From Gillette – it was really just foot down and cover the miles with Alice taking some of the driving.  We had one last overnight in Butte, MT, and a very nice steak, then continuing on I-90 and finally getting back to Seattle. As Alice was driving I was on ‘photograph the state sign’ duty […]

With the trip shorted by the broken engine we had to drop the Duluth stage, as I’d mentioned earlier – and also we had to cut out Yellowstone and Grand Teton.  But on Memorial Day we made sure that we had a shorter day’s drive so that we could take in Badlands National Park, Mt […]

With the car fixed by Friday and sporting a reconditioned engine we were headed back to the US – but with a more demanding schedule as I had to get back to work – and Alice had a flight to catch.  We had to cut out a portion of the trip going North of Lakes […]

When Alice agreed to come on the 2nd part of the road trip she asked if Niagara Falls was an option – but as our path should have taken us from Montreal across to Duluth that wasn’t really en-route.  But with a couple of days to spare we hired a car and headed to Toronto […]

After Quebec City the plan was to drive to Montreal – Diane would then catch a plane back to Seattle, Alice would fly in from the UK and join me for the 2nd part of the road trip – Montreal to Seattle.  It didn’t quite work out as planned.  Half-way to Montreal the car died.  […]