6 Sept 65 : Beauty and bears : Yosemite National Park, California

'There is a fabulous crystal clear river which starts high in the mountains, and our campsite is quite near to the edge...'

3 Sept 65 : Soon we’ll be sailors : San Francisco, California

'It was all settled, with one provision, that the Captain had to approve of us, and as the ship was in San Francisco docks we were asked to go on board and see the captain...

22 Aug 65 : Zion, hail and Vegas : Barstow, California

'What must be the most Godforsaken place in the world - Nevada... absolute nothing, parched, dry, hot and horrible.'

16 August 65 : Mormon marriage and changing plans : Salt Lake City, Utah

'We met another couple of world travellers... they told us something which has caused us to change all our plans rather dramatically.'

10 August 65 : Garden of the Gods : Colorado Springs, Colorado

'Sparkling mountain streams and waterfalls (we stopped to cool our feet) and rocky, snow capped peaks, pine trees and all sorts of animals...'

9 August 65 : Entering cowboy country : Kansas, USA

'We passed through prairie country where the cowboys still ride the range... It's so uncommon to see a car in some of these places that they all wave and say "Hi."'

13 July 65 : They make it hard to leave America! : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"The things one has to do to leave this country are fantastic, and it's doubly complicated when they hear that I am leaving the country twice in a short space of time..."