A couple of days in Seattle-on-Sea
After more than three weeks on the road camping and sightseeing our way across America we needed to get some housekeeping done. Chiefly some good sleep, baths for everyone, washing all the clothes we own and catching up with some…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Red Lodge to Mount Rainier
All too quickly, we found we were onto the final leg of our US road trip, which took us from Montana, through a sliver of Idaho and on to Washington towards our final destination of Seattle. Red Lodge After making…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Grand Teton and Yellowstone
After Moab, the most southerly point on the roadtrip, we turned and headed north, towards another two National Parks on our hitlist, Wyoming’s Grand Teton, and the Grandfather of all National Parks, the enormous Jellystone Yellowstone. On the way, we…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Dinosaur National Monument and Arches National Park, Utah
And so, once we were out of the ‘Flat Bits’ phase of our road trip, we quickly entered the ‘Lots of National Parks In a Short Space of Time’ chapter. Just in time we invested $80 in an America the…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Chasing the pony express across the heart of America
After the exhilaration of Niagara Falls, a brief sojourn into Canada and the joy of seeing the Browns in Connecticut, we set off west in earnest to see what we could find in the heart of America. In general we…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Upstate New York, Niagra Falls and Connecting in Connecticut
The United States is a vast and hugely varied country but often much of it can go unseen. In common with many visitors, in the past we had only really spent time in the main centres near the east and…
New York, New York
The magnetic pull of the big apple is strong. Helen and I had been before but the last visit was some time ago. We wanted to give Rafe and Odessa a taste of Manhattan as we consider it an essential…
Florida, USA: The Magic of Disney World
Before we set off on ‘the trip’ we each wrote a list of things we wanted to do or see and where we dreamed of visiting in the world. Odessa’s list wasn’t very long, she wanted to see elephants and…
Florida, USA: Striking gold on Treasure Island and Busch Gardens
Beached on Treasure Island If you are looking for some relaxing beach time on Florida’s gulf coast you could do worse than Treasure Island. We certainly hadn’t heard of it before and simply came across it in our quest for…
Florida, USA: The magic Keys
The Florida Keys. A string of connected and dreamy islands forming the southernmost part of the continental United States*. We knew little more about the Keys prior to visiting, other than we suspected it may be a good place to…
Family Odyssey Rocks
Adventuring Together
