Tarryn and Bryce

From St. Louis we ended up in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois, where there was a little bit of sunshine in sight and luckily our GPS took us straight to our hosts for the next two nights. Chicago is pretty large in size, and traffic that is to definitely be avoided...bad drivers everywhere. There didn't seem too much to do in Chicago though, ironically enough, there were a few museums, theater, the great lake and finally the most delicious restaurants! We'd probably rate it the best city to eat in so far, full of options for every taste. We went to the Chicago Diner, and they had the best burgers ever and the greatest milkshakes in the world- the cookies and cream is a must! Our CS hosts were Danelle and Judy, and they made ... read more

Driving into the home of country roots and bars late at night from Memphis was something else, and pretty exciting to be there, although there aren't as many "rednecks" as the movies in Hollywood would let you think and so far we haven't really come across any of the sort. People are super friendly down south and I could sit forever listening to that "Southern Draw", oh and being country music lovers it's nice to blare the likes of Jason Aldean, Alan Jackson and Brooks and Dunn only to gain nods of approval rather than strange looks you would get in Melbourne. That night we stayed with the Winnett family- Tom, Beth and two gorgeous kittens. We really enjoyed staying with them and the first night even though we arrived late they bought out all their ... read more

Staying with our Couch surfer John was a blast, a man who likes to party about as much as we do, perhaps even more. When we arrived to meet up with him we weren't too sure what it was going to be like but we were greeted by tight security and it seemed like we would never make it up to the apartment (John left a key for us). Eventually we shook hands with the man, I still think of him as "The Man", cool guy. We went out for some food to a Mexican place to watch the Mav's play...I think every person in Dallas is a huge fan of the Mav's (Think grand Final day back home?) well at first we didn't know who the Mav's even were but now we are fully educated ... read more

Another fine day in Merri-can land and we are having a fine and dandy time ya'll, seeing the sights, smelling the food, pondering, contemplating...our very next move. Texas was and is a pretty fine place if we do say so ourselves, approaching Cadillac ranch us two cowboys hopped out to literally did the Cadillac ranch next to some upside down painted up Cadillacs and generally make some asses of ourselves, not to be pretentious or anything. Right now we sit in the cheapest motel for two in Amarillo, Amarillo reminds me somewhat of an Armadillo so I shall pretend that they first lived here. I'm sure of it. There are practically one hundred religious channels of preacher men preaching, which is a great tool to keep Bryce massaging my sore and weary back after much hardship, ... read more

It's 10.37pm on a Tuesday night at the Comfort Inn hotel in Grants, New Mexico. The last few days have been completely wild and like a dream, we have hiked so much uneven terrain, taken way too many pictures and lived like animals. After coming from Yellowstone, entering Utah we were almost knocked out by the sheer force of the sun and the heat in the van, we had spent so much time trying to keep warm and now we were doing our best to keep cool, and with no air con it was some serious tropical breeze windows down type action going on. Town after small town we passed, each kind of eerie in their own way, we weren't sure if it was due to the recession or just people moving on but most seemed ... read more