50 States


Troutdale – OR

GREETINGS FROM TROUTDALE, Oregon (OR), USA Yes, state number 28 today ! But really only briefly at this stage.  Our major venture into Oregon is later in the trip.  This is the gateway to the next stage of our trip to head east tomorrow – oh, and it has Outlet Stores ! Unfortunately […]


Mt Rainier – WA

GREETINGS FROM MT RAINIER, Washington (WA) – Ashford to be precise ! We left Seattle this morning bright and early – a theme you will undoubtedly pickup throughout our trip – and after breakfast we picked up our car just up the street from our hotel and hit the road ! After two […]


Seattle – WA – Day 2

MORE GREETINGS FROM SEATTLE Washington (WA), USA We ended up having a bit of a siesta around dinner time and after our room service burgers got a second wind and managed to stay awake through the evening.  We then slept pretty well till around 7am and I think we were well rested and ready […]


Seattle – WA – Day 1

GREETINGS FROM SEATTLE, Washington (WA), USA Well here we are – 10 years on from our 1st USA trip and at the start of our 6th USA trip and in our 27th US State – think we like the place ? You betcha !! We have 2 nights in Seattle […]


Sydney – AU

GREETINGS FROM SYDNEY, (Airport), Australia Well, we are off ……….but, That’s right, we haven’t got very far yet – although by the time most will be reading this post we should be somewhere between Sydney and Los Angeles. Needing to be at the airport early, we decided that it was […]