States 46 & 47 (Chicago IL – Moline IL) – Day 1

I met up with my daughter’s flight from IAD (Washington D.C) that arrived almost 45 minutes early. After a lot of hugs we took the O’Hare Train to the car rental desks. The train shuttles back and forth between Terminals 1 and 5 and terminates at ‘F’ Stop which is also where coaches can be met as well as the ‘Kiss & Fly’ area. There … Continue reading States 46 & 47 (Chicago IL – Moline IL) – Day 1

London – Chicago 04 SEP 23

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

American Airlines Check-In

USA Road Trips by Max is going to be busy over the next 10 days as my next Road Trip Adventure starts tomorrow when I fly to Chicago O’Hare. I am all checked in and my husband has kindly agreed to drive me to London Heathrow early tomorrow morning. Now if you want to be dropped of at the terminals the only way in is … Continue reading American Airlines Check-In

Planning in Progress – States 46 & 47 September ’23

This time next week I will have checked in for my flight to Chicago. I thought that I would have another look at the hotels that I have booked to see if it is worth changing the accommodations. When I originally booked I chose to pay the few pounds extra to cancel the reservation in case I needed to change anything and a quick search … Continue reading Planning in Progress – States 46 & 47 September ’23

Fargo – ND- Best for Last Club

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

Florida – Brightline Train Orlando on Sale

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

States 46 and 47 Planning Sorted…..at Last

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

Further Planning in Progress 2023

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

Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 10 – Austin to UK

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

Texas & Oklahoma Road Trip Day 9 – Austin

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