Select from the links below to be sent to the video of your choice that is located on YouTube. There are captions to most of the videos that tell a little bit about what happened on the trip or in the photo. The most recent video is at the top, but feel free to check out the other videos from the past. Enjoy!
Video of Aurora dune skiing in Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado on August 7, 2019.
Video of Aurora running down a large dune in Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado on August 7, 2019.
Video of Aurora on the 1905 Kit Carson County Carousel in Burlington, Colorado on July 28, 2019.
Video from April 18, 2019, of the volcano erupting outside of The Mirage Resort. Taken during the Naval Support Force Antarctica Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Video from April 19, 2019, of the show inside the Caesar's Palace Shops. Taken during the Naval Support Force Antarctica Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Video from April 19, 2019, of the Fountain Opening Ceremony program (The National Anthem) outside of The Bellagio Resort. Taken during the Naval Support Force Antarctica Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Video of the Ohiopyle Falls on the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania on July 3, 2018.
Video of the Ohiopyle Falls on the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania on July 3, 2018.
Video of the nightly rodeo that takes place in Cody, Wyoming attended on August 7, 2017. This one is from the opening ceremony.
Video of the nightly rodeo that takes place in Cody, Wyoming attended on August 7, 2017. This one is from the National Anthem.
Video of the nightly rodeo that takes place in Cody, Wyoming attended on August 7, 2017. This one is from the goofy intermission game.
Video of the nightly rodeo that takes place in Cody, Wyoming attended on August 7, 2017. This one is from one of the female barrel rider runs.
Video from the Churning Caldron stop on the boardwalk at the Mud Volcano area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming taken on August 8, 2017.
Video from the Churning Caldron stop on the boardwalk at the Mud Volcano area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming taken on August 8, 2017. This one is a closer view of the actual churning.
Video from the Mud Volcano within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming taken on August 8, 2017.
Video from the Mud Volcano within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming taken on August 8, 2017.
Video from the Dragon's Mouth Spring stop on the boardwalk at the Mud Volcano area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming taken on August 8, 2017.
Video of a couple of bull elk grazing along the road near the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River as part of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of the Mammoth Hot Springs area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017. This one shows the Lower Terraces of either Minerva Terrace or Cleopatra Terrace.
Video of the Mammoth Hot Springs area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017. This one shows Orange Spring Mound in the Upper Terrace.
Video of the Mammoth Hot Springs area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017. Another one of Orange Spring Mound in the Upper Terrace.
Video of the Mammoth Hot Springs area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017. Final one of another part to the Orange Spring Mound in the Upper Terrace.
Video of some of the activity from Steamboat Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Steamboat Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Steamboat Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Steamboat Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Steamboat Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Black Pit Spring within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Black Pit Spring within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Veteran Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Veteran Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Vixen Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Vixen Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Corporal Geyser within the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 9, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Cliff Geyser within the Black Sand Basin of the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 10, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from geysers at the Rainbow Pool within the Black Sand Basin of the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 10, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Shell Spring Geyser within the Biscuit Basin of the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 10, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Avoca Spring within the Biscuit Basin of the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 10, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Grand Prismatic Spring within the Midway Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017, on a cooler morning, so it was very steamy over the spring.
Video of some of the activity from Beehive Geyser on Geyser Hill within the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Castle Geyser within the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Giant Geyser within the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from a tiny geyser within the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Old Faithful Geyser within the Upper Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. Over the two days, this was the third time we got to see it spout off.
Video of some of the activity from Fountain Paint Pot within the Lower Geyser Basin area within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video of some of Firehole Falls on the Firehole River that leads into Firehole Canyon within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video of some of the activity from Beryl Spring within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Video was taken on August 11, 2017.
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video shows the pair of wolves of their River Valley Wolf Pack going through the motions of trying to figure out where they want to eat for the night.
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video shows one of the wolves of their River Valley Wolf Pack digging something up, but then pushing the dirt back to cover it back up.
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video show the three bald eagles in their enclosure.
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video show the three bald eagles in their enclosure.
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video show the three bald eagles in their enclosure.
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video shows the pair of wolves of their Granite Wolf Pack howling. THIS WAS AWESOME!!!
