FINALLY finished adding all the Horse Drive/Rockies trip from 2008. Check it out: Sept-Oct 2008.
rockies
We were out by 7am on Friday 17th Oct, returned the car, and picked up Dad’s boots and phone charger. I was then relaxed enough to have breakfast. We had a bit of a nutty pilot who came out with some choice phrases. And the flight staff were kinda similar. […]
Leaving Salt Lake City. Hello Manchester.
Had a delicious breakfast in The Bunnery. We then wandered around Jackson trying to find places that were real Western shops instead of tourist places. Gave up after much browsing through tat, and went to the Corralwear outlet store instead. It was a long drive back to Salt Lake City, […]
Jackson to Salt Lake City
Cody is a proper Western cowboy town. Just what I imagined the whole trip to be like. We stopped at the Custom Cowboy Shop where I got a hat and Dad got some chaps. They have to be altered so are being mailed on, and they also need my credit […]
Cody – Yellowstone – Grand Teton – Jackson
I finally got through to the bank. They thought my details had been copied and so cancelled my credit card. Thankfully I still have my debit card. We went to Kellem’s Saddlery before leaving town and I got some awesome spurs. The on to Yellowstone. We saw the hot springs, […]
Gardiner – Yellowstone – Cody
The houses and mountains looked very pretty in the snow. First we visited the Museum of the Rockies, which had loads of interesting exhibits and stuff on dinosaurs. We parked in downtown Bozeman, had lunch in Wild Joe’s cafe and did some shopping. We left around 4pm. It didn’t take […]
Bozeman to Gardiner
2 It’s Sunday. Most places are closed, but we found the Book Exchange was open and had a look around. We had breakfast and then drove on to Bozeman. The first snow of the season was today. The drive to Bozeman was a bit scary because the roads were covered in […]
Missoula to Bozeman
This morning Iona took us for brunch with Catrin and Brad at their house. We found out that Ben and Tyler are in university in Boise and Moscow, so we could well have passed them on the street and not even known! JJ stayed in bed almost the entire time […]
Post Falls to Missoula
After breakfast, Iona took us on a quick drive around Post Falls and Twin Falls, where she teaches tennis. We visited the falls the town is named after, but there wasn’t much water because of the time of year. We had a coffee and then drove over to Coeur d’Alene […]
Family Day
After having breakfast and checking out, I checked emails and then we found a nice coffee shop. We drove over to the Appaloosa Museum before leaving town. It was really interesting, with stuff about the horse breed and also the Native Americans. We drove on to Coeur d’Alene, getting lunch […]
Moscow to Post Falls
We had breakfast at the motel restaurant – far too many pancakes. We drove back to Grangeville and looked around Ray Holes Saddlery. On our way back we stopped at Dog Bark Park, and ended up chatting to Dennis and Frances for about 3 hours! We drove to Lapwai, stopping […]
Cottonwood – Grangeville – Lapwai – Nez Perce – Moscow
(Toilet wall graffiti in Riggins) Today was beautiful but a little overcast. We wandered around McCall, stopping for coffee and checking emails. The bank have now closed my internet banking, so the stress is back on! We went to Ponderosa State Park before leaving, seeing 5 deer and great views […]
“Life is Hell. Death is Heaven.” “Life is what you make it. Live it up!”
We saw the mechanic. He told us to call Avis roadside assistance. We had the options of driving back to Boise and picking up a new car (no thank you), or waiting around for them to deliver a car from their nearest garage. We had breakfast and killed time in […]
Stanley to McCall
We had a fun morning of doing laundry and important stuff like checking email and looking around The Record Exchange. Bought a couple of albums to play on the long drives. We drove to Idaho City, where we had lunch in a friendly little diner on the roadside. Idaho City […]
Boise – Idaho City – Stanley
We had our last breakfast together this morning and said our goodbyes. I felt myself welling up a bit – amazing how close you can get to people in a week! M was leaving the airport a little before us, so me and Dad had some food with her. We […]