This is just a quick post about our second day in Rapid City, and one of the reasons we chose to stay here was its close proximity to Mount Rushmore, which we were keen to visit, so we spent the first part of the day at this National Memorial site…and it did not disappoint. The main attraction was obviously the presidents faces carved into the rock side, which is located in the Black Hills in South Dakota, and in case…
After 5 days in Yellowstone we were ready to move on again, this time the destination was Billings, Montana, which is a city just under 4 hours drive away. Before we left we decided to head to Running Bear Pancake House for some breakfast. Again, this is a place we’d read about online and got great reviews, therefore it wasn’t a surprise when we had to wait 20 minutes for a table. It was worth it though as the pancakes…
Today we went to Big Sky, which is about an hour drive from Yellowstone. Big Sky is best known for being a popular ski resort, but I’d read about a hike there which is listed on some websites as being in the world’s top 10 list of hikes. As you know we have done our fair share of hiking, so we were keen to put this one to the test. So, we set off in great anticipation and good spirits……
Today we moved on from Victor and travelled to our third national park of the trip…Yellowstone. This is such a vast park that it spans 3 states, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho (although it’s mostly in Wyoming) so I’m not sure we will be seeing it all, but we will do our best over the next 4 days. The route was just over 2 hours so not too bad and after we packed up the car we stopped off at a…
Today (day 5) we moved on from our one night stop over in Rock Springs and moved onto a town called Victor which is where we will be staying for the next 4 nights as we explore our second National Park of the trip…Grand Teton NP. Fortunately unlike yesterday’s drive this one was a mere 3hr 20min, so short in comparison. As we got on the road we had to make one crucial stop before leaving Rock Springs and that…
We are now back in the US for the final part of our trip. We are staying in a small town called Richmond, in Vermont. For those of you following the blog this randomly will be the third time we have stayed in a town called Richmond on this trip, the first one being in Vancouver, and the second one being in Boston. Anyway, it was a fairly long drive from Quebec City, including a rather long queue at the…
We are now in Quebec City, although it feels like we are in France such is the language the majority of people are speaking here – hence the blog post title which I thought I would translate into French for those who know French. It is very much what I imagine walking around the streets of Paris would be like such as cobbled streets, cafes with bright awnings and lots of quirky shops and galleries. Can you recognise what film the…
After we left Halifax in Nova Scotia we headed inland and made our way to Moncton. The reason we chose this town was for its proximity to Kouchibouguac National Park which is about an hour away from Moncton. The drive was fine and the only thing of note was what we saw at one of the gas stations we stopped at, which was a ‘Bark Park’, a designated area for you to take your dogs, which made us think of…
We returned to Canada a few days ago having really enjoyed our time in Maine and NE USA. Our first stop has been in Saint John, New Brunswick, famous for its Moosehead beer. We first sampled Moosehead when we visited Canada 13 years ago whilst on honeymoon and we had not forgotten it. You can buy the lager in the UK (online) but you can’t get their other beers so we were keen to get to the brewery…and we didn’t…
On our first full day in Portland we decided to rent buggies and explore Peaks Island. Unlike the 4×4 off-road vehicle we had in Whistler, these were a lot more leisurely and were in the form of golf carts like you would use on a golf course. Neither of us had ever driven a golf cart before but we figured how hard could it be. We had to take a ferry from Portland to the island, which took about 15…