We slept late and had a lazy morning not setting off til 11am. First stop was at Mammoth Springs for the long walk around the boardwalks surrounding the geothermal terraces. There are some terrific geysers and bubbling pools. Much of it has been inactive for many years but there were some pretty pink and white terraces where the now extinct ones were. There are lots of trees that had been caught by the flow decades ago but still stand where they grew and died.,...

An early start was delayed when we were accosted by the biker from the next room. He wanted to share his love of Wyoming, his home state with heaps of info on where we are headed, tips on where we should then go etc Turns out he's a bit of an expert on the more obscure highways and byways. Nice guy but he did hold us up for nearly an hour lol We set off for a couple of national parks, The Grand Tetons & Yellowstone. We passed a lot of horse properties, frequ...

Time to hit the road again, heading north, first stop tonight is Riverton Wyoming. Leaving Denver Betty took us through a less than impressive part of town and yes, I know all cities have them :-( there were a number of shelters just letting the homeless out onto the streets. Only one seemed a total crazy standing in the middle of the road going off, haranguing passing motorists & the world in general. We had previously noted that the homeless here were gen...

Final day of MACNA, Pete headed off at start time & I lounged around. I did a bit of shopping, only bought the one top but checked out a lot of shops. Made some lunch and took it over to the convention centre. Finally got around to putting all the raffle tickets from my gambling wins the other night into the various prize boxes. We made the big decision and bought tickets to next years MACNA in DC. We did a spin round the exhibitions and picked up a few b...

Another day that the alarm went off and getting up was tough. Pete went to the early lecture and I decided to be lazy and stay in bed. After just one talk Pete was back so we went for a walk. Denver has some similarities to Christchurch, lots of green open spaces with art; sculptures, murals & around the convention centre massive mosaics depicting the cities history. At the front entrance to the convention centre is a giant blue bear peering in through the g...