Breakfast at Morro Bay was a relaxed affair, looking out over the bay to that huge rock again. However, we didn’t linger as we had an important objective in mind today ( or at least, I did!) We were going to Disneyland! A little stop at Pismo Beach meant Neil…
Spending the night in the centre a major city after spending most of the month in isolated places was a bit of a shock! We had a disturbed night with some very riotous party animals making merry in the street outside our room and then bringing it inside before they…
I slept well… until the garbage truck arrived very early! Sausalito street Breakfast was definitely of the continental variety, just juice, apples, pastries and coffee but it filled the spot and fired us up for our day. Before we checked out we went for another short stroll around the streets…
Two days in one post with this one! Wednesday 16/9/2015 We woke to rain this morning in soggy Red Bluff. The breakfast was good though, I really do love those cinnamon rolls at the Holiday Inn! Our first stop for the day was the small town of Anderson just up…
We woke this morning just in time to catch a pretty sunrise peeking over the crater rim. The shot is not brilliant because we couldn’t remove the flyscreens from our window, but you get the picture. Just before 8.30 we left Rim Village at 0 degrees C (brrr!) and started…
We woke to smoke here… and smoke at home too! The smokey haze was still hanging over the lake this morning when Neil checked his phone. A comment on Facebook from Owen had us scrambling to try to connect to the news websites, not so easy with our dodgy internet…
Ups and Downs and Ups today! Mt Bachelor is popular for skiing in the winter The drive out of Bend this morning was along the river and through the very attractive residential area along the river. I think I could live in Bend ( although I guess I’d need to…
This morning we set off westwards with a long way to go, today would be one of our longer driving days on the trip. The first 40 minutes took us from Boise to Nampa though largely urban scenery as the two cities blend together at the edges. Once we hit…
After an evening spent listening to the herd of elephants in the room above us I’ve decided I need to develop a new strategy on selecting hotel rooms – less emphasis on a pretty view and more on a quiet-room-on-the-top-floor-please! Overlooking theSawtooth Wilderness Fortunately the elephants settled down by 11…
When you travel a lot in the USA there are times when you just have to embrace quirky Americana…. Getting up close and personal with the Big Potato The first stop for today was only 30 minutes drive down the interstate at the town of Blackfoot, Idaho.Blackfoot is the (self-proclaimed)…
Our night sky photography session last night meant we had a later night than usual, but that didn’t stop Neil from jumping out of bed at 6.30 this morning. He had a sunrise on the mountains to capture! I decided that if you can’t beat ‘em you should join them,…
Another long one, 3 days in a row! Sunday, September 6 So 6 years after our first attempt, we finally drove the Beartooth! The sun was shining as we set off down the main street of Red Lodge, or at least, as we detoured around the main street as it’s…
