on the bus.

After an evening hike at Joshua Tree, we had a great dinner and campfire and then another day of hiking in the park.

Where's Ronda?

A fun morning in Oatman, AZ. Gunfights, cheap trinkets, Rt 66 and burros!