Hello Sinners! It has been a while since we have done a blog as Fiona and I have been enjoying spending time at home. As you may recall we enjoyed our times at the intentional communities we visited in the States and we wanted to try one closer to home. So last week we headed off to Bradwell in Essex. Noted for being by the sea and by a nuclear power station! This has meant that although there is some lovely scenery there is not much development, as for some reason people don't want to live nearby? So off we went [View Full Entry]

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Hi Y'all This is it, our final travel blog! On the bus to catch the Greyhound from Seattle to Canada we came across some young girls from London who were attempting the reversal of what we were doing (West to East Coast) in a shorter time. So we passed on our bountiful travel knowledge to them and wished them luck. Crossing the border to Canada was a much more pleasant experience than when we first arrived in Boston all those months ago. We chatted and joked with the border officer whose main concern was that we had only given Canada a [View Full Entry]

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Hi folks. As you'll recall, our last blog ended with us leaving the Audubon nature reserve in central California and driving back down south to Palm Springs, about 90 miles east of LA. And so it was we drove the same roads we had previously driven a couple of weeks earlier, when Nic was in tow, heading back towards Lake Arrowhead and the dreaded fog! However, this time we reached our destination without a hitch - swingin' Palm Springs, home of the original Rat Pack and where Marilyn, Elvis and Liberace all had swanky homes. The reason for this jaunt was [View Full Entry]

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Hi All. Here goes another long one. You have been warned! As you approach Las Vegas you can almost smell the sin in the air - not for nothing is this place known for extreme enjoyment and shattered dreams. You see the giant hotel blocks rising out of the desert valley as you make your way down from the mountains that surround this oasis of sin. Picking up our visiting traveler (F's friend Nicola from back home) we drove from the airport onto The Strip. These are the iconic hotels that you hear about in Vegas, Luxor, New York-New York, Ceasar's [View Full Entry]

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Boy have we seen a lot of rocks lately - big ones, tall ones, deep ones, hard ones, soft ones, multi-coloured ones, ones with holes in them and even ones shaped like arches. Yes folks, we have visited some of America's most famous and amazing National Parks in the Southwest and covered many miles in the process, doing a huge loop through Utah, Arizona and New Mexico before returning to Arizona. But it has been a true adventure in the heart of the American wilderness and so acutely 'wild west' country that I really have the urge to get me some [View Full Entry]

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F - Howdy all, hope you're coping and surviving with the snow and floods back home, sounds like a blast! M - It was a shame to leave Austin and Fiona's family. They were so nice to us that we wished we could have stayed longer, so thank you again Mark, Peter, Laura and co for a great time. But we couldn't leave Texas without one last great memory - a run in with the local constabulary. Yes ladies and gentlemen she had to do it. Not content with travelling at the speed limit of 80 mph, F was doing considerably [View Full Entry]

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Hello Sinners! We thought we'd wait a while before we updated you on our adventure as we don't want you to get bored reading about what we've been up to. We're now in Austin, Texas, staying with some of Fiona's family. It has been good just to chill out for a bit before we drive Go West. Anyway, F left her last mammoth installment at New Orleans. To say we didn't know what to expect when we arrived in New Orleans is a bit of an understatement. As we were making our way there and told people where we were heading [View Full Entry]

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I started this post just over a week ago when we were still in Mississippi but only had the chance to finish and publish it now that we're in Austin, Texas. Howdy ya'll, it's been a while since our last post because we have been busy exploring Florida and cruising from one state to the next taking in civil rights, civil wars and several chain motels! M has done lots and lots of driving (and moaning about doing so - F. Like she never does! - M) and to make you all feel better, it's colder now that we've left south [View Full Entry]

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Happy New Year! Here's to 2009. Have you been keeping your resolutions? No, thought not. Anyway we just wanted to wish you good luck for 2009 and make the most of the free internet before we leave Miami tomorrow. NYE was pretty cool here. We headed out for a late meal and tried to figure out which club to go to (most starting at $200 a head). In the end we decided to make the most of being in a warmer climate and so we decided to hit the beach. We went down towards Ocean Drive and it was packed with [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody. I hope you've all got over your Christmas hangovers and gut aches and are ready for another dose tomorrow night! Well what with travelling, time issues and blank spots we've kind of skipped over, forgotten a few things that have happened to us. We had such a good time in Koinonia that it was really sad to leave. On our last day we had a great meal, with good company. We all brought small presents along and stood in a circle. Then one of the leaders told a story which included many lefts and rights, and we passed the [View Full Entry]

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