Blogs from United States, North America - page 4772

Sadly it's time to leave and continue our journey on towards Las Vegas today. Loaded the car to the max (thank goodness we got a big one!) and hit the highways again. Tried to locate the Ontario Mills Outlet Mall which should have been on our way but somehow missed it (bugger) and before long we're out in the desolate, barren countryside that is inland California. Drove on a 6 lane plus highway an average of 80 miles per hour all the way - plenty of cops out and about and generally the drivers are good. Tons and tons and tons of trucks on the road, plus we saw a massive long train which was loaded entirely with truck trailers. Had a stop off at Calico Ghost Town - good for a break but expensive and ... read more

We've named our Carver Riviera "Better 2gether" We fueled up at the end of last week, YIKES... With the cost of fuel and the 2-80 gallon tanks, we will be taking our time heading south to conserve fuel. We saw our families and said our good byes over this past weekend. Leona and Dick gave us tomatoes, blue cheese dressing, and homemade cookies, YUMMY. Mom and I went grocery shopping yesterday, purchasing mainly canned foods, that will have a longer shelf life. We are doing final preparation on "Better 2gether". We changed the oil, filled the water tank and cleaned off the spider mess. We've been staying at the Keokuk Yacht Club for a few weeks. It has nice shower facilities, laundry and a quaint bar. The employees of the club and the locals are very ... read more

Passing Through Washington and Oregon The border crossing back into the U.S.A. was pretty non eventful. We just drove across they checked our plates and we were on our way. From the border Seattle was only a short distance away so we headed in parked up the van slightly out of town for a look around. Seattle seems a nice city but from where we parked and the route we walked in we don’t think we saw the best the city has to offer as the neighbourhood was a little rough. However, one we were in the main city and relaxed in a café everything was great. Outside the café we saw one of the funniest things we have ever seen. We heard some Al Green blasting out and turned around expecting to see a car ... read more

Hi there again! Spent a few wonderful days in San Francisco which I am grateful for because it confirmed what I was hoping - that not all of America is like LA and Vegas. San Francisco is very cute - just as I remember it from the opening credits on Full House. All the little apartments on top of each other and the well known cable cars. I walked all over the CBD and harbour area on the first day which was painful because San Franciso is a myriad of hills, very steep hills. The next day I spent with a girl from Germany riding a bike around town, the waterfront and over the Golden Gate Bridge to a little community call Sausilto. Once again, hills. I was completely exhausted but well worth it. While I ... read more

Sunday night was a total bust! Stephen Cochrane one of my favourite artists was back in town for a 2 night stint at the Wildhorse Saloon. He played Saturday night for an hour but of course I was too busy getting kicked out of the Opry and sometimes you just can't be in two places at once. There was mixed information about his Sunday performance. The wildhorse website said that it was a private event yet Stephen himself said he went on at 8:30 and it was a $6 cover charge. We got to the Wildhorse and it was definitely closed I stuck my head in the gift shop and found out that there was some stuffy very formal looking dinner happening for cracker barrel employees. The sales person said we weren't the first ones who ... read more