There is a town in Illinois who is determined to get you to make a diversion from exploring Route 66. So most people know that Route 66 starts (and ends) in Chicago and travels south through Illinois into Missouri and St Louis and that there are murals, curios and sights to see. If you consider a two hour diversion to a little town called Casey … Continue reading Casey – Illinois See Big Things
The daily lives of a tiny village with a population of less than 1,000 residents that straddles the 45th parallel between Canada and USA have taken a twist in recent months. On the American side the Village of Derby Line, Vermont and on the Canadian side the town of Stanstead, Ontario, residents on both sides of the dividing line are encouraged to carry official I.D … Continue reading Derby Line- VT the village in both USA and Canada
In search of the Route 66 – Albuquerque ‘Musical Road’ NM‘ just outside of Albuquerque on my recent visit to my 49th state I had no idea that I might have had something in common with the carrot chomping rabbit ‘Bugs Bunny’. I always thought that Bugs Bunny’s most known catchphrases was ‘What’s Up Doc?’ The animated rabbit was drawn by Tex Avery and made … Continue reading Route 66 Albuquerque – NM: Should I have turned left?
New England – Adirondack Chairs Some of the Adirondack Chairs from my latest trip to America. You see them in the most remote places and just in the open and rarely they are secured down. Continue reading Adirondack Chairs
Does any other state have these road conventions? Texas does have some amazing road networks and it seems to ease congestion in high traffic areas they simply build a bolt together highway above an existing road. Our best friend ‘Google’ navigated us from Austin – Bergstrom Airport to