30 April, 2006

Route 66

It's difficult to stop everyday and write an entry for the blog. Most motels have free hi-speed wireless connections, but I haven't got a laptop to utilise this.. so I haven't managed to find anywhere yet.Until Amarillo... Its quite a big city in Northern Texas. Famous for the Cadillac Ranch and also...

Back in LA..

After a great drive back down the Pacific Coast Highway, via one of the Central Coast wine regions, we arrived back in Long Beach. Ordered some pizza for us all, as a thank you for Danni and La Rue for...

29 April, 2006

San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge and Oil Tanker Originally uploaded by jezarnold. We arrived in San Francisco late that day and found a great place to stay, right near downtown. We have been having a few problems...

25 April, 2006

Giant Sequioas

An early start for our trips to Sequioa & Kings Canyon NP and hopefully Yosemite. It's a great drive whichever way you go up to the National Park, and we were a bit concerned when we saw snow and...

24 April, 2006

Death Valley

The Grand Canyon was amazing, but we had to be gone by 16:30 to make it to Las Vegas, so that we could stay the night and then head on to Death Valley. It was at least a 6 hour drive...I drove the interstate...

23 April, 2006

Grand Canyon

One of the seven wonders of the Natural world, the Grand Canyon has to be seen to be believed! As we are doing a few National Parks in the USA we decided to get a $50 annual pass, and when you have three...

22 April, 2006

Route 66 to Williams, AZ

We left Las Vegas on Friday morning, on our way to the Grand Canyon. As it takes more than 6 hours to drive there, we decided to take a nice drive via the Hoover Dam and also a small section of Route...

21 April, 2006

Viva Las Vegas

The City of Sin.. The first stop on our 12 day tour of California, Nevada and Arizona. ..and what a place!! As we are taking Mr La Rue (Danni's Dog) with us on our trip, we couldn't book into any of the...

14 April, 2006

The Longest Day

Thursday 13th April 2006 - One of the longest days of my life.. Yesterday we flew into Los Angeles International (known to all Angelenos as LAX .. pronounced lacks). Our first US destination, and nearly...

13 April, 2006

Fiji overview…

If I could have any superpower it would be hindsight. (or xray vision..)We really loved Fiji, but I wished that I could have had some advice about where I should NOT have gone... there is so much to do...

12 April, 2006

The Beachhouse

After our ten days on the Yasawa Islands and rapidly running down our budget, we decided to head back to the mainland and head to the Coral Coast, and one particular little resort we had been recommended....

06 April, 2006

Bounty - a Taste of Paradise

As we have been so impressed with the snorkelling in the Yasawa Islands, we decided that we were going to White Sandy Bay and snorkel a plane wreck. We got to the resort of the island of Naviti, and it...