Blogs from United States, North America - page 25

Nachdem wir die üblichen Highlights von Yellowstone besucht haben, geht es weiter in eine ziemlich abgelegene Ecke des Parks, nach Bechler. Hier gibt es einfach "nur" Gegend. Und hier möchten wir noch mal für 3 Tage mit unserem Zelt ins Backcountry. Praktischerweise können wir unsere gebuchten Campsites noch tauschen, so dass die Tagesetappen kürzer werden und wir außerdem eine der beliebtesten Sites bekommen: mit Zugang zu heißen Quellen - sehr willkommen zum Entspannen! Mit dem Wetter haben wir auch Glück: am ersten Tag regnet es zwar 1,5 Stunden, aber erst nachdem das Zelt steht - passend für ein Nachmittagsschläfchen. Die Nächte sind kalt, aber die Tage warm, und erst als wir am 3. Tag zurück sind, fängt es wieder an zu regnen. Weil es die nächsten beiden Tage überwiegend nass und ziemlich kalt ist, bleiben wir ... read more

Dear Blog Readers, So begins our babymoon! Normally we'd try and get away in November (such as Barbados last year!) but brought it forward and decided to jet off to sunny California! Bookings were late but we had a rough idea of where we wanted to head out so let's take you on the journey with us! Firstly, the flight to LA was lovely, getting to experience BA's Club Suite was delightful - a fully flat bed and decent grub soothed the jet lag woes! Once at LA's airport, we found ourselves to the Avis rental car place, which had a queue nearly as long as the security/immigration, and our expected Ford Focus turned out to be a Dodge Charger! Quickly getting used to the automatic gearing and sheer size of the car, we found our ... read more

We leave Jackson today and guess what……..it’s pouring down again, although, to be fair, most of the rain that we’ve had on this trip (since we left Boston) has been while we have been on the road and so far, hasn’t stopped us doing what we planned to do. But would that change today, I wonder?! Today we leave New Hampshire and head 200 miles south west to Vermont, known as the 'Green Mountain State', (although the official motto is 'Freedom and Unity', similar to that of New Hampshire, but actually adopted long before that of NH). As you have probably guessed the name 'Vermont' is actually derived from the French for 'Green Mountain', and it is those mountains that we are heading for today. Vermont is bordered by New Hampshire to the east, New York ... read more

OK, so we got to stay in Portland until the obligatory 24 hrs from arriving had passed and we could collect our moho. 10 things I learnt about Portland 1. It's known as the Rose city for its famous Rose test Gardens 2. Cannabis is legal here and sold widely in stores 3. Its public transport runs on renewable energy 4. Its roads are set up for cyclists, with cycle lanes as wide as car lanes 5. It has the biggest book shop in the world, Powells 6. The food is amazing 7. You can wait in a queue for an hour to buy a Voodoo doughnut, we didn't 8. It's looked over by the magnificent Mount Hood 9. It is covered in graffiti 10. It's homeless are paid to stay living on the streets. As ... read more

Final count down. Resan går mot sitt slut även om fortfarande väldigt långt hemifrån. Men några huvudpunkter är kvar. Med gröna (jag har kanske skrivit blåa förut men referenscheck gav vid handen att det rör sig om gröna kapslar) och röda Wahlgrenspiller i kroppen vaknade jag upp ok men inte hundra på mitt motell med partiell sjöutsikt på en ö sydväst om Seattle. Lite febrig och hostig men absolut i skick att uppbåda energi nog för att springa runt ett antal timmar på ett museum med 150 flygplan. En väldigt omfattande frukost levererades till mitt rum i lådor med både varmt och kallt. Kanske ett halvt kilo plastavfall återstod när jag ätit klart. Rent vansinne. Malibun tog mig till Museum of Flights och det var en överväldigande syn. Flygplan från alla tidsåldrar och både militärt och ... read more