August 1st (Rexburg to Salt Lake City) Yes, Rexburg is in Idaho, Salt Lake City is in Utah, I know now thanks Mark. In the few hours I spent in Rexburg, I found the people there very friendly and helpful to strangers. I visited the tourist information building to find out about internet facilites and a young woman offered to call her mother in Salt Lake to see if she had a room availible for me. Her mother had a full house and couldn't help, so the wo...

July 25th. Day Tour Around Yellowstone to Canyon Logde After a blissful sleep, it was a 7am start. I joined the bus tour, Around Yellowstone In A Day. This tour was to drop me off at Canyon Lodge. The guide was enthusiastic and very informative. Her excitement was shared by everyone on the bus, especially me. The bus drove through the Mammoth country, the Geyser country, the Lake country and the Canyon country. The Mammoth country is home to the Mammoth Ho...

I was on the road for 7.15am and I arrived into Gardiner at 9.30am. It a very small community and borders onto the National Park. It's only populated by 800 people. I have a small cabin all to myself and its wonderful. I have a double bed with a private bathroom and small kitchen. It will be the first time I have slept in proper bed for weeks, let alone have a private bathroom. (No more bunk beds). It's heaven. The room even has air-conditioning. You have no...

Finally arrived in Boseman after a 16 hour bus journey. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to endure the journey by sitting next to a nutter. I had spoken to a number of travellers who had to suffer sitting next to 'interesting' characters on the greyhound buses. My hostel is very quiet, homely and relaxing. It's a shame I'm only here for one night. I'm looking forward to relaxing on the veranda this evening reading my book. I'm currently on a q...

Last few hours in Seattle...... Had a good day. Visited the Space Needle and Pike Market and enjoyed a coffee at the orignal Starbucks cafe. I did take some pictures of the Space Needle but they did not come out very well. It was overcast. After the Space Needle I walked around the central park where a free music festival was being held. I enjoyed listening the blues and jazz. Rap and grunge music were also playing. There was also a water fountai...