We invite you to share with us some experiences of the wild west. With trusty steed and swag we will be sashaying from Minneapolis westward across the Minnesota praries and Dakota plains to the Rockies, slipping down south to the canyons, skipping north east to the Sierras and slopping down the coast to Los Angeles.

Come and join us for the experience. Over 40 days between August 17 and September 25 we are visiting several national parks, taking daily scenic drives and generally meandering through a lot of the 'you must see this before you die' places. We don't expect our tyres will see less than 8000 km of road and our shoes more than 80 km of trails.

I will try and post updates daily but some ambitions have to be shaped by the reality of the moment.