Monkeys In America
About this blog
Hi Everyone,
This is our blog of our once in a lifetime trip to the US of A. We have swapped baking pasties and serving coffee for a 6 month hamburger-eating session in a 1978 VW Camper. From LA to New York, hitch a ride with us......
Trip Start
May 19, 2008
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Trip End
Nov 08, 2008
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There are 161 entries in this blog
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Day 1 - The Trip Begins -
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Quick stop in Dublin -
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Arrival in LA -
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Day 2 - LA to San Diego -
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Day 3 - An Interesting Birthday -
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Day 4 - A Better Day -
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Day 5 - Where Do Americans Buy Groceries? -
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Day 6 - Sunshine, Finally! -
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Day 7 - What's Going On In Room 132? -
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Day 8 - More Odd-ness -
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Day 9 - Don't Sue Me! -
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Day 10 - A Day In San Diego -
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Day 11 - We Couldn't Make This Stuff Up! -
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Day 12 - Not A Lot To Report -
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Day 13 - Coronado Island -
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Day 14 - Hot Fudge Sunday -
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Day 15 - No News Is...........Annoying! -
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Day 16- It's Pizza Hut Neil, But Not As We Know It -
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Day 17 - No Insurance, No Entry -
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Day 18 - California Highway Patrol -
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Day 19 - Chip Fix -
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Day 20 - Barbie Girl -
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Day 21 - Marines For Two Minutes -
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Day 22 - What No Wal-Mart? -
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Day 23 - Wot's Up Doc? -
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Day 24 - Hollywood Goes To Hollywood -
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Day 25 - A Change Of Scenery -
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Day 26 - Elephants On The Beach? -
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Day 27 - Surf n' Turf -
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Day 28 - Uploading The Dirty Laundry -
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Day 29 - Howdy Deputy -
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Day 30 - A Better Day -
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Day 31 - A New Addition To The Family -
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Day 32 - If You're Going To San Francisco... -
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Day 33 - Golden Gate to Gold Country -
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Day 34 - Golden Nuggets -
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Day 35 - Chasing Waterfalls -
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Day 36 - Do Bears Sit In The Woods? -
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Day 37 - It's Hot, Damn Hot -
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Day 38 - Badwater to Sin City -
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Day 39 - Are We In Las Vegas or New York? -
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Day 40 - Viva Las Vegas -
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Day 41 - No Discrimination Necessary -
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Day 42 - Get Your Kicks On Route 66 -
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Day 43 - What A Big Hole! -
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Day 44 - Well Mel Was Standing On The Corner -
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Day 45 - Chips All Round -
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Day 46 - Monumental! -
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Day 47 - God Bless Asda -
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Day 48 - No Lions In Zion -
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Day 49 - Hoodoo Magic -
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Day 50 - Just Chillin Out, Havin A Bud -
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Day 51 - Still Chillin -
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Day 52 - Even More Chilled -
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Day 53 - More Of The Same -
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Day 54 - We Gotta Go To Idaho -
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Day 55 - Brokeback Mountain -
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Day 56 - Crossing The 45th Parallel (3 times!) -
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Day 57 - Rattlesnakes, Bison and Flatheads -
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Day 58 - Glacial Waters -
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Day 59 - Glacial Walkers -
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Day 60 - Going To The Early Morning Sun -
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Day 61 - Goodness Gracious, Great Falls of Water -
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Day 62 - Hey Yogi, Hey Boo Boo -
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Day 63 - What An Amazing Day! -
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Day 64 - Alright Geyser -
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Day 65 - On Top Of The World -
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Day 66 - Food For Thought -
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Day 67 - Journey To The Centre Of The Universe -
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Day 68 - Big Heads And Bad Lands -
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Day 69 - Sleeping In The Shadow Of An ICBM -
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Day 70 - Colorado In A Day -
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Day 71 - Viva Mexico Nuevo -
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Day 72 - Santa Fe To Albuquerque Via Madrid -
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Day 73 - A Morning In Volks Heaven -
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Day 74 - Unidentified Crawling Object -
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Day 75 - Truly Cavernous -
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Day 76 - More Underground Stuff -
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Day 77 - A Dry Night By The Lake -
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Day 78 - The Return To Albuquerque -
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Day 79 - Return To Volks Heaven -
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Day 80 - Bits And Bobs -
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Day 81 - Are We Stuck In The Twilight Zone? -
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Day 82 - Disco Chip -
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Day 83 - Is This The Way To Amarillo? -
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Day 84 - A Thoroughly Entertaining Day -
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Day 85 - Badly Boggy -
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Day 86 - Dawn Of The Dead -
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Day 87-Crunchy On The Outside, Chewy On The Inside -
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Day 88 - A Grilling By The Black Widow -
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Day 89 - Cotton Candy -
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Day 90 - N.O.L.A. No-la -
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Day 91 - Ant Heaven, Camping Hell -
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Day 92 - Grease Monkey -
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Day 93 - A Lot of Katrina And A Little Bit Of Fay -
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Day 94 - See Ya Later, Alligator -
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Day 95 - M.I. Double S. I. Double S.I. Double P. I -
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Day 96 - A Morning In A Grisham Novel -
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Day 97 - Storm Evaders -
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Day 98 - Lordy, Lardy -
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Day 99 - Nothing To See Here People -
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Day 100 - The World's Biggest Shopping Centre -
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Day 101 - Close Encounters Of The Snake Kind -
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Day 102 - Our Southernmost Entry -
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Day 103 - Seaweed & No-See-Ums -
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Day 104 - We Gotta Get Outta This Place -
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Day 105 - Itchy & Scratchy -
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Day 106 - To Flea Or Not To Flea -
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Day 107 - Hot Cocoa -
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Day 108 - A Day With The Brits -
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Day 109 - Bus Monkeys To The Rescue -
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Day 110 - A Battering From Hanna -
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Day 111 - Sun, Surf & Sand -
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Day 112 - Sun, Surf, Sand......And A Shark! -
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Day 113 - No Fin To Report Today -
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Day 114 - Still No Fin To Report -
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Day 115 - Messing About In The Ocean -
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Day 116 - All Good Things Must Come To An End -
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Day 117 - Chip Didn't Want To Go -
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Day 118 - SHARK! -
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Day 119 - On The Road Again -
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Day 120 - Greed -
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Day 121 - Cool And Winding -
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Day 122 - Learner Drivers! -
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Day 123 - Back Breaking Mountain -
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Day 124 - No Way Out -
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Fog, Falls & Flowers -
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Day 126-In The Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia -
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Day 127 - What A Chore -
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Day 128 - Myths And Tall Tales -
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Day 129 - From One Park To Another -
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Day 130 - It's Like Winter! -
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Day 131 - Weather's Getting Worse -
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Day 132 - Camping Queens -
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Day 133 - Hoo-rah! -
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Day 134 - Wowed By Washington -
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Day 135 - More Freebie Fun -
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Day 136 - Take Us To The Cookies! -
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Day 137 - New Friends And An Old Tent -
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Day 138 - The Idiots Guide To Gettysburg -
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Day 139 - A Day Of Many Colours -
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Day 140 - The Pumpkin State -
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Day 141 - Better By Night! -
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Day 142 - Worlds Apart -
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Day 143 - Post Office Action Man -
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Day 144 - The Big Apple -
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Day 145 - More, More, More -
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Day 146 - Are You Sure It's A Hot Water Bottle? -
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Day 147 - Look Out For The Loons! -
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Day 148 - Mainely In The Fall -
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Day 149 - The Big Bangor -
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Day 150 - On Top Of The World -
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Day 151 - Mainely Grotty -
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Day 152 - Mainely Laundry -
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Day 153 – Helicopter Attack -
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Day 154 - Up Periscope! -
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Day 155 - The Longest Day -
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Day 156 - Where Not To Stay! -
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Day 157 - Familiar Names, Different Places -
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Day 158 - Another Fishy Place To Stay -
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Day 159 - Manny From Heaven
