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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,…
In need of a chiropractor, we unfurled ourselves and greeted the new day. There were sufficient wet wipes, deodorant and dry shampoo to feel ‘clean’ but it took Maccas hotcakes and a hot chocolate to…
After a restful sleep, we got up early and had a great breakfast that was included in our night’s accommodation at the Best Western President Auckland. There were carbohydrates… so many carbohydrates. Muffins, croissants, pancakes,…
The day finally arrived for us to fly out to New Zealand. We set our alarms for stupid o’clock so that we could drive to Sydney airport. We had umm’ed and arrr’ed over what was…
Mr Harrigan has traveled to New Zealand a few times now. Each time he returns, he tells me how great it is. I nod and smile, but New Zealand has never been on my radar…
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…
