I finished watching the race when I woke up this morning. It was a long one so I was busting for the bathroom by the time it ended, and I was starving. Hot oats for breakfast, then it was time to put the van back to single mode. It probably took a bit longer to…

Predictably, the multiple alarms that V had set went off from 5:30am till about 8:30am. I explained later that instead of false optimism, she would have been better off having an extra 2 hours of uninterrupted sleep, instead of three hours of the interrupted kind. I got up with the sun, the mountains creating a…

Despite V’s multiple alarms, we had a late start to the morning. I caught up on my blogs while she had a sleep in. We eventually got going around 10am. We both felt terrible with food hangovers from the night/morning before. Neither of us wanted breakfast, we settled for a banana each. V marvelled at…

I may not have shivered last night, but damn it was cold this morning. At -8oC inside the van, it was -10oC outside, it was clear what my lack of insulation gets me! It was the first morning where everything inside the van was frozen – all my water bottles, dishwashing liquid, my wet socks….

Dad asked me recently if I’ve ever had a day during my trip where the weather was so miserable I had to stay in the van. This was probably it. The sun wasn’t even hinting at being up at 7am and the rain was coming down steadily, or maybe snow, I couldn’t tell. When I…

A rainy morning as predicted, but that didn’t sway me. I discovered my tarp set up still needs work as I cooked an omelette for breakfast. The tarp just needs to be a few inches wider. I shall investigate. I couldn’t see any rustling from Christian and Melissa in their van so I head off…

I made it! I’m in Glacier National Park, the northern-most point of my trip and the park is not completely closed, there is plenty to explore, I think I’ll be here a few days at least. Having left camp early to avoid any wroth from the authorities, I was at a Macca’s in Hamilton before…

-8oC this morning. The ground that had squelched under my feet last night now crunched as everything was frozen. I couldn’t see out any of my windows for the frost and crystals that had accumulated on both the outside and the inside. I washed my face, then scraped the windscreen with my Clipper card (San…

Summary of today’s events? I left camp a bit later than normal and drove. At the EBR-1 Atomic Museum, I stopped only to find out it’s closed for the season. At Craters of the Moon National Monument, the excitement of the lady at the visitors centre was out of proportion to the wonder of the…