Before I start today's blog I need to go over late last night and the early hours of this morning. While using the internet after dinner a young woman travelling alone stopped in about 11pm to buy petrol. She only had cash and the pumps only work on credit card. Dave couldn't help her, she looked somewhat distressed as the fuel options at the best of times are thin on the ground through here let alone at that hour. I helped her out, using my card and taking her ...

Another crisp sunny day greeted us this morning. We slept well in our room with its huge gas heater gently kicking in and out through the night. The road is mainly pine forest as far as you can see with the northern snow capped Rockies an ever present backdrop. As soon as we left the town behind us there was snow on the ground despite it being a balmy 9C. We stopped to top up the esky, much of yesterday's snow "ice" was still there keeping much better than the...