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Originally, when we started planning this American Adventure, we were only going to the west coast – San Francisco, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. However, the prospect of watching Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers play…
Very early start on Monday, arriving at Sydney airport at 6am. Due to potential delays, travellers are advised to allow 4 hours to check in and pass through security. A few months back, Alan Joyce,…
Our epic, once in a lifetime journey across America has reached its end. We spent our final day meandering around, trying to wring the last drop out of our last day here in San Fran and…
Ahhhh San Francisco! Last time we were here, it was nothing but blue skies and warm temperatures. So it was kind of a novelty to have misty skies and rolling fog this time. We drove…
Up n at ’em! San Francisco beckons! We took a leisurely drive to Santa Cruz, where we took a stroll on the boardwalk. It was a glorious day, blue skies and all, but not warm…
Another bright and early start to the day! We braved Los Angeles morning traffic to get out of town and get to the Sequoia National Park. We had seen pictures of gigantic redwood trees and…
Pete leapt out of bed like a kid on Christmas day. Today was Oakley HQ day! We were up early, and arrived at 1 Icon (Pete’s happy place) not too long after they opened. The…
Today we hit Santa Monica pier and hired some bikes to ride from Santa Monica to Marina Del Rey. We had planned to ride to El Segundo Brewery but from Marina Del Rey it was…
Time to bid farewell to Sin City, which was probably a good thing. Given how increasingly busy we saw the city get from Wednesday to Friday night, I can only imagine how Vegas goes off…
Today we got dressed up in our wedding clothes and wandered around Vegas. Our original plan, when we were engaged, was to elope in Vegas. But we also wanted the kids to be there, and…
