Category: American Wilderness

September 5, 2013 / / American Wilderness
September 4, 2013 / / American Wilderness

We were supposed to rise early this morning but, try as we might, we could not drag ourselves out of bed after our walk along the South Rim yesterday. But no matter – looking out of the window we saw that…

September 4, 2013 / / American Wilderness

Today we drove the southern loop – Madison, West Thumb, Fishing Bridge, Canyon Junction and Norris Junction. The first of our main destinations was Yellowstone Lake in the south east corner of the park. It’s a lovely drive along its…

September 2, 2013 / / American Wilderness

The roads in Yellowstone loosely resemble a figure of 8. The journey to the northern loop, the top half of the 8 starts, for us, at the West Entrance to the park at West Yellowstone. It’s 14 miles from here to…

September 1, 2013 / / American Wilderness

We’ve seen some interesting and fascinating places in recent years but today has been one of the most captivating experiences ever. We’ve spent the whole day exploring Yellowstone’s geothermal features and ‘Geysers’. Although we researched this area before we came…

August 31, 2013 / / American Wilderness

Day 9 was a really interesting day. Our journey from Glacier to Helena – the Montana State Capital – was one of contrasts and interesting people. Returning to Helena via the route we arrived on would have been the easiest option but we decided…

August 29, 2013 / / American Wilderness

We had learned from our previous mistake and, this time, decided on our destination and started early to beat the traffic. We drove straight to Logan Pass, didn’t stop en-route for photos and took one of the few remaining parking…

August 28, 2013 / / American Wilderness

The weather this morning was overcast and chilly and rain was forecast so we decided to take things a little easier today, as our time in the States has been pretty full on up until now. So we drove to a little…

August 28, 2013 / / American Wilderness

Our plan today was to complete the 100 mile (approx) return trip along the ‘Going To The Sun Road’ from West Glacier to St Mary; a journey that spans the width of the national park. This would allow us to…

August 26, 2013 / / American Wilderness

After a breakfast of eggs, sausage, waffles and fruit (God Bless America) we jumped back onto Interstate 15 and headed north. It was another beautiful, sunny morning and the air had that cool, fresh smell you get from the grass…