Video from our visit to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Video was taken on August 11, 2017. This video shows the Alaskan brown bear, Sam, from Katmai National Park, Alaska, in his enclosure looking for food that was hidden for him.
Video from the Jackson Lake Dam draining into the Snake River. Video was taken on August 13, 2017. Jackson Lake is in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Video from the spot on the Snake River, near Deadman's Bar, where we had lunch after our 4 hour float trip. This is also a spot just below where Ansel Adams took his iconic photos of the Snake River and Teton Range. Video was taken on August 15, 2017.
Aurora and her friends, Evelyn and Samuel, jumping at a trampoline park in Massachusetts on July 30, 2016. The video was shot on Kate's cell phone.
Video taken on July 9, 2016, of the power that is Athabasca Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Video taken on July 9, 2016, of the power that is Athabasca Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Video taken on July 9, 2016, of the power that is Athabasca Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Video taken on July 9, 2016, of the power that is Athabasca Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Video taken on July 9, 2016, of the power that is Athabasca Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Video taken on July 9, 2016, of the power that is Athabasca Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Video of the power that is Sunwapta Falls within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. This video was taken on July 9, 2016.
Video taken on July 17, 2016, during a Native American Rodeo on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Porcupine, South Dakota.
Video taken on July 17, 2016, during a Native American Rodeo on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Porcupine, South Dakota.
Video taken on July 17, 2016, during a Native American Rodeo on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Porcupine, South Dakota.
Video taken on July 17, 2016, during a Native American Rodeo on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Porcupine, South Dakota.
Video taken on July 16, 2015, while at Jamestown Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Aurora took a shot at playing a Native Powhatan game.
In 2014, our 4th of July family vacation took us to several places, but the eventual place was to visit Niagara Falls in New York and Canada. This video on July 3, 2014, is from the first stop on that trip - Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania (on the 260th Anniversary of the battle - took place on July 3, 1754). While at the fort, we got to see a firing demonstration from some living historians.
On July 4, 2014, we headed into Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to take in the Three Rivers Regatta, the Pirate 8-2 win against the Phillies, and then the 4th of July fireworks. This video is from the finale to the fireworks display.
We took a family vacation to the New England area from July 8-21, 2013. Early in the trip, on July 10, 2013, we stopped at Natural Stone Bridge and Cave in Pottersville, New York. We hiked along their trail to see the cool geologic features. At some areas, the rapids on Trout Brook were nice and rough.
We took a family vacation to the New England area from July 8-21, 2013. Early in the trip, on July 10, 2013, we stopped at Natural Stone Bridge and Cave in Pottersville, New York. We hiked along their trail to see the cool geologic features. At some places they were waterfalls within caves, like Noisy Cave in this video.
We took a family vacation to the New England area from July 8-21, 2013. On July 12, 2013, we headed to Fort Ticonderoga National Historic Landmark, New York. While touring the fort, the flag raising ceremony was going on.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. Among the first things we did was to visit Denali National Park on August 16, 2012. We took the park bus to the Eielson Visitor Center about 66 miles into the park. During the drive on the bus, we saw about 10 Grizzly Bears (also known as Brown Bears and on Kodiak Island - Kodiak Bears). There were about three female bears and six cubs, and maybe one male bear. These are the first two cubs playing and eating.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. Among the first things we did was to visit Denali National Park on August 16, 2012. We took the park bus to the Eielson Visitor Center about 66 miles into the park. During the drive on the bus, we saw about 10 Grizzly Bears (also known as Brown Bears and on Kodiak Island - Kodiak Bears). There were about three female bears and six cubs, and maybe one male bear. This is one of those two cubs and their mom.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. Among the first things we did was to visit Denali National Park on August 16, 2012. We took the park bus to the Eielson Visitor Center about 66 miles into the park. During the drive on the bus, we saw about 10 Grizzly Bears (also known as Brown Bears and on Kodiak Island - Kodiak Bears). This is the possible male bear that we saw foraging for berries or something else on the low lying brush.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. On August 23, 2012, we were in Anchorage, Alaska. We stopped to visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center. While there, we got to see a couple native Alaskan dances and songs being performed. This is one of them.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. On August 27, 2012, we were in Seward, Alaska. We stopped to visit Seavey's Ididaride Sled Dog Tours. While there, we got to ride on a summer wheeled sled as the Alaskan Huskies pulled us along the trail.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. On August 27, 2012, we were in Seward, Alaska. We stopped to visit Seavey's Ididaride Sled Dog Tours. While there, we got to ride on a summer wheeled sled as the Alaskan Huskies pulled us along the trail.
