Something different this morning, A cloudy day. We had thought it might rain overnight, but it didn’t. Leaving the motel at just after 10 am we drove out of Billings heading for Helena. I have to admit I had never heard of Helena. It is the capital of Montana, though,…
As Jen mentioned in her blog yesterday, we got a bit of a grilling from the Camp Host about attracting bears to the camp site with all manner of stimulants. However, after being a little apprehensive, we survived the night intact. Re-joining Hwy 212, the Beartooth Highway, it wasn’t long…
Before we left our camp just outside the park entrance, we watched tiny marmots scuttling around everywhere. On the way out of the park, in the early evening, the wildlife was at the other end of the scale. Herds of buffalo. Some enormous solitary bulls, but dozens of grazing beasts…
At last, a cold night. In fact it it was 3dgC at 7am. Our camp site was great. With the the wheels on the hard we backed up to a swathe of lush green grass to erect the Caranex on. The owners of a 5th wheel Caravan next to us,…
Yesterday we had seen lots of odd shaped, bulk tanker trucks and wondered what they were carrying. When we left the motel this morning there was one parked by the entrance. Dennis stopped to ask the driver and the reply was ‘gypsum’. It must be being extensively mined somewhere around…
It was a tranquil camp site about 30 miles from Capitol Reef National Park. So much cooler and more pleasant up in the hills. Close to 3000m elevation. A 17 mile drive to the township of Torrey, Utah, where we picked up some supplies and managed to get some internet…
Today it was the turn of Bryce Canyon National Park. Easier to see than Grand Canyon and Zion. As recommended by the guide books, we drove to the furthest point, at just over 9,000 ft and on the way back pulled off into all the viewing areas. These were all…
Happy Birthday to Jaxon. 5 years old today…:). He’s a beautiful boy…:) Oooops he’s 6 years old. Sorry Jaxy..:) Last nights camp site was very nice. We had a young couple from Maryland with a Nissan SUV and a rooftop tent beside us on one side and a single young…
I am in big trouble, as I am behind with the blog. Dennis wants to write today’s and I haven’t started yesterday’s yet. Last night I spent all evening organising flights and making arrangements for us to go back to the UK for 2 weeks in the middle of September.…
We made the decision yesterday to take a day off and explore this astounding natural phenomenon. Driving in last afternoon, we are on a sealed road with forest on both sides. Then, like another world appears, glimpsing this spectacular chasm beside us. We both went…WOW!!! Our camp site is basic…