Greetings from Llangollen!
I know it’s been a while, but internet access in these little hamlets I’ve been staying in has been non-existent. The one place that did have a library with a connection I hit on the weekend, so the library was…
Caroline Diericx
Hay-on-Wye at the foot of the Black Hills.
Finished my 5th day of hiking and ‘conquered’ the Black Hills! Yep, I know, they are only hills and not mountains, but for me – and doing it on my own – it was quite something! I actually had to…
Started Offa’s Dyke
Hello all! A short update as I am in a free-internet cafe and don’t want to take up all the time. Arrived safe and well in the UK, albeit exhausted after no sleep on the flight from Chicago and a…
Chicago, IL
First visit to Chicago for both of us and we liked it a lot! The architectural mix is intriguing and impressive – even a bit surreal every now and then. Made me think of some of the drawings of ‘Schuiten…
Relaxing in Madison, Wisconsin
After 10 days of solid driving (we left Anchorage, AK on Aug 15th and arrived in Madison, WI on Aug 25th) we made it to Madison. It was a long 10 days and the drive through the prairie-lands actually got…
3 Days and 3 Nights in and around San Francisco.
We just couldn’t stay away! As mentioned previously we had to be back in SFO for fingerprinting. No choice really… so as we had to ‘interrupt’ our trip we decided to make the most of it. On Wednesday August 11th…
The next 6 weeks
So here we are in Anchorage, AK, from where we fly to San Francisco today Aug 11. We just missed the place too much to be away for so long…. Just kidding (although…). No, we need to go back there…
Denali NP and Kenai Peninsula – AK
After our ‘Dalton Highway’ adventure (and I have finally been able to add a photo album there, so you may want to check that post again) we started heading south. Let me add that for both of us this was…
Juneau, AK – continued
Hokey… we’re back. As said we were chased out of the cyber cafe by the fire alarm. Made one addition to that previous blog: a photo link of the Inside Passage. Juneau, Alaska’s State Capitol – a city that can…
‘Northern Exposure’
Hi All! Remember the TV show ‘Northern Exposure’? It was set in a fictitious place called ‘Cicely, Alaska’. Well, on July 8th we drove east out of Seattle on Hwy 90 for 80 odd miles to get to Roslyn, Washington,…
Portland, Oregon
What a surprisingly pleasant and nice city! There’s a bit of a European feel to it. Lots of funky, trendy, leafy neighborhoods: Hawthorne, NW23 (reminded me a bit of Balmain in Sydney), Downtown. I loved the Japanese and Rose Gardens:…
Finally on our way!!!!!!
You wouldn’t believe how much stuff fits in a small, 2-bedroom apartment! And it just seemed to keep coming up out of the ground!!!!!!! But finally after 3 days of packing and stuffing things into storage, we got on our…
40 and Away Party
Hey Guys! I should turn 40 and give a party more often!!! Thanks to all for being there and making it a birthday and going-away party to remember!!! Going-away party as a few days later we set off on a…