We took an awesome family trip to Alaska from August 15, 2012 to September 1, 2012. On August 28, 2012, we were in Seward, Alaska. We took a glacier cruise on this day within the Kenai Fjords National Park. While on the cruise to the first glacier, Aurora hung out with dad and did some singing, too.
On August 30, 2012, we were on our way to Homer, Alaska in the RV we had rented. Aurora did some more singing to pass the time.
On July 22, 2012, Kate's best friend, Janice, her daughter, Evelyn, and the three of us went to Kings Dominion in Virginia. Evelyn got to ride the bumper cars that day.
We took a weekend trip to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky from June 21-25, 2012. While there, we visited a place called Kentucky Down Under that featured many creatures found in Australia. Of course they had kangaroos! This is video of one taken on June 23, 2012.
We took a weekend trip to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky from June 21-25, 2012. While there, we visited a place called Kentucky Down Under that featured many creatures found in Australia. Later in the day, we watched how the Australian Shepherd herds the sheep back to their pens for the evening. Taken on June 23, 2012.
In August 2011 we took a trip to the Upper Midwest. On this trip Kate and I collected the final states to have visited all 50 United States. I just needed North Dakota, while Kate needed Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. After this trip, Aurora has been to 27 of the 50 States. This video is from the first day of the trip, August 5, 2011, and has Aurora playing with her bunnies while singing "Who Let the Dogs Out."
n August 2011 we took a trip to the Upper Midwest. On this trip Kate and I collected the final states to have visited all 50 United States. I just needed North Dakota, while Kate needed Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. After this trip, Aurora has been to 27 of the 50 States. This video is from August 9, 2011, and has Aurora singing some of "Snuggle Puppy."
In August 2011 we took a trip to the Upper Midwest. On this trip Kate and I collected the final states to have visited all 50 United States. I just needed North Dakota, while Kate needed Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. After this trip, Aurora has been to 27 of the 50 States. This video is from August 10, 2011. We were in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota driving around the park when we came upon this lone bison walking on the road.
In August 2011 we took a trip to the Upper Midwest. On this trip Kate and I collected the final states to have visited all 50 United States. I just needed North Dakota, while Kate needed Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. After this trip, Aurora has been to 27 of the 50 States. This video is from August 10, 2011. We were in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota driving around the park when we came upon these wild horses walking on the road.
During a trip to visit Kate's sister, she and Aurora also stopped in Massachusetts to visit her best friend, Janice, and her little girl, Evelyn. This is short video from July 23, 2011, for Aurora, Evelyn, and Janice dancing to "Who Let the Dogs Out."
On the weekend of May 21, 2011, we took Aurora on her first camping trip to see how she would handle it. We stayed local, but still an hour and a half to two hours west at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. This video is from the time we first got to the Big Meadows Campground.
On the weekend of May 21, 2011, we took Aurora on her first camping trip to see how she would handle it. We stayed local, but still an hour and a half to two hours west at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
On the weekend of May 21, 2011, we took Aurora on her first camping trip to see how she would handle it. We stayed local, but still an hour and a half to two hours west at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
A video of Aurora playing on a beach in Bradenton, Florida on March 11, 2011.
Aurora and her friend J.D. run the bases at McKechnie Field after one of the Pirates Spring Training games on March 13, 2011.
In August 2009, Kate and Aurora made a trip to visit her best friend, Janice, in Massachusetts. Video from August 11, 2009, are of Aurora and Janice in her pool.
In August 2009, Kate and Aurora made a trip to visit her best friend, Janice, in Massachusetts. Video from August 11, 2009, are of Aurora and Janice in her pool.
A couple days later, Kate and Aurora made their way to Kate's sister Linda's house in Pennsylvania. This video from August 15, 2009, is of Aurora and Aunt Linda in the lake near Linda's house.