50 States


Albuquerque – NM

GREETINGS FROM ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (NM) USA The town of course made famous by a Bugs Bunny cartoon – or a number of them ! (a link for the fans !) But you will be surprised to know it’s origins in fact date back before Bugs to Spanish inhabitants and then after […]


Truth or Consequences – NM

GREETINGS FROM TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (NM) USA No, I’m not about to give a sermon or confused about where we are  – it’s actually the name of the town for our stop tonight. It is a “spa” town and was originally named Hot Springs. Back in 1950 there was an American NBC […]


Carlsbad – NM

GREETINGS FROM CARLSBAD, New Mexico (NM) USA For the keen observer, you will know that we visited Carlsbad on our “Across the USA” 2012 tour. Last time we arrived from the south and this time from the east. For this trip, it is a good link point into wider parts of […]


Abilene – TX

 GREETINGS FROM ABILENE, Texas (TX) USA Well here we are ! The start of the next instalment in our adventure – “50 States, in a country far, far away ………”  Episode 7 – the South Central USA ! (with apologies to George Lucas) With lots of ground to cover on […]


Sydney AU – A First Class Experience !

GREETINGS FROM SYDNEY,(Airport), Australia Almost 12 months to the day from our last trip and we are heading off on our next USA adventure ! As we did on our last trip, we decided to spend “the night before” at the Airport Rydges Hotel. It avoids battling with the traffic on […]