I didn’t know what to title this post It could have been titled Beauty and the Beast! or Is this the world’s most ugliest vehicle? or Would you ride in this? On my latest visit to Texas in September 2024 we had intended to drive to a park and ride facility in Lakeline – TX and ride the light rail into Austin. Due to the … Continue reading USA – Do You have $80,000 to $100,000 available for this truck?
I received a marketing piece from Visit Austin with a special offer on Cabana Rental on selected rooftop pools in the city. The definition of Cabana is ‘a hut, cabin or shelter at a beach or swimming pool but it seems to be the trendiest ticket in town at the moment. After getting my breath back looking at the Austin prices even after the 15% discount … Continue reading Cabana Day Rentals
I am returning to Texas in September based in Round Rock and checking where my nearest Buc-ee’s is going to be and came across the exciting news that very recently Buc-ee’s have opened their 50th and largest travel centre yet. For those folks who have never heard of Buc-ee’s have a look at a previous post about this most amazing experience. Located between Austin and … Continue reading Buc-ee’s Opens World’s Largest in Texas
Options for flights from UK to US are becoming out of my budget and planning is proving problematical for this summer! Putting it simply I have my approximate dates sorted and in conjunction with my daughter’s schedule but I have no clue why some connections are even an option this time around. The initial plan is flying into Albuquerque – NM spend a week exploring … Continue reading Planning in Progress 2024
TIP: Do your research before booking and compare rental companies. I received a message from my daughter 24 hours before her flight to New York in regard to paying for tolls in a rental car. Her route was from JFK to Maryland and couldn’t work out her options. I have previously written about the Orlando Visitor Toll Pass – Save up to 80% and Illinois Tollway … Continue reading Rental Car Toll Charges
The weather in London is pouring with rain today so with some irony I am going to talk about the Total Solar Eclipse due to pass over North America on 8 April 2024. The last one wasn’t that long ago in 2017 but the next one, if you miss this one, is in 2044 so there is plenty of time to plan a road trip … Continue reading TOTAL Solar Eclipse 2024 USA
Wednesday 22 November 2023 will mark the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas – TX. The date has been remembered by the 6th Floor Museum in Dealey Plaza by signs announcing ‘JFK was here’. The route from Love Field Airport to the Dallas Trade Mart has banners all the way along that show photographs of the crowds from that … Continue reading Dallas – 60th Anniversary of JFK
Toll FL Having enjoyed the freedom of the Illinois Tollway on my recent Road Trip to visit Nebraska and North Dakota I was researching Central Florida for any of the latest attractions to write about but came across the joined up thinking of Toll FL instead. The issue in the past has been trying to avoid the horrendously greedy charges that rental car companies try … Continue reading Orlando Visitor Toll Pass – Save up to 80%
Day 7: Kenosha – Milwaukee After failing big time in getting to see Lake Michigan when I went out for something to eat the night before I had big plans for today. It was Sunday and there is always a different atmosphere in the air. The traffic is lighter and everything seems more sedate. I guess you don’t have to be up for commuting and … Continue reading States 46 & 47 (Kenosha WI – Milwaukee WI – Chicago IL) Days 7 & 8
Woke at 04.30 to get to London Heathrow Airport and arrived at Terminal 3 at 06.10. For some reason American Airlines have their priority lanes within British Airways which is a tad confusing. This time I sailed through security and was tucking into breakfast by 06.30. The flight was scheduled to land at O’Hare by 10.30 local time but a closed runway delayed the take … Continue reading London – Chicago 04 SEP 23
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