We awoke early once again but instead of looking forward to doing something active in the beautiful ranges around Bozeman, today we were to start our journey back to London. The last leg of our round the world tour. Sarah and Joe had another guest arrive in the middle of the night. Tim was relocating his family interstate and letting them fly ahead so he could relocate the car and dog. It was nice to finally meet the man responsible for Sarah and Joes Nepal trekking holiday video. Salt Lake city was a days drive away but the price of internal [View Full Entry]

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Our last full day here and the full team was out on the mounatin bike ride today so we hired an additional bike made some lunch and set off. Another beautiful sunny day in Bozeman. This was a one way ride so required 2 cars. Off we headed with boys in one truck and girls in the other. The start of the ride was a winding gravel road so there was a quick decision to be made between laziness and the up hill grind. We had a decent ride ahead of us so we decided on a section of road just [View Full Entry]

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To wake up in the middle of the wilderness by a lake with not a soul around is pretty surreal. We tucked into a hardie breakfast of cranberry and oats. Our morning bath can only be described as refreshing to the extreme as we jumped into the lake of snow melted water. Our plan was to hike out and head back to Bozeman today but none of us could leave the area without one last look around. So we packed up our campsite and hid our packs under a tree before heading further up the valley. It was hard to know [View Full Entry]

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Matt may have lost the battle with the keg and despite Leannes predictions, he somehow managed to make it up for breakfast and throw together what was needed for the next trip away. We were off on an overnight camping trip to the Beartooths but as Leanne had only ever car camped we decided to be more adventurous and hike into a secluded lake for the night. After the wedding reception today may not have been the best choice for a day of hard yakka. So with our packs stocked with only the necessities we loaded them into the truck and [View Full Entry]

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If we thought it was time for a lazy day we were happily mistaken. We got up a little late to find the usual ritual of Sarah and Joe sitting out in the back garden drinking iced coffee, reading the paper or doing university work. Joe had been keen to get us on another one of his favourite local loops, so suggested we load up the truck and head out on a ride through and around Bridger Bowl, the local ski field. Our night was also planned as Sarah and Joes good friends Mark and Amy were recently married and having [View Full Entry]

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It was early to bed so early to rise. We decided to pack up camp and have breakfast on the road. First stop was another geothermal area called Norris and it was nice to be up early beating the crowds. Norris is by far the largest of the geothermal areas in Yellowstone. Walking around the wooden boardwalks we were surrounded by yet more steam, coloured algae, geysers and boiling mud pools. We did not spend long here as we had a big day ahead. We headed off to the magnificent Upper and Lower Falls but first we took a detour and [View Full Entry]

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Yellowstone National Park is not far from Bozeman. Just a short 2 hour drive and you are there but being school holidays and high season, the traffic can be bad so we set off at 8am. We decided to, instead of squashing everything into one day, we would camp overnight and were lucky to book the last campsite at our destination inside the park, Madison. It was a beautiful day and we had a nice drive down to the park at a leisurely pace. At the entrance Leanne donned her sunglasses and passed herself off as Sarah so we could use [View Full Entry]

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The next 2 days we spent in Bozeman the town where you cant get bored. Leanne woke up with a plan to update her CV and maybe think about the prospect of having to work one of these days. But this didnt last long and before we knew it we were out running around Bozeman. Although we have been here a while we hadnt really explored the town. Bozeman has increased in size by 40% in the 7 years since Sarah and Joe moved here. It is interesting to see the old historical part of Bozeman with the lovely old houses [View Full Entry]

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With needing to be back by 8.30am to return the kayaks for the next rental booking, we were up bright and early and back along the slow bumpy dusty road. With kayaks safely unloaded we all felt we deserved a hot coffee and cooked breakfast. Just what we needed after a few super days of high activity. It was a long drive back to Bozeman so with that in mind we kept pushing on. Just like the drive up, it was beautiful and the best way to see Montana. There were a many small rivers and lakes on the drive but [View Full Entry]

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As the women lay in bed, the men got up and went to work. It was now Leannes US birthday and she was seeing how far she could stretch this. Today we were heading back into the park to the very remote shores of Bowman Lake to camp and kayak. So Joe and Matt carefully loaded the 4 sea kayaks onto the roof of the truck and with 4 strong coffees in hand we headed along the long and very bumpy, dusty road to Bowman Lake. We made several stops along the way to check that neither the truck roof or [View Full Entry]

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