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Travel Blogs from United States
United, We Stand
This is a top pick! ... plane and go have breakfast on us. Voucher worth $5.50. Come back at 9:00. Got in line to contact LAN Chile Airlines. Please United, see if I can make another connection. Answer. NO. Wait and see. 9:00 AM We have a good plane. Please reboard. By ...
Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jog
This is a top pick! It's so good to see new places. And it's so good to get home to your most familiar ones. The flight from Fairbanks to Seattle was one of the best I've ever had. The flight attendant made good on her promise, and found me a seat on the other side of the ...
Saturday 21 June
This is a top pick! Saturday 21 June It had been the plan to catch the 8 am ferry but we missed it by a few minutes - it took longer than we expected to drive the 10 miles or so to the ferry terminal. Driving in a new city is always hard but at least it was a ...
Horses on the beach
This is a top pick! 14.04.2010 Oh, what a shame to leave that gorgeous bed. I wanted to buy a trailer for the bike and tow it with me, but Des wouldn't hear of it, he was tempted too though! I pulled my winter riding jacket out of my roll bag, and my scarf. Now that we are ...
Better than New England in the Fall
This is a top pick! The weather the last few weeks has been clear and sunny and warm every day. No clouds. Gentle wind if any. Great weather for hiking in the surrounding villages or in the ...
Meet the Harleys
This is a top pick! 24.04.2010 Eight degrees didn't seem like a sensible temperature to be out of bed, but we were, and on the road by 7:30. When we get to Alaska, I expect it will be minus something degrees while we’re riding. We’ve got the clothing for it, so ...
Thanks Melissa and Mark
This is a top pick! 02.05.2010 When I opened my emails after breakfast, I found what I thought was some junk mail stating 'Let us show you around Seattle' from someone I had never heard of. Des said "open it." We were surprised to read that someone whom we had met in the ...
Seacliff and Brighton Beach
This is a top pick! 17.04.2010 We've decided to stick to Highway 1 as much as we can because of the spectacular coastal scenery. We travelled further through the Big Sur today going through Carmel and Pacific Grove. During our coffee stop, in the car park of a shopping ...
Sea lions bring in money
This is a top pick! 19.04.2010 The owner of the Best Value Inn, in Mill Valley, just along from Sausalito, instructed us where we could catch a bus into San Francisco to the Downtown area. Des and I waited at the bus stop for almost an hour, for the number 4 bus. Eventually ...
Don't Moan, Get on the Phone
This is a top pick! I had a plan. First, a 6 AM wakeup call. That's when the insurance company in Kansas City would answer their phones. I got through to a fellow named John. The bottom line, according to John, was that I was covered for $100 per day UP TO a max of $500 for ...
Back at Home
This is a top pick! I made it back home Friday night, safe and sound, and although the trip was kind of a nightmare, everything worked out for the best. Now I'm hibernating, trying to rest and recover from the fun combination of gluten and all of the previous weakening ...
Our tax money at work - The Ugly
This is a top pick! Our trip is coming closer and we simply must close on the sale of the house before we leave otherwise we'll have a stressful trip. We are also paying rent by the day on the new house and mortgage on the condo, which is fine for a week or so but ...
Tom Sawyer Wasn't In Charge
This is a top pick! Tom Sawyer had the right idea. Get somebody else to paint the fence. Our condos were scheduled for a few coats of Sherwin-Williams and the contract date was coming up. First week of September, right after Labor Day. That was the good news. Bad news was ...
Watch out, deer
This is a top pick! ... we saw on the road had not won the battle with the traffic. We have also seen a badger, raccoon and hare here in the United States. It’s a pity to lose these lovely animals to the road. A huge black crow was doing his best to drag the hare off ...
Sunday 29 June
This is a top pick! Sunday 29th June By this morning the "lake" had completely dried up. We wanted to get a few miles under our belt so we packed up and left fairly quickly. We were heading towards Syracuse which took most of the day. We passed ...
My experimental entry
This is a top pick! Well, I'm not in Uzbekistan. I haven't packed, or applied for a visa, or really made any preparations yet. But I have my 2-year-old passport and a travelogue, so I guess I'm off to some kind of start. :-) I thought I would experiment with a travelogue ...
Sunday 13 July
This is a top pick! Sunday 13th July We drove to Marble Beach State Park on the border of Iowa and Minnesota. As we were there quite early we decided to do a longish bike ride on marked track which took us about an 2 hours or so. Everyone really enjoyed it and we ...
new york new york
This is a top pick! .....it's late....very late in fact, our flight to mexico leaves in a few hours, can only look forward to a scrappy sleep after another night out on the town!!! so new york is going to be an entry largely portrayed in pictures, like a kids book!!! ...
Are travelers ruder today?
This is a top pick! I've noticed in recent years that fellow travelers often leave behind their manners while traveling. Sure, when abroad, or away from home, you are also away from the familiar constraints and social environment. Which means you can do something, without ...
"Road Trip...Road Trip!"
This is a top pick! For the first time since we arrived in the US, we actually woke up without the need of our alarms, due to our excitement in driving that day! We packed up our things that had been thrown across the floor, resembling a gorls's bedroom (i'm sure the ...
Basketball
This is a top pick! Well what a game. It turned out to be quite a big one that got Washington Wizzards into the Play offs for the first time in decades. We eventually worked out the rules and how the game was formatted. For those that don't know, it's basically 4 periods ...
Beach Day
This is a top pick! Today we just hung out at the beach, caught up on our sleep and packed. At the morning we had a private memorial for family in the Kibbutz's cemetery, and afterwards coffee at a cousin's house. In the evening several guests came to Sdot Yam ...
What have we learned and some tips
This is a top pick! What have we learned and some tips: 1. Always pay to have a passport expedited if your departure date is even nearing three months. 2. Two weeks vacation with the kids is a long time. 3. ...
Ouachita Mountain & Hot Springs, Arkansas
This is a top pick! Another day on the road, we crossed the Mississippi River at Greenville and took scenic route 65 & 270 across Arkansas (pronounced Ar-kan-saw not Ar-kan-sas). The bridge across was great but once across the roads deteriorated ...
What!...Oh What?...Does this Dream Mean?
This is a top pick! The other night I had a dream that was as clear as if what happened is what I see right now in front of me. I'm sitting in a restaurant eating when this young child comes up and stands in front of me and is staring at my camera that is ...
Loopty loop round the cloverleaves
This is a top pick! ... I continued following the grey ribbon around the world with super clean bikes and riding gear. The highways are so large here in the United States. It was an easy ride from Brownsville to San Antonio on Route 77. Moving from Highway 77 to Highway 10 was ...
Packaging
This is a top pick! Americans do packaging so well. Be it the flag, a painted fence, or a tin of salmon, there's always a splash of eye candy about. Going to the grocery store on trips is one of my favourite pasttimes. Besides the constant price comparisons (why is ...
Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
This is a top pick! ... children running around in casinos, slot machines in convenience stores, all in a nation where gambling is only legal in 2 of 50 states. We dabble a bit on the 1c slots, Leah getting lucky, winning $50, but our gambling exploits are overshadowed by ...
Shiny Metal Guy
This is a top pick! All you can make pancakes for breakfast seemed like a fitting way to wake up on my first full day in America, could still have done with a muffin though. Met a Chinese guy, whose name I never got, while munching on my third and best pancake attempt ...