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Welcome!

Welcome to our site! We’re Dave and Kathy Titley. We get underway and travel the country in our 2017 Airstream. This summer we will volunteer for Grand Teton National Park! How do we do it? It’s all here!

Our most recent Blog Posts!

  • Quick, Quick, Slow
    Dear Friends, I was trying to think of a phrase to describe the past week or so — and the first one that came to mind was the mantra of our one-and-only ballroom dancing (samba) lesson instructor: Quick, quick, slow… Soon followed by the military aphorism, “hurry up and wait.” We put a lot ofContinue reading “Quick, Quick, Slow”
  • snow, Snow, SNOW!
    — our first two weeks in the park — Dear Friends, Already life in Pennsylvania and the crazy efforts to get packed and across the country seems like months ago. Our favorite camp site is reserved for us and most of the snow is already plowed off. After shoveling a stubborn ice & snow bank,Continue reading “snow, Snow, SNOW!”
  • “Continue on I-80”
    We’ve had smoother starts to trips. 😉
  • F250 Dashboard Revamp
    Isn’t amazing how quickly the dashboard becomes populated with helpful gadgets? Each piece of gear comes with its own mount, from sand bag to suction cup. Many attachment strategies let us down, allowing bits to slide around. We have a solution that has proven itself over 6K miles.
  • Wildlife Brigade Part II – Animal Jams and Dispatch Calls
    From the emergence in early March of male grizzly bears, through the elk and moose rut of the fall, until the last bear heads for their den in December, the animals of the park keep the Wildlife Brigade working seven days a week, from dawn until dark.  Jams of All Sizes We may find ourselvesContinue reading “Wildlife Brigade Part II – Animal Jams and Dispatch Calls”
  • Wildlife Brigade — Our Volunteer Job, or What We Did This Summer
    The adage that Time Flies While You Are Having Fun rings true for us this season. We have had wonderful experiences spread across Grand Teton National Park since May. Our tasks as members of the Wildlife Brigade are amazingly broad in scope. Over the next blog or two I’ll share the types of things that keep us busy.

“At the instant that the last mooring line leaves the pier or buoy, or the moment that the anchor is aweigh, the boatswain’s mate of the watch blows a long blast on his whistle and passes the word, ‘Underway–shift colors.'”

https://www.seaflags.us/customs/customs.html#shift
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) getting underway from Yokosuka Japan (U.S. Navy Photo 2018)

Some pics from a hike up Cascade Canyon

How not to be seen...
Bull moose playing “How Not to be Seen”
I’ve been waiting for eight months to see this view again!

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    1. Hi Moni! Thanks for your comment! We’ll we working in Grand Teton all summer so unfortunately will not be at International this year. Take care!

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