Last year after our travels in the USA a number of people asked me about various costs we had encountered. So this year I have decided to make a specific blog post to give any other prospective travellers an idea of what to expect. Perhaps you have thought about touring the USA at some stage - if so I hope this is helpful. We are happy to answer any specific questions someone might have. We have bought our car which is a Chev Trail Blazer from our son. We have al...

Our journey from Gillette, Wyoming took us westward initially to Sheridan which is known as the King of Cowboys. It is interesting that each town seems to call themselves the King of something. As we wanted to continue westward we did not linger other than to have a wander through the Main Street in and out of some if the cowboy shops. Were we tempted to outfit ourselves with cowboy boots and hats - no! Onward to Cody which is another Wild West town. We followed ...

After a week in the mountains it was time for us to move on. It is amazing how much of Montana we have now driven. Montana is the fourth largest state in the USA after Alaska, Texas and California. Our route took us back through Browning which is the town on the Blackfeet Tribe Indian Reservation. It is possible to know you are entering a reservation before it is signposted or checked on the map. Sadly the standard of the homes deteriorate, more often than not th...

This national park is very popular and ranks alongside Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. There are thirteen camping grounds within the park, in addition to many primitive camp sites on trails high in the mountains, and a number of privately owned in each of the small settlements outside the park entrances. We were fortunate that we had prebooked our reservation back in February as the park camps were all fully booked. Like all national parks we have pre...

Monday, 4 July was Independence Day here in the USA and a public holiday. The camping ground had been quite full of campers getting away for one of the rare long week-ends. We were surprised that the camping ground in Minneapolis did not provide any special activities as had been the case last year when we camped over the same week-end in Waynesboro before travelling into Shenadoah National Park in Virginia. We set off and continued our journey across the Great P...