Our bus journey down to Seattle was interesting! It took a few hours longer than expected but it was comfortable enough. We were dropped off in downtown Seattle and had to make our way to our hostel. We chose to take the public buses because they are much cheaper but it made it interesting when carrying all of our belongings - especially with Sam on her crutches! Luckily it was only two blocks to the bus stop and not far when we got off the bus. We even got the r...

As we re-traced our steps back through the rockies we decided that after 13 out of the previous 14 nights were spent in a tent, we deserved a break. We arrived in Golden, just west of the B.C/Alberta border, found the cheapest motel ($80pn) and booked for 3 nights! It was a much needed rest in a proper bed although Sam didn't mind so much because she had Becks' old inflatable li-lo to help her through the nights! For us 'mobility limited' people there isn't mu...

Our next stop in the rockies is Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Getting there involved an amazing drive south through the mountains on the icefields parkway - so named because of the glaciers around. We visited the columbia icefields centre and had a distant look at the athabasca glacier. You can take a guided hike on this one or even a snow bus tour! We did neither, partly because of Sams ankle and partly because you couldn't possibly beat the heli-hike in N...

We picked up our car from Seattle Airport, loaded up and drove into our 11th country in the space of 11 months. The Canadian border was only 2 hours from Seattle and we really didn't have much of an idea of where to go! This is probably our least researched country maybe because its our last! A visit to the information centre got us on our way and we had a rough route planned. Deciding to bypass Vancouver for now we drove up the coast as far as a little town cal...

Our next intended location after Yellowstone is Portland, Oregan - back on the pacific coast. Only, it takes three days to drive there! On the first day we drive to Boise, Idaho and on the way we have a look around Craters of the Moon N.P. It's a dormant volcanic region and it certainly feels like you're on another planet! We had a short visit, long enough to have a short walk & drive around then continued on to Boise (pronounced boy-see). The second day of ...