Author Archives: Barry

Before I get onto today’s trip, a couple of pictures from outside our hotel last night. All I can tell you is the car was in great condition, it was a Chevrolet and had 1935 Oregon plates. Any further identification?? … Continue reading →

Another sunny morning and warm temperatures. Today was another scenic tour day, this time with a couple of walks thrown in. There was one walk we chickened out of, 1.3 miles in each direction with a 1300 ft vertical rise. … Continue reading →

It’s still the weekend, so another relaxing day. After breakfast (which finished at the unearthly hour of 0900) we headed out for a scenic drive through the mountains to our destination Nephi, UT. We made a pit stop for coffee … Continue reading →

It’s the weekend, so a relaxing day today! After breakfast we headed out to Hill Air Force Base just outside Salt Lake City. They have a museum  there, and today was “open aircraft day”. What’s more the price was right … Continue reading →

Well we got two out of three from the title today, the third comes tomorrow. We woke up this morning and thought that the world had come to end —– there was blue sky with a large yellow orb! After … Continue reading →

Well last nights storms weren’t tornado producers, but they did unleash plenty of rain. Some parts of South Dakota got over 8 inches (20cm) overnight. This morning it had cleared where we were, but the temperatures had dropped. After breakfast … Continue reading →

Usually I am stuck for titles but today I have two! The second refers to last nights weather; we had storms throughout the night with some good lightning shows, but it appears that these storms intensified as they headed east … Continue reading →

Well, despite the pies that were forced upon us last night an excellent nights sleep was had. In fact if you allow for the fact we crossed into the central time zone we slept til 0945 body tine, 0845 local. … Continue reading →

This year there is no exotic overseas travel for us, we thought we’d take a holiday from all the planning!! Instead we are driving out west in the US to visit some of the sights we missed when we were … Continue reading →

Due to an enormous brain fart the first entry may occur tomorrow.