Day 17 - Take me out to the Ball Game (because it won't stop p...ing down!) Mileage 50 miles September 23rd 2013 Up early to hit the beach only to find the remnants of the hurricane that recently hit Mexico streaking across the sky. Whilst we did try and sit by the pool for a while, the rain became torrential/tropical storm like and whilst once again one of us took shelter in the beach bar, the other tried to sit it out under a sunbed...until it got so strong she couldn't even leave and stayed buried und ... read more
North America » United States » Florida » Clearwater Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more
We are two seasoned travellers, used to home comforts and simple itineraries usually organised by a travel agent to include only 'nice' hotels and beaches but that all changed in 2012 when we embarked on our first 4 week, self organised, US road trip using RV and car across California...The first blog was an 'on the road' experiment so apologies for poor spelling, grammar etc and possible boredom?...
We started with 3 nights in Las Vegas in Sept 2012 and thespending 12 days driving an RV North West through the Mojave, Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, then across to SanFrancisco and fina... full info