It’s hard to pick favourite spots out of all the places we’ve visited but the Oregon coast is up there. Spectacular coastline, cheap beer, cheap accommodation, good seafood, oysters of ridiculous proportions, […]
Hwy 101, Pacific Coast Drive, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
After spending 5 days in Vancouver we ventured back to the USA to head south along the west coast back towards our origin in LA. First stop – Portland, known for rain, […]
Skiing and Snowshoeing, Vancouver
Skiing on Cypress Mountain was different from skiing at Brighton Resort in Salt Lake City. It was only zero degrees instead of minus 16, skiing in these temperatures was quite comfortable. The […]
Vancouver, Canada
We couldn’t drive to the top of the USA without venturing into Canada. So after Seattle Vancouver was next on our agenda. We met up with a few Perth friends working in […]
Seattle, Washington
Doing burnouts and handbrake turns on the ice was great fun for Joe but Sharni was not a fan. We experienced a big scare when we started sliding sideways on the highway […]
Skiing, Salt Lake City, Utah
What do you do when it is one of the coldest days of the year? Learn how to ski! All of Utah was in the midst of a unseasonal cold snap and […]
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Continuing our journey through the United States canyon lands we were off to Bryce Canyon National Park. On the drive through the mountains the outside temp dropped to an incredible -25 degrees […]
Zion National Park, Utah
Man, we thought it was cold in the Grand Canyon but we didn’t know what cold was until we reached Utah highlands, where Zion National Park is located. It was -10 degrees […]
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
After Las Vegas we made our way to Grand Canyon National Park. We explored different sites around the rim of the Canyon; old Indian ruins, museums and different view points of the […]
Las Vegas, Nevada
Wow, Las Vegas is fun. We didn’t even gamble once and still didn’t want to leave. Multiple Casinos of ridiculous proportions, each with their own theme and star attractions. We spent five […]
Death Valley National Park, California
Trekking north from Mojave on our way to Las Vegas we stopped off at Death Valley National Park. We spent two days checking out the sites and hiking different trails. The scenery […]
Mojave Preserve, California
No it’s not a type of Jam, it’s a protected area in the Mojave Desert where we camped out and got up close with the famous Joshua Trees. In Mojave National Preserve […]
Road Trip, Driving from Florida to California
From New Orleans we continued our trek west towards LA. Overall on our east-west journey we traveled through the states of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Arizona before arriving in California. On the […]
New Orleans, Louisiana
After our cruise through the Bahamas we hoped to explore some fishing towns and maybe the everglades in Florida but the weather was atrocious so we decided to head straight across to […]
Cruising the Bahamas
Whilst we were in Disney World we booked a last minute 5 day cruise through the Bahamas leaving from Port Canaveral Florida. It wasn’t part of our original itinerary but we had […]
