Well, we used our inginuity to download photos to the web. Greg's inginuity, really, since my work laptop doesn't have the right drivers for my camera (or enough disk space). So Greg wrote up the travel journal and we should be able to post it for friends and family. We drove out of Calgary, AB this morning. Said goodbye to the rockies and hello to big sky / farm country. You wouldn't believe the farmland out here - it stretches for miles. Near Ft. Macleod we saw a large wind farm in the distance and 1 tower up close. They are [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday, we ended up not leaving until late in the day. After purchasing one extension for the trailer hitch, Richard discovered that we needed yet another extension. Arghhhh! Off to Burnaby Hitch for the needed part while Kayla packed the truck. We can't believe everything fit, including way too many clothes. When we finally hit the road, it was about 4:00 pm, but we drove on into the evening and stayed the night at Stemwinder Provincial Park near Hedley, right on the Similkameen River. What a sound to fall asleep to! Today we started off early by Kayla's standards - a [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! This is the first entry of this blogging thing Cass and I want to do to keep in touch with everyone. I'm sure all of you know that we are heading to South Korea to teach English. We both are playing a little waiting game right now to hear from the Korean government about visa issuance numbers. We are heading there through a program called Reach To Teach that has been super healpful with each of our million and one questions. At this stage of the process, RTT has found both of us jobs in the Gyeonggi Province in [View Full Entry]

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Super 8 came out on top again with two queen beds we both had a grand sleep and although late to bed awoke refreshed ready for their Super Start breakfast.I am getting sold on waffles and syrup and might have to buy a machine when we get home...but then I might get to be as big as ........Gretchen won't touch them as she reckons it will ruin all her fitness work !!! Weather was overcast and about 50F or 10C and like being back home in the morning.So we both dressed for the weather and set off with West Yellowstone in [View Full Entry]

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Afetr the worst nights sleep on this trip we got ready for the day with a "homemade"breakfast from the supplies we were carrying and readied to leave the Whisling Swan motel.Well we were late off the road and we thought any port in a storm is better than sleeping in the car or motoring miles more to try and find a motel. We headed off with Helena the states capital in our mind.First was Browning the heart of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.What a desolate place but the locals seemed to be making th best they could.We called intot the Indian Trading [View Full Entry]

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Morning dawned cloudy but with promise of improvement and so it did.Another great breakfast at our motel with biscuits and gravy..mmnnn...not,for those who wanted them.We nicked a few butter packs as they are handy on the road at lunchtime and you can't buy them at WalMart. We headed up MT-93 towards our intended destination of Kalispell with 112 miles to go it was going to be an easy day. Within a couple of miles of the motel and with the road ever climbing in a straight line a sign came up on the roadside that the chain fitting area was ahead.One [View Full Entry]

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A great nights sleep at EconoInn and we were ready for breakfast and a day of scenery that would hopefully be the highlight of this part of the road trip.At breakfast we chatted with a couple from Iowa who were also on a road trip but to Portland.Don't think they really knew where NZ was but never mind we told them how beautiful the country was.In the car park as I was packing the car a Vietnam vet asked me how the car was going and a 15min chat ensued about Kiwis he had served with in 'Nam.Interesting guy who said [View Full Entry]

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The day dawned with a little more cloud than we have seen to date but still plenty of sun around too.Made our own breakfast in the downstairs kitchen and prepared for the day ahead. We planned to get into Montana,the Big Sky country and that meant a 200 mile drive. We continued our way on ID-93 and shortly after leaving Challis came across a wagon and horses being driven by a guy who liked an old time prospector.We then travelled into another gorge with the Salmon River on one side and towering cliffs all around so a photo was in order.As [View Full Entry]

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Woke up to rain. Decided to pick up some groceries. Things are cheaper here than at home. Beauty supplies like shampoo and face creams at Wal-Mart are half of what we pay at home. I stock up! We are passing through another little town in Montana called Joliet. Whoa! Stop! Go back! Charles Ringer Studio and Gallery has metal sculptures like I've never seen before. Gas pump hobos with their wine bottle, warming their hand at the burning barrel. How funny is that! Going through the Beartooth pass, we get as high as 12,000 feet. Lots of switchbacks up the mountain, [View Full Entry]

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A lot has happened since I have returned home, and all within the first month... Last weekend, I headed out for a 25 mile backpacking trip. The first of that caliber since I have lived in Montana. Also, the first time I would have hiked in the Sellway-Bitterroot wilderness. We packed the bags and the dog and headed out. There we were: excited, positive, ready to get the heck outta dodge. We started on the trail, taking the whole entire day to get 8 miles deep into the forest. We took our time beacause we discovered (first out olfactory bulbs tingled [View Full Entry]

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