With all the planning virtually sorted for my next adventure to America when I will be checking off States 46 and 47 I came across this nugget. State 46 is Nebraska that will be visited on a road trip. Then number 47 is North Dakota and I will be flying from Chicago O’Hare to Fargo – North Dakota. The flight takes approximately 2 hours and … Continue reading Fargo – ND- Best for Last Club
Brightline High Speed Passenger Train Tickets for Miami to Orlando have now gone on sale. After researching some train services across the States I was surprised at the one way fare. You have to bear in mind that this is a high speed service travelling at 125mph so the journey between the cities is 3 hours 25 mins including 3 or 4 scheduled stops. A … Continue reading Florida – Brightline Train Orlando on Sale
After two recent posts about researching in getting the maximum ‘Bang for my Buck’ I have had to surrender to the fact that America is ginormous. If I had unlimited days and dollars then it will be simple to achieve the target, on this trip anyway, of stepping foot in three states but the square peg will not fit into the round hole on this … Continue reading States 46 and 47 Planning Sorted…..at Last
I shared recently plans to visit three more States on my next visit to America. These states being Utah, Nebraska and New Mexico. My excitement about using Amtrak was going to result in many hours of my holiday travelling in a coach seat at a very reasonable ticket price. Further ideas flooded into my mind with a simple realisation that as I have visited California … Continue reading Further Planning in Progress 2023
There was no reason to rush today because of the mistake I made in hotels nights I had already paid for the room tonight so the last minute panic about how much booty we had amassed and would be under the weight limit could be tackled later in the day. The big skies and far horizons on our road trip demonstrates how flat it actually … Continue reading Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 10 – Austin to UK
We were getting those end of holiday feelings and real life things invaded our thoughts but we had a day and half left and set out using the back roads to go into Austin. We ended up accidentally driving through Texas State University campus. All the roads signs had the Longhorns burnt orange logo. The facilities that they have is mind blowing. There was a … Continue reading Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 9 – Austin
Umbrellas and disposable poncho were the order of the day. It was tipping it down this morning! It meant that we had experienced temperatures ranging from 95 to 54 degrees on this journey. In reality the lower end of the scale is what us Brits are used to. It didn’t take long to arrive in San Antonio and were pleased that there was another identical … Continue reading Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 8 – San Antonio, Gruene & Austin
The excitement was building today as we left shortly after breakfast and headed the nearly 200 miles to Oklahoma City along I-35. The border between Texas and Oklahoma was about an hour’s journey and it came upon us very quickly. My daughter had fallen asleep in the passenger seat and I shouted ‘Oklahoma’ as I saw the ‘Welcome to Oklahoma’ sign but not in time … Continue reading Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 4 – Oklahoma City & Route 66
The UK pound vs the US dollar tanked just at the wrong time for my Road Trip and so in my mind the price I was reading I just thought of in pounds to make it simpler. The previous worst rate I can remember whilst away in America was around $1.30 to £1.00 and converted every purchase to see if the price was acceptable or … Continue reading Chase Bank – Get a Card (UK)
Based near the enormous DFW airport we took advantage of the hotel shuttle and we taken to Terminal A which is the nearest terminal to the TRE and DART into the city. The last time I was in Dallas in 2014 the DART didn’t run as far as the airport so this was all new. Purchasing a ticket was easy and an all day pass … Continue reading Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 3 – Dallas
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