Show all days on one page (a long download!) Day 1
:From Lovedean to Columbus Nebraska in 22 hours!
(Tuesday 23rd July 2013
) Day 2
:Following the The Sandhills scenic route to Mullen..
(Wednesday 24th July 2013
) Day 3
:Tanking up the Middle Loup..and an Elks penis!
(Thursday 25th July 2013
) Day 4
:Taking the Oregon Trail with prairie dogs, Simples!
(Friday 26th July 2013
) Day 5
:Wind caves & a drive through Bison country.
(Saturday 27th July 2013
) Day 6
:4 years of Marriage..with Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickock
(Sunday 28th July 2013
) Day 7
:Bear Country USA to the Badlands..
(Monday 29th July 2013
)
Day 8
: Across the prairies to Bismarck ..
Tuesday 30th July 2013
We made an early start, & left our Badlands budget host , Our 50+ yr old inn keeper , his Mum & dad, Bid us a fond farewell..The toilet having withstood Hollies usage & a jolly good plunging by Mein Host (Snr)
Stopping for fuel . we declined a coneful of North Dakotas favorite flavour.
Lunch..A very nice burger at the worlds most remote " Dairy Queen ", in Butte which is in the middle of a Sioux Reservation.
We paid our $5 arrived at Fort Lincoln ( another National Park)
We narrowly avoided the compulsory Ranger tour, & opted to explore the reconstructed Indian village ourselves.
Hollie visited the drying racks, where the squaw would dry vegetables & meat, to see the villagers through the winter.
Some of the dwellings had lit exhibits inside.
Hollie does a remarkable impression of Grandpop Marriott in the visitors centre.
Bismarck is the biggest city we've seen all day..We checked into the expressway Inn, relaxed in our room & headed to the China Garden Restaurant for a very nice evening meal.
No sign of those plague ridden meer cat/prairie dogs today , thank goodness!
Goodnight faithful reader & thank you for your comments..Some of them even make sense... Good of you to join us Dawn!! xx
Suitcase update , Ians suitcase is currently enjoying a great Vindaloo in Bangladesh & Should be in Aberdeen by tomorrow teatime.
Comments:
"I would give up on the suitcase and buy Ian some new undies, he might be getting a bit sore if he's wearing similar to those in his lovely photo!!! Marmite says he misses you, I think that's what he's saying anyway, keeps 'woofing' something at me, so thought I'd share!! We miss you too, xxx" - Jo
"Oh oh please may I have a prairie dog? Maybe one without plague please please please, and only if there is enough room when you get me the mounty!" - Sharron
Day 9
:Fracking Hell in Wiliston.
(Wednesday 31st July 2013
) Day 10
:Into Canada without a hitch & a night in Moose Jaw.
(Thursday 1st August 2013
) Day 11
:Moose Jaw to North Battleford and thats about it!
(Friday 2nd August 2013
) Day 12
:Plenty of Moo's but No Moose.
(Saturday 3rd August 2013
) Day 13
:Cabin in the woods ..
(Sunday 4th August 2013
) Day 14
:Doggy day & Rafting through the Rockies.
(Monday 5th August 2013
) Day 15
:Tramway to Heaven & The Athabasca falls.
(Tuesday 6th August 2013
) Day 16
:Bear discovered on Mount Edith.
(Wednesday 7th August 2013
) Day 17
:The Ice fields & a beary good day..
(Thursday 8th August 2013
) Day 18
:Kicking Ass on the Kicking horse..
(Friday 9th August 2013
) Day 19
:Whistlers on the Kettle railroad.
(Saturday 10th August 2013
) Day 20
:Dusty Trails..
(Sunday 11th August 2013
) Day 21
:Last day ..Canada & Back to good old USA.
(Monday 12th August 2013
) Day 22
:Sad times.. Seattle to Uk via Vancouver .
(Tuesday 13th August 2013
)
