We hit quite a big milestone today: 5000 miles! It certainly doesn’t feel like we have driven that far, despite averaging over 1500 miles a week.

We woke this morning to bright sunshine, which couldn’t have been better after the weather yesterday. As soon as we were ready we headed straight back to Arches national park to see it properly. Our first stop was a 1.6mile round-trip hike to Landscape Arch. This arch is one of the longest in the world and is extremely thin.

The last day of our first month in the USA began with a trip out to the Newfoundland evaporation basin, otherwise known as the Bonneville Salt Flats. The flats are around 100 miles west of Salt Lake City, and there is only one road in that direction; the I80 interstate.

Today was mainly a travelling day, with our last stop in Wyoming and our second unanticipated night in Idaho. After setting off from our ski cabin we headed back over the mountain pass to Jackson so we could see the town properly. On the way we drove past a cattle train, which consisted of probably around 1,000 cows being escorted up the highway by a bunch of cowboys (and girls) on horses.

Today was our first of two in Yellowstone National Park. We decided to get the northern areas visited, since tomorrow we will be exiting the park from the south to get to our next destination. The roads in the park are more or less in a figure-of-eight shape, so we covered the top of the eight.

Today was our last day in South Dakota and we set off from Rapid City in the morning on our journey to Sheridan, Wyoming. The main stop on the drive was Devil’s Tower, which is a short way across the South Dakota/Wyoming border. I had read that Wyoming is the least populated state, but I hadn’t realised it would be so noticeable.

Our day started extra early since we woke up at 6.15am to watch the sun rise over the national park. This was a great site since the sky was completely clear, but we immediately went back to bed after it had risen!