We slept in a little today, probably due to the massive night last night. We headed for the visitor’s centre for breakfast and to get some souvenirs we wanted. On the way we stopped in the middle of the road because a small herd of buffalo were crossing. It was quite a sight and took a while as well but worth the wait. We shortly arrived at the visitor’s centre and Dave and Marcia went to get breakfast for some of us, the rest of us went looking around the store. I had a good look around and tried some clothes on and bought a warm jumper and a long sleeve top. Went back to Dave and Marcia and they were still waiting for breakfast. When they finally got it they had to queue in another ... read more

We again woke quite early today, most of us with hangovers. We raced the other group to pack up all of our gear (we always won, they were so slow) and headed off to Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park is known for its volcanic activity since it is one giant volcano. It’s also the most actively volcanic place in the world. It wasn’t long before we had a quick photo stop at the entrance of Yellowstone where a big arch welcomed us into the national park. We then had a short drive down the road to a natural hot springs. We had all worn our bathers today so we could enjoy a swim in the hot springs. We took our gear and walked to the stream where there were already a few people swimming around. ... read more

Today we had a few hikes to do around the wonders of Glacier National Park. We got up early, ate breakfast and headed for Glacier National Park to hike. When we arrived there were plenty of people around ready to go hiking and there were also mountain goats roaming around. We started the hike but without Jon. Tour groups weren’t allowed in the National Park unless they were with an official tour guide, so for the duration of the hike we pretended we didn’t know Jon. The hike just went through a massive valley where glaciers once were a very long time ago. We were told to hike until we get to a lake which we did but we could only see it from a distance we were still very high. We took some photos and ... read more

Today was our first completely free day where we could do anything we wanted. We slept in for as long as possible today, it was much needed after last night. Jon went to the store to get some things and made us breakfast. We got ready and Jon gave us a lift into town where most of us needed to use the internet. We had a look around some shops then searched for a decent internet café. When I finally found one I spent most of the day putting photos on DVD’s to free up my camera memory cards. Also spent quite a bit of time on facebook until my DVD’s were finally finished. When Dave and I left we couldn’t work out how to get back to the campsite. We were wandering around not even ... read more

Shortly after we’d gone to sleep, we woke up again, some of us only getting a couple of hours sleep. This morning we were going white water rafting but most of us felt way too hung-over for that but we pushed ourselves to do it anyway. Dave woke Jon up out of the trailer so we could get ready and he was furious. Jon was so angry he told me off for waking him up when I passed him on his way to the bathroom, I didn’t even know he was up. He gave us a small lecture when we were all in the van and told us never to force him up again then drove us to the rafting centre. It was quite calm at this time year so we weren’t expecting anything to extreme. ... read more