October 4, 2009 The Bloggers without borders are back in the USA!!! We left our hotel at 7:30am in order to insure a spot on the 10:30 ferry. When we got to the dock at 7:45 there were already people in line. The dock staff told us the crossing had been sold out for 6 days! He assured us we’d get on. The crossing takes about 90 minutes…I sit and read, Bill roams around checking to see if the crew needs any help running the ship…you know, maybe a tip or two on how HE would steer it into the dock!!! After landing in Port Angeles, Washington we took off in search of a town called Forks. If any of you are “Twilight” fans, you know this is the town where some of the movie was ... read more

October 1, 2009 A quiet day that began with a ride to the town of Banff; another beautiful trip with mountain views that left us breathless. The town reminded us of Europe…quaint shops lining streets that sit at the base of mountains that stand like giant sentries…but my goodness how expensive things were. Donna and I had an interesting experience in the grocery store. We were trying to buy a pound of ham to make sandwiches for our lunch on the road tomorrow… (Being frugal) but everything here is in metric and being the ugly Americans that we are…we don’t know what any signs related to size or weight mean. With our first try, we received enough ham to make a sandwich for a mouse… (Could the meat lady not see my size!!)? With the second ... read more

September 29, 2009 From The Bloggers Without Borders!!!!!! “Rocky Mountain High”! After driving all day we arrived at our destination in Banff National Park. The ride from Shelby to the border was about 40 miles. The Canadian border guard looked like a 6 year old with a pony tail but she was a feisty one…not at all funny like our friend from the U.S. border who called us hippies. I don’t know why but as soon as we approach these border crossings, I immediately feel like some sort of criminal…guilty of some infraction. Maybe we ARE carrying weapons or illegal drugs! Maybe we DO intend to commit a crime while we are vacationing here…heck, maybe Whitey Bulger IS in the back of our van (although frankly he’d be hard pressed to fit!). During the ride we ... read more

September 27, 2009 Well we made it to Old Faithful…Here’s what happened. We all hoped and prayed all night that the road to Old Faithful would be open this morning…and it was. This meant that we could get to see her after driving one and a half hours…which we did. On the way, we kept seeing all of these interesting sights but we didn’t stop because our plan was to get to Old Faithful before the road was closed and then have a leisurely ride back, catching all the other areas. We got to Old Faithful just as she went off…what a thrill!!! There was a huge crowd and everyone was amazed! We watched a short film and were about to do some exploring when one of the rangers announced that they had just closed the ... read more

September 25, 2009 Fire! Fire! Fire! Yesterday as we crossed through Teton Pass there was a fire that almost obstructed our view of the Tetons. When we left our cabin in Driggs Idaho today, we were hoping for a better view but the fire had left a haze that continued to hide some of the mountains. We traveled through Teton National Park and saw amazing scenery, stopping for lunch at Jackson Lake…fluffernutters again! We entered Yellowstone at the South entrance…so exciting! The ranger at the gate told us that the bridge we needed to take to get to our final destination for the day, Gardiner Montana, was closed for renovations. We changed our route and as we approached the new road we were to take, there was a big roadblock and rangers were telling people to ... read more