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...