Author Archives: Barry

After breakfast, our last motel waffle for a while, we headed out to the truck in 22C temperatures…. beautiful. I must admit to having been somewhat apprehensive about heading out to the trailer after it had been left in the … Continue reading →

Headed out this morning for the final long haul into California. The weather was cool, but high cloud and dry. Nothing different from previous days as far as driving and scenery were concerned. We hit our first “major” city, in … Continue reading →

A couple of planning errors came to light yesterday, I am glad to say I can’t take all the credit for them! Last nights motel was near the Salt Lake City airport in a high tech area with a few … Continue reading →

A sub-zero start to the day! We left Casper WY heading towards Salt Lake City UT. The first 120 miles were on the back roads (with a 70MPH limit and no traffic!). Again there was very little in the way of … Continue reading →

After yesterdays high of 5°C, it was a shock to walk out to the truck at 0°C in the snow this morning! When we awoke the visibility was poor with snow, this did not bode well for seeing Mt. Rushmore. … Continue reading →

After yesterdays high of 24°C, it was a shock to walk out to the truck at 5°C. It was a damp misty morning with nothing to look forward too other than 500 miles of interstate. The weather did clear for … Continue reading →

No great rush to get going today as the place that Lyn wanted to go did not open until 10AM. The place in question was a store called “Nancy’s Notions”, which is run by a person who has her own … Continue reading →

Nothing very exciting today, we headed out after breakfast on a cool and wet morning. We followed the north shore of Lake Michigan heading west before turning south west and heading into Wisconsin (a new State for us), and the … Continue reading →