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| wildlife on Ice Fields Parkway |
Its our last night of an amazing trip, we've been out and stuffed our faces and now are drinking all the left over beverages and doing the final packing..
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| lost baby - but wasn't there when we returned 8 weeks later!! |
As always the last 9 weeks seem to have flown by, loads of adventures and more stories - some we have recounted on here but there's some that didn't make the final cut so lots more to share. We got off to a bad start, plagued with various illnesses but in the end the good times and highlights are too numerous to detail.
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| Elk in Banff |
It was probably my best ever eclipse experience, and I loved the wildlife especially the bears, elks and bison. Yellowstone was fabulous but so was Craters of the Moon and City of Rocks. It was great to meet up with out friend from Australia and spend some time together drinking grey goose and sharing bad jokes!!!
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| Solar viewing buddies |
I liked the off beat small towns we passed through, giving us a glimpse of a less touristy America and we took the opportunity to sample different experiences in various diners and bars - some good, some hilarious, and some downright terrible!! The ghost towns were intriguing but more interesting were some of the places that really did seem to be ghost towns like Atomic City..... population of 37 but still had a bar and motel!!!
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| quilting bee detail at Eureka Quilt Fest.. |
We experienced massive kindness and friendliness from just about everyone we met which more then made up for the mardy cow on the camping and the rednecks who threw us off their land on Eclipse day.
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| camping facilities... |
The camping was mostly very good, again varied but nearly every spot had its plus points but in the end while Dr Fred loved Toll Mountain because it had rocks and was totally empty (but for us) I loved South Beach because we were right next to the sea and we were able to whale watch for nearly two solid days. We camped for 45 nights in total and they were some of the best nights on the trip - and while Dr Fred was ill some of the worst, I think its probably our last tent experience!! we certainly appreciate the comfort of Beryl the yellow peril!!!
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| sadly due to forest fires we we were low on campfires but did manage a few... |
There's something about budget motels that fascinates me, its so like the movies and there were moments when I felt I was about to be in an episode of Fargo or Breaking Bad. Most of the ones we stayed in were more then adequate although I will always wonder about the purple plastic under the bed....
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| we got lost and found ourselves next to a logging camp, the smell of cut wood was amazing... |
The photos interspersed here are totally random - I've tried not to repeat any from previous posts - I just wanted to give a flavour or our extraordinary trip.
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| Vancouver on a sunny day |
From the huge metropolis of Vancouver, across the awesome Canadian Rockies,
up and down the Ice Fields Parkway, into the vast wilds across Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, and finally up the coast of Oregon and Washington back into alleged civilization of Vancouver.... We drove just over 5400 miles in the totally OTT Mercedes Benz with a pet mouse!!!
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| fish in the river Popo Agio |
Tomorrow we fly home and maybe start planning the next adventure!!!
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