After another night in the tent, we headed to Las Vegas via Death Valley. Death Valley itself is so barren, we were not sure of what to expect especially after the amasing time we all had in Yosemite. It was extremely hot, although a ranger did tell us that it was cool for the area - I think it reached 105 degrees while we were there - if not more! The highlight of the valley was 2 fold, the Salt Flats that span miles and miles and which are designated as the h...

Yosemite was beautiful, the drive was pretty easy at just under 4 hours. We were lucky enough to stay in the Valley itself, having a bbq for dinner and a bonfire to keep the bears away. When we arrived we were also attacked by the local squirrel population, who are not afraid to get into your car and steal things. (we speak from experience). We were advised to keep all food and makeup in the bear boxes as the bears have been known to eat things out of the cars. W...

After 9 months in Canada, and living in Vancouver for around 6 of these, it was time to say goodbye. Vancouver is a great city with so much variety and it will always be a little special to us as it was our first house together. Although there were no tears as we met Mindy and Ewan, picked up the car and closed our bank accounts. So it was off to America for a roadtrip that would take us along route 101 to California, well San Francisco to start with. Stop num...

Today was a bit of a disappointing day - we arrived in Ketchikan and it was pouring it down with rain. This didn't deter Megan and I and we ventured out to see the town. What a move! I think a visit to the hot tub would've been a dryer experience... This was real Alaskan weather. You could hardly see in front of your nose due to the rain. We got to see Creek Street which was actually the highlight and visited an Eagle and Salmon Hatchery and a Totem Heritage cen...

Today we crusied into a place called Glacier Bay - a rare visit for cruise ships and one of the main reasons we chose Holland America (as it is one of two liners that visit). First thing we saw when we entered was 5 brown bears eating the carcass of a dead whale. What a find! This was on a nearby beach so the pictures are not that close, but you could see them with the naked eye swimming to get more food. Anyhow Glacier Bay was a huge Glacier not 100 years a...