Redwoods are not the biggest or the oldest but everywhere you go the Americans will have you believe that there is something record breaking about their surrounding. Like the worlds largest sea cave that we visited for a pricely $12. There were plently of picture of sea lions (do you know what the difference is between seals & sea lions?) in the cave and they were quick to tell you the sea lions would not be in the cave. But everyone headed on down there t...

One of the challenges of this trip is getting the balance right between what the girls want to do and what we want to do. LM is easy as everything to him is playing. We can persuade him to go on a walk as it means he can play at being Lightin McQueen - racing down the trail. The girls on the other hand distinguish between play and trail walking, putting up the tent etc. After 4 hours or so of driving we decided that when we arrived at Glacier that we would just h...

Wednesday 4 SeptemberWe wondered how cold it would get and the answer is below zero. We wrapped up as much as we could for the night, but it looks like all our clothes will be worn on this part of the trip to keep warm. The other problem was being kept awake by everybody else's generators or gas heaters that came on every 20 minutes. I'd bought an extra fleece blanket to slip inside my old faithful thin sleeping bag that saw me around the world last time for SB. ...

Saturday 6 SeptAbout Yellowstone - formed by a huge volcanic erruption 640,000 years ago. Most of the park is what remains of the crater or caldera. Mount Washburn is one of the only mountains left - the other being visible a few miles away from the top. The Geyers and hot springs as a result of channelled hot rock and air left over from the eruption. More amazing is the remains of a petrified tree 50 million years ago - a redwood (usually associated with warmer ...

Wednesday 27 AugustWe have arrived, Jackson Hole is a ski resort and has great shops and bars. Lots to do, water rafting, trail walking, fishing, (PTB would love it). We are staying in a remote cabin on a lake formed by the damming of the Snake river in 1927 when there was a landslide. It killed 6 people in Kelly the nearest town, and destroyed all of the buildings. The cabin is down a dirt track and there are signs warning of bears. In fact when we picked up the...