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 […]


Smokey the Bear Tour

I wasn’t proposing to do a post before we headed off,  however….. See any patterns forming here ? The map on the top shows our approximate route throughout our trip ………………           And this map is from Inciweb, the US Incident Information System, which compiles data […]


Travel Essentials

Our “USA Pacific Northwest” trip is getting pretty close now. Our holiday travels give us as much enjoyment in the planning stages as the actual time away. All our spare time – what there is of it – is spent pouring over prospective sights, possible routes, potential highlights, probable stops, plausible distances […]


USA – We’re on our way again !

The next leg of our “50 States” adventure is now less than 5 months away and planning, as usual, has been intense. This trip – the Pacific Northwest region. The itinerary is set, 6 states in all, including 3 new ones – First stop Washington State – and state number 27 for […]