# slowviking.com > AI-optimized mirror of slowviking.com containing 48 pages totalling 33,777 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://slowviking.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-14T03:23:50.754Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area](/content/site-root.html) (124 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [You Did What?!](/content/about-us/index.html) (1,539 words) - [Destinations](/content/destinations/index.html) (712 words) - [Beartooth Pass](/content/tag/yellowstone/index.html) (126 words) - [idaho Archives » Slow Viking](/content/tag/idaho/index.html) (89 words) - [Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite](/content/tag/scenic-byways/index.html) (90 words) - [Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite](/content/tag/bighorn/index.html) (90 words) - [Cathedral Spires in Custer State Park](/content/tag/black-hills/index.html) (113 words) - [Devils Tower](/content/tag/wyoming/index.html) (161 words) - [couchsurfing-sheridan-wyoming/index.html](/content/couchsurfing-sheridan-wyoming/index.html) (1 words) - [A Death in Yellowstone](/content/a-death-in-yellowstone/index.html) (901 words) - [Couchsurfing as a Family is Our Superpower](/content/couchsurfing-family-superpower/index.html): The true value of Couchsurfing, we’ve learned over our 50+ stays with hosts, is simply this. Couchsurfing provides experiences you couldn’t purchase, even if you wanted to. The people you meet, the experiences you have, the insights you gain are nothing short of life-nourishing. (1,819 words) - [Leaving the 9 to 5 Grind Behind](/content/leaving-the-grind-behind/index.html): We Left Behind Our 9 to 5 Grind to Travel the World with Our Children - Living, Loving, and Learning as a Family on the Road. Our slow journey began in 2016 with an unexpected hiatus in my 20-year long corporate career (the 9 to 5 grind). At the time, the sudden loss of security was upsetting. (1,635 words) - [We Slowed Down to Speed Up](/content/we-slowed-down-to-speed-up/index.html): There are no two ways about it. We had to slow down in order to speed up. this meant quitting our 9-to-5 grind (and it had become a grind) and taking a planned 3-year hiatus. We would travel - as a family - across the United States for a year  before settling and living in Europe for two more years. (1,215 words) - [Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone](/content/grand-canyon-of-the-yellowstone/index.html) (563 words) - [Grand Prismatic Spring](/content/grand-prismatic-spring/index.html) (807 words) - [Is Couch Surfing Safe for Families?](/content/couch-surfing-safe-families/index.html): Despite what you may have heard about "couchsurfing horror stories," in 50+ stays, with 50+ couchsurfing hosts, in 5 countries, and on 2 continents, the scenario of deciding, upon arrival, not to stay with a host, occurred on only two occasion. It was our ability to navigate the situation which allowed us to stay safe. (1,927 words) - [Badlands National Park](/content/badlands-national-park/index.html): The Badlands of South Dakota are truly unique in the western Great Plains. Its easy to understand why they were named as such. The landscape is beyond comprehension. And Badlands National Park is a real gem. (1,269 words) - [Yellowstone National Park: A Hot Spot](/content/yellowstone-hotspot/index.html) (719 words) - [Beartooth Pass](/content/beartooth-pass/index.html) (968 words) - [Badlands National Park](/content/tag/south-dakota/index.html) (121 words) - [Twin Falls Idaho](/content/twin-falls-idaho/index.html): Perrine Bridge is one of the few structures in the US where BASE jumping is legal. To hear our couchsurfing host say it, "they're going to do it anyway, so why not make it legal. Enlightened, indeed. (1,519 words) - [Devils Bathtub / Roughlock Falls](/content/devils-bathtub-roughlock-falls/index.html): Devils Bathtub is a series of pools along the Squaw Creek in Spearfish Canyon. Sheer, and in some places, inverted, canyon walls reveal eons of multi-colored rock layering. Once you get into the canyon, proper, the scenery really becomes dynamite. (568 words) - [Devils Tower](/content/devils-tower/index.html) (823 words) - [Needles Eye Tunnel (Custer State Park)](/content/needles-eye-tunnel-custer-state-park/index.html): The Needles Eye tunnel is a dauntingly small, manmade tunnel, cut through granite cliffs. The tunnel provides automobile access between The Cathedral Spires Sylvan Lake. But the tunnel is small!  We have no idea whether, or not, our Toyota Sequoia can pass through, unscathed. (1,244 words) - [Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite](/content/red-gulch-dinosaur-tracksite/index.html) (839 words) - [Cathedral Spires in Custer State Park](/content/cathedral-spires-custer-state-park/index.html): Today we're visiting Cathedral Spires by way of the Needles Highway. Also known as South Dakota Highway 87, the Needles Highway bisects Custer State Park in the Black Hills of of South Dakota. (803 words) - [“Dad? Question.”](/content/dad-question/index.html): At one time, I was conversationally transactional with my children, which is a nice way of saying, I was big on telling, and short on listening. Today, thankfully, its not that way, at all. We allow the power of conversation to transform the dynamic of our very lives. (1,226 words) - [Beartooth Pass](/content/category/parks-and-rec/page/2/index.html) (126 words) - [Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area](/content/bighorn-canyon/index.html) (878 words) - [author/adam-the-slow/index.html](/content/author/adam-the-slow/index.html) (1 words) - [7-levers-hiatus/index.html](/content/7-levers-hiatus/index.html) (1 words) - [hells-canyon/index.html](/content/hells-canyon/index.html) (1 words) - [What do you want for your children? (Lassen Volcanic NP)](/content/what-do-you-want-for-your-children/index.html): What do you want for your children? Of course, there are 1000 great answers. Maybe a million. Funloving, musical, broadly traveled , openminded, inquisitive, tending to live in the moment, tending to make good choices, free from anger, without criticism, blame, or sarcasm, to name a few. (688 words) - [Perfectionism is a Disease](/content/perfectionism-is-a-disease/index.html): I want nothing more than for my kids to embrace imperfection. To understand they won’t be perfect on their first attempt at any endeavor. That they may not be perfect on the hundredth, or even the thousandth attempt. That, most often, the best we can aspire to is continuous improvement. (1,373 words) - [Real Education: Drawing Out Our Children](/content/real-education-drawing-children/index.html): Education comes from the Latin educere, meaning ‘to draw out’ the pupil. That is to say, true education is less about what you put into the student, and more about what you draw out of them. (1,584 words) - [Rise of the Journeypreneur](/content/rise-of-the-journeypreneur/index.html): More folks than ever want to break out of their full-time, hours-for-dollars gig in order to pursue their passion, follow their muse, live a more integrated life by creating a future aligned with their vision. Their corporate employee experience is becoming “less worth it” by the day. (1,303 words) - [Time is the Real Asset](/content/time-real-asset/index.html) (1,324 words) - [Cultural Exchange is the Currency of Couchsurfing](/content/cultural-exchange-currency-couchsurfing/index.html): The profound power of couchsurfing lies in our getting to “Travel Like a Local” - Couchsurfing.com’s tagline and value proposion - which is no small benefit. The only thing your host should expect in return is that you share culture and conversation. (959 words) - [Wannapreneur to Journeypreneur](/content/wannapreneur-to-journeypreneur/index.html): We left the comfort and “security” of our 9-to-5 live-to-work scenario in order to travel more, reclaim health, and to BE with our children. Our finances and our plan would afford us three (3) years outside of the rat race in order to do just that. (928 words) - [Route of the Hiawatha Trail, Roland Idaho](/content/route-of-the-hiawatha-trail-roland-idaho/index.html): This week, we’re in Coeur d'Alene Idaho, with one primary goal in mind. To ride the "Route of the Hiawatha" mountain bike trail. The Hiawatha is located near the panhandle of Northern Idaho, straddles the Idaho/Montana border, and is part of the Rails-to-Trails program. (518 words) - [Couchsurfing as a Family is Our Superpower](/content/blog/page/2/index.html) (182 words) - [Cultural Exchange is the Currency of Couchsurfing](/content/category/couchsurfing/index.html) (182 words) - [On Being Slow Archives » Slow Viking](/content/category/on-being-slow/index.html) (149 words) - [Route of the Hiawatha Trail, Roland Idaho](/content/category/parks-and-rec/index.html) (179 words) - [Roadschool Archives » Slow Viking](/content/category/roadschool/index.html) (123 words) - [One diamond, three facets](/content/one-diamond-three-facets/index.html) (1,079 words) - [Route of the Hiawatha Trail, Roland Idaho](/content/blog/index.html) (188 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives