Around the World 2008...

Great Falls, Montana - Where the Lewis and Clark expedition had a major
headache and some very small Casino's

The Missouri river has 5 falls in this area and the Lewis and Clark expedition
(google it) had to drag their boats around them.

http://www.lewis-clark.org/

It took them 2 years to cross the continent with some help from the natives only
to find that there was no water route across the country, a monumental
achievement and then they had to go back.

Old Faithful - the main reason for my visit to Yellowstone

The Old Faithful area is a village in itself with its own Post Office,
huge car parks and millions of people.

Old Faithful erupts every 40 to 126 minutes
(give or take 8 hours, Park Ranger Joke)

This is what I saw when I arrived, scroll sideways

Yellowstone is a big volcano, it has erupted three times in the past.
2 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago and 640,000 years ago and
it might erupt again tomorrow.

This being the 4th of July long weekend everything around Yellowstone
was booked and I had to stay in Bozeman about 130k's away.

Great Falls to Bozeman, rained most of the way but was not cold, easy ride
through the backroads.

War of the Worlds except this time the Aliens and the Viruses killed the Natives.

Lots of early American History in this region, some good, some not so good.

Bozeman to Moorcroft

In 3D

Chicago - Big Steel City
Definitely a BIG city, steel canyons with every tall building trying to look different,
clean, organized and impersonal.

Valentine to Cedar Falls
Flat and boring, many small towns flying the flag

In 3D

Toronto or Trono as the locals say, Niagara Falls lots of water and Ann Arbor
University Town. Time to catch up with Family and Friends.

Rode from Chicago to Toronto via Port Huron, uneventful border crossing, got
stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway for 2 hours just out of Toronto, very warm.

Chicago to Toronto

I stayed with my Uncle and Aunt here, they made me very welcome, thank you
for your hospitality.

New York, New York

I rode from Ann Arbor to New York using back roads through Ohio,
Pennsylavania and New Jersey stopping over at Ebensberg for a night.

I stayed with a friend who made me very welcome, thank you
for your Hospitality

Ann Arbor to New York

Philadelphia - Birthplace of the US of A
New York, my second favourite city after San Francisco

The famous Times Square MacDonalds

This used to be the Garment district recently relocated to Shanghai

Amish Country

After New York I needed a rest

After 2 weeks in New York I needed a rest so I rode to Lancaster and stayed just
out of the town in Ronks among the Amish farms for a week. Very peaceful.

New York to Lancaster

In 3D

Monuments, Memorials and MuseumsMonuments, Memorials and MuseumsFrom Lancaster it was a short ride to Washington, I took the back roads through
some very pretty farms and small country towns, the Amish inhabit quite a large
area.

Lancaster o Washington

In 3D

More of Washington

The Smithsonian is a collection of Museums housed in seperate buildings.

This is the one that explains how it all started.

Rockets at the Air and Space Museum

Louisville = Kentucky Derby
Detroit = Stay home after darkAfter 2 weeks in Washington I rode to Louisville using backroads, good ride,
stopped at Huntington for the night and from there it was a short ride to Louisville.

Washington to Huntington

In 3D

I left Perth on 22nd May 2009 for 2 weeks in Hong Kong and then on to Ann Arbor, Michigan where I bought a Suzuki DL650 Vstrom. My blog continues here https://chrisdesmond.org/

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