Now to start this blog, an important announcement - the wildlife count took a dramatic increase on Day 18 - please add 3 x Longhorn Sheep, 1 x Deer & 1 x Fox (the chicken stealing kind, not the kind you find at nightclubs!) Let's hope the count continues to increase! Day 16 - Here we are in Colorado Springs, sitting in Applebee's for dinner, looking out at Pikes Peak complete with a fresh dusting of snow and ominous black clouds gathering. Hopefully they'll be gone in the morning when we ride past the 14,115 feet high peak. Glad to get out of Garden City this morning, the air had the pungent odor of cattle, millions of cattle, so we've been told that there are 7 feedlots around town & two abattoir's which process 11,000 head ... read more

I have to say the last 3 days have been great, its amazing that once you cross the border from Texas into Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee, the whole culture changes from the Mexican/Spanish flavor changes to the deep south culture, from taco's to ribs, the language change also. It's as amazing as the American landscape, from desert to high mountain pine forests to miles and miles of crops. So many Aussies in Memphis this weekend, we were sitting next to 3 guys and they were chatting about Aussie culture when a Aussie family walked by, the we did the Aussie, Aussie, Aussie thang, then another couple walked in and sat down not far away. Day 10 - Left Armore early after another fantastic dinner at the 2 Frogs Bar & Grill next door to our motel. ... read more

Day 4 - In the lead up to Memorial Day holiday, the traffic in the freeways is chaotic at best. An early start from Blythe to beat the heat & traffic, to no avail as we found later. A quick cruise around Blythe then onto I10 to Quartzsite, the home town of a guy I follow on You Tube, Russ from RVerTV. Just a sleep little gem mining town, so no stops and back onto I10 heading for Phoenix. I had the GPS set to Buddy Stubbs HD, which I thought was the store we visited in 2016. Arrived at destination and that was not where we had been, the dealership was closed, so a quick lunch then set the GPS again and was taken to a satellite store further north on the way to Flagstaff, ... read more

After a long Friday, leaving our Beijing hotel at 4am, Angela left for her flight home via Hong Kong on time at 8am. I, on the other hand, suffered a 2 hour delay on my flight to Guangzhou, eventually departing at 10.45am. Arriving at the President Hotel by taxi after my driver failed to show, a miserable drizzly day, and now sitting in my room on a rainy Saturday morning after catching up on much needed sleep, I'm slightly disappointed that our magical Glories of China Tour has ended. From seeing the magical sights of Shanghai, the Silk Factory, Huangpu River cruise, The Bund, Shanghai Museum & Zhujiajiao (old water town) to Guilin, the Li River cruise, Yangshuo and the local village, the Pearl Factory, Cormorant Fishing to Xi'an and the Terracotta Warriors, the Xi'an Ancient ... read more

DAY 7 - An early start today for our flight to Xi'an, home town of our guide, Grace. We arrived and began with a tour of Xi'an City Wall. Xi'an is the ancient capital of China and the wall was required to protect the inner city residents. A moat is being reconstructed around the wall. Our hotel for tonight is amazing, LanXi International Hotel, can't complain about the level of service here. After dinner we jumped on our coach for a nighlights tour of Xi'an, including a stroll through the pedestrian mall. As it is a very important weekend here, Memorial Public Holiday, all the women, from young ages around 13 or so up to late 20's, dress in national costumes and are very proud of doing so. A massive light display throughout the streets of ... read more