07.09.2014 Day 14: A day in Seattle What a pretty city Seattle is! It doesn't beat Boulder Colorado, but it is gorgeous nestled around the sea with boats and children and lots and lots of dogs. Something we really noticed was American's love affairs with dogs. Just about every hotel caters for you staying with your dog, and everyone seems to have a dog. People take their dogs into shops with them, and on public transport. No one bats an eye. Not that Ken a...

05.09.2014 Day 13: Bozeman to Spokane A day not worthy of much to say considering how we were both very tired. But towards the end we perked up with some interesting sights. One was the city of Butte spread across a hillside, but even more lovely was the beautiful town of Coeur D'Alene. Sitting on a twinkling lake this pretty town charmed us totally, and we tossed up staying the night. But with plans in the morning to get into Tacoma (Seattle)at a decent tim...

04.09.2014 Day 12: Yellowstone National Park. (On the hunt for Yogi Bear and BoBo) What a huge day it was yesterday. We started with a stop in the town of Jackson to get some old photos taken. Hmmm check the photos to see what I mean. Talk about laugh.. we did. This was the day we planned to drive from south to north through Wyoming up through the Grand Teton Park, into Yellowstone National Park and up to Bozeman Montana. We decided to make it a short drive ...

03.09.2014 Day 12: Driving to Jackson Wyoming. I have realised I haven't told you about our rental cars. We hired one in Jacksonville and they upgraded us. We LOVED it. A blue Ford Focus, titanium edition. It had more bells and whistles than I have ever experienced in a car. No key, push button start. A reversing mirror. Places to plug in and use while recharging, the GPS, my cell phone, ken's cell phone and play music on an extremely great sound system. ...

02.09.2014 Day 11: Estes Park to Steamboat Springs It was tough getting up this day. We were both feeling quite exhausted and decided just to take it easy in our travels. Breakfast at an extremely nice place called "Eggs and I". Something I realised is that this high rocky part of the country is simply awash with gemstones and crystals. There were shops everywhere. Huge barrels holding large lumps of crystals, I couldn't even lift. So we stopped at a few sh...