Today we are leaving West Yellowstone. Since we cannot drive through Yellowstone nor Teton National Park, we take the route west of the Tetons and for the first time see the mountain range from the…

It is October 1st, which is the start of the new federal fiscal year and as a result of endless political conflicts among Democratic President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled House of…

Due to the lousy weather we decide not to go into the park but instead go north on HWY 191 towards Bozeman, MT. At first the weather seems to improve and we even get some…

After a good nights sleep we are only getting up at 8am! The sky is still covered with thick clouds but it seems a bit warmer. Today we are heading south towards Old Faithful and…

We let Andrej and Andreas sleep until just after 7am. When we open the curtains we see that all the cars have a white blanket of snow and the sky is covered with thick clouds,…

To meet Andrej and Andreas we left Las Cruces yesterday morning. Against all odds we drive the whole 820 miles in one day and stay a few miles south of Salt Lake City in a…

It is mid August, when Pat our landlord asks me if he could come upstairs to talk - I feel that he doesn't want to talk about the weather. Indeed, the sad news is that…

It is a regular Friday morning when we stand on our balcony and talk about our friends in Las Cruces and shortly thereafter decide to visit them. Thirty minutes later we hit the pavement and…

The two weeks with Astrid and Andrej flew by so quickly, we couldn't believe it. We had a very good time with them and enjoyed every minute of it. The weather was in our favor,…