We found ourselves with some time to wait and were determined to make the best of it. We set off for a day trip with the aim of seeing all the big sights of LA. First off Hollywood Boulevard.  We unicycled from our nearest carpark to the Hollywood and Highland Center. On the way we …
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Keeping Busy while we wait for flights
Lucy’s Flight The girls all left for Australia at the start of June. Macklin and I decided to stay behind until we could get Lucy on a flight. Lucy couldn’t land anywhere in Australia but Melbourne and with Covid in full swing there is was few flights to Australia and Melbourne being further away from …
California 3rd June 2020
California and more stunning landscape, Mojave National Preserve and Joshua tree National Park Boondockers Welcome, The Citrus Orchard. Very lucky to have found this place, Steve and Cheryl could not have been kinder and more welcoming, letting Derek stay while he sorted out the sale of the caravan, storage of the truck camper for …
USA African American Civil Rights
Something I like about travelling is learning about the history of places. I started this timeline for us after our tour with a History teacher in Clarksdale Mississippi. It wasn’t meant to be posted but 2020 is turning out be to another historic moment in USA civil right history. African Americans have had to fight …
Utah May 25th 2020
From snow to hot salt flats. You can drive on the salt flats provided it is not too wet because then you will crack the salt surface and get stuck in the mud beneath. Of course, Derek had to try it. These flats are used for land speed races. In Salt Lake City we did …
Wyoming 8th May 2020
Sand Creek crossing campground, near Beulah. A free camp site beside the river with lots of deer watching. It was very quiet but there were a few other campers around. US is so well set up for free camping definitely enjoying it more than most of the soulless RV parks. Part of being able to …
New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota
From Texas on to New Mexico and Santa Fe. Santa Fe was closed so we just drove through it, had a quick look then onto a place to free camp for a while. We found a place on the other side of the Rio Grande Gorge in the Carson National Forest. We wanted to stay …
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Thanks for the birthday wishes
We are still in the USA. I am feeling a bit like the person who has stayed behind at the party long after the other guests have left. Fortunately our number plate is Oregon so people here are none the wiser. It is not all bad though, we didn’t have to run the gauntlet of …
Sth Carolina Smoky Mountains to Texas, Route 66. USA
Making our way Northwest to catch our flights out of Seattle Washington. Camped in South Carolina, cold and snowing. The girls decided to cut their own hair, looks good, but Mack was not letting them near his. Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, Dolly Parton Country Memphis Tennessee, Elvis country, it was a bleak day when …
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Back to Florida USA 16th Feb 2020
Home Sweet Home, back in our Rv. Before leaving Fort Lauderdale we wanted to have a look at the beach, and before leaving Florida the kids wanted to visit Universal Studios. Next stop Orlando. It just happened that at this time the Daytona 500 was on and Derek wanted to see it. First …