Blogs from United States, North America - page 4790

We are at the end of our time in LA now and Jem has experienced her first hostel! She wasn't a big fan at first but she didn't mind it too much. The first stop was Anaheim and Disneyland which was really nice but very tiring walking round a busy park dodging little (sometimes not so little) kids when our bodies think it is 4am! The motel was pretty nice and very close so had a great time. Next stop was West Hollywood and the Hostel! The entrance looked pretty dire and Jem wanted to go straight to Fiji or another hotel. With no flights available and a price tag of over $200 for anywhere else we stuck here. Luckily the room turned out to be really nice and that was all we were really going ... read more

Friday- Day 90 When I finally awoke about 9am on Friday morning, Murt, Connie's stepmother announced that since this was my last day in Minnesota I should go and have breakfast of doughnuts at a special local place. Connie and Nora wanted to have a last day together and see Connie's own mother, Flo ( who came to visit us at Dolls Point about 4 years ago.) After that we went sightseeing around the district before dropping Rollie off at his golf club . More sightseeing and shopping...lunch and then we all got together to go to the baseball. Minnesota twins versus the Kansas City Royals in the local indoor stadium. Really interesting. About 20 family members there together to sing at half time. But I have to say that despite everything I really prefer cricket ... read more

I'M IVA FROM ITALY AND I START TOMORROW MY FIRST ROUND THE WORLD WITH MY FRIEND MICHAEL. WE START IN LONDON THAN L.A.-FIJI-N.Z.-AUSTRALIA-SINGAPORE-THAILAND-LAOS-CAMBODIA AND RETURN. WE HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WILL GO IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND WE HOPE TO LEAVE IN ITALY AT LEAST HALF OF THE MIKE'S PROBLEMS... HOWEVER A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP IS EVER THE BEST EXPERIENCE IN THE LIFE ! A HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF GROWTH. WE LEFT OUR JOBS AND WE WILL TRAVEL LIKE BACKPAKERS, FOR A CHEAPER TRIP. OK, EVERYTHING IS READY ! GO...!... read more

The trip to Cut Off, Melanie’s version We had the continual breakfast at the motel, then set off on our next adventure! We went from Gretna to Raceland. At Raceland we went south on Louisiana Highway 1. We went south all the way to Grand Isle. Grand Isle is known for its fishing. There we got to see a truck drive into the water with a trailer on it. No the people in it did not drown or get wet; they had a boat on the back of the trailer. As they backed into the water the boat just floated off. On this trip to Cut Off we had a special mission. We drive down to the house. Poppy tells me to go Knock on the door. So I go over to the door and do ... read more

Far out - we’ve been away two weeks already!!!!! Today we’ve decided to tackle the LA Highways again and head to Universal Studios which is approx one hour north in moderate traffic or three hours when it’s busy. Turned out to be a wise decision to go today as the traffic on a Sunday morning wasn’t too bad and we made it without any stops or dramas. At one point we counted 7 lanes per direction and some of the spaghetti junctions are phenomenal!!!! Steve's really getting the hang of this and absolutely loves his car - pity we can't bring one home... Did the guided Studio Tour at Universal first which was really cool. Our tram passed sets from heaps of familiar movies including Jaws, King Kong, Earthquake, War of the Worlds, Psycho, but best ... read more