Adventure! Adventure!

After much debating about how much holiday we had left, whether we could fit any time off around work commitments or if what money we had, we eventually agreed that we didn't care about any of the above and decided to go on an adventure!

Having crossed that hurdle, we then entered into the even more lengthy debate of what to do and where to go to do it. This was a typical Tassy & Ian extravaganza with lists of pro/cons, costs, considerations, baseless assumptions and the like!

Eventually it was whittled down to two options. But which one to choose? A trip from Seattle across Idaho and down to Jellystone and then back across through Nevada and Yosemite to San Francisco; or a round trip from Seattle up into British Columbia to Yoho and Banff, up to Jasper and back down through Vancouver?

The first one was the original favourite, but gradually we came round to the (more expensive!!) option of the Canadian trek - the "Mountie" (see www.trekamerica.co.uk/tours/mo.htm). I think the thing that finally swung it was the included overnight Canoe trip, where we pack all our camping equipment etc. into canoes and paddle down Clearwater Lake to a remote beach where we camp for the night!!

We've also added 3 days in Seattle after the trek so we can do such things as overdose on caffeine whilst sampling the million varieties of coffee and visit the Centre for Wooden Boats (www.cwb.org) where you can hire out beautiful wooden boats by the hour and go sailing on Lake Union!

So it's booked - an 18-day adventure!