Back in the USA after the short Canadian sojourn.
Also back to the imperial system (how many inches in a fluid ounce?)
Banff was nice although the overcast weather somewhat lessened some of the
spectacular landscapes.
In fact a few of us went to The Da Vinci Code to escape the cold.
We only just got over the border for our next two nights in Glacier National Park, Montana. Hence my cunning plan to avoid the cold was thwarted once again, although the name of the park should have given it away.
Glacier was amazing, and four of us hiked up to one of the glaciers, across several snow covered paths, but were halted 2 miles before the end by even heavier snow. Plenty of good photo ops though.
The nights were just as cold as Canada but at least i've been making use of my warm gloves,jackets and sleeping bag.
Next up was a trip south into Wyoming via Idaho (just to say we went there)
and Yellowstone National Park.
The days were finally warmer as we left the Rockies to head inland, but the nights were still a little chilly.
We stayed inside the national park here and we had a fantastic day cruising around the park seeing the geysers and masses of burnt out forest from fires 15 years ago.
However, the best part was crossing the various animals off the list as we saw them in the wild.
There were bison everywhere as we quickly discovered and equally quickly lost interest in them. Several times herds of them slowly crossed the road in front of our van.
Also, after being constantly warned about bear danger and having to store all our toiletries and food in special bear proof boxes, we finally actually saw one.
In fact we were lucky enough to see a black bear with its two cubs fighting each other, as well as a grizzly and its two very cute cubs, and also a moose and most fortunately, a wolf, which ran across the road in front of our van. 5 seconds earlier or later and we would have missed it.
We finished the day off by watching 'Old Faithful' geyser erupt, spurting 30 metres into the air.
I'm now in Cody, Wyoming, the real Western town, home of the World Famous Cody Rodeo
which we'll be going to tonight. Thank god I bought my cowboy hat just
in time. I wouldn't want to look stupid....
There's only 11 days to go before i head over to London.
I can't believe these six weeks have gone so fast!
Also back to the imperial system (how many inches in a fluid ounce?)
Banff was nice although the overcast weather somewhat lessened some of the
spectacular landscapes.
In fact a few of us went to The Da Vinci Code to escape the cold.
We only just got over the border for our next two nights in Glacier National Park, Montana. Hence my cunning plan to avoid the cold was thwarted once again, although the name of the park should have given it away.
Glacier was amazing, and four of us hiked up to one of the glaciers, across several snow covered paths, but were halted 2 miles before the end by even heavier snow. Plenty of good photo ops though.
The nights were just as cold as Canada but at least i've been making use of my warm gloves,jackets and sleeping bag.
Next up was a trip south into Wyoming via Idaho (just to say we went there)
and Yellowstone National Park.
The days were finally warmer as we left the Rockies to head inland, but the nights were still a little chilly.
We stayed inside the national park here and we had a fantastic day cruising around the park seeing the geysers and masses of burnt out forest from fires 15 years ago.
However, the best part was crossing the various animals off the list as we saw them in the wild.
There were bison everywhere as we quickly discovered and equally quickly lost interest in them. Several times herds of them slowly crossed the road in front of our van.
Also, after being constantly warned about bear danger and having to store all our toiletries and food in special bear proof boxes, we finally actually saw one.
In fact we were lucky enough to see a black bear with its two cubs fighting each other, as well as a grizzly and its two very cute cubs, and also a moose and most fortunately, a wolf, which ran across the road in front of our van. 5 seconds earlier or later and we would have missed it.
We finished the day off by watching 'Old Faithful' geyser erupt, spurting 30 metres into the air.
I'm now in Cody, Wyoming, the real Western town, home of the World Famous Cody Rodeo
which we'll be going to tonight. Thank god I bought my cowboy hat just
in time. I wouldn't want to look stupid....
There's only 11 days to go before i head over to London.
I can't believe these six weeks have gone so fast!
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