Blogs from United States, North America - page 5611

THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE SOUTHWEST AND THE ARIZONA AND UTAH CANYONS On the 28th of September we farewelled the Grand Canyon and headed south to Flagstaff - a university town popular for skiing and the train crossroad town for Arizona on Route 66, where a train goes through about every 15 minutes, some being hauling 140 double levelled containers. We spent the weekend here getting topped up on our groceries and awaiting Corrie’s dentist appointment on the Monday morning to get the cap put back on that fell off just before Tracey’s wedding. During the weekend we visited Wupatki and Walnut Canyons and the Sunset Volcano crater. We also hiked the Elden and Buffalo mountains, enjoyed some time in the old historic part of Flagstaff and bought ourselves some NZ Merino wool Icebreaker tops and a ... read more

FROM “THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK” to “THE BIG AMERICAN ADVENTURE” “AND ALL THAT JAZZ” Well - hi there you all and a big gidday to all our great friends and wonderful family. Sorry there has been such along time between drinks, but when you get through reading these next few chapters of what The Bald and Blonde have been getting up to you will no doubt understand the delay. In short we’ve just been plain ol busy, having a damn good time in The wonderful US of A. Yes on the 18th August we departed Aus and after a 13-hour Qantas movie marathon, (best one being, “Fracture”, with Anthony Hopkins). Next day or the same date, we arrived across the other side of the world to LAX International airport. Checked in our Airport hotel, had a shower ... read more

Obfuscator writes: Day 48 was largely another driving day. We started out in Worthington, and really didn't stop until we got to Spring Valley, MN. We stopped there for lunch, and to take a look around a bit, since our family friend C hails from there. Spring Valley is a nice little town, and we ran into a lady who runs the historical society right on the main street, so she was helpful in directing us to the points of interest. She also told us that the place to eat lunch was Homestyle Pizza. We took her advice, and indeed, they had a very tasty buffet lunch that included good pizza, potato soup, and salad bar. The town also has a very pretty old Methodist Church that now houses the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, since she ... read more

Avec notre bougeotte habituelle, nous avons passé le week-end dernier en Floride. A environ 6h30 de route de chez nous se trouve le Panhandle (partie de la Floride où les plages sont situées sur le golfe du Mexique). Sous les conseils des américains, nous avons logé à Destin (le Coxyde d'ici qui ne se trouve pas dans nos guides touristiques). Au programme, farniente sur la playa et promenades dans les petites rues de Seaside (autre station balnéaire récente, année 90).... read more

Sandra and I have had an eventful couple days and spent some time in numerous cities. While flying out to Sacramento we were only supposed to have a 2 hour layover in Chicago. However, we made a spur of the moment decision and took a voluntary bump and spend the night in Chicago. In return we received a free round trip ticket to use at any time with no blackout dates. The airline also put us up at the Hyatt Regency for the night in the executive wing and booked us on a 9am flight out of Chicago the next morning with an estimated arrival time into Sacramento at noon. We didn’t do much in Chicago but sleep, but it was a very comfortable sleep. The next morning we were off to Sacramento, oh another good ... read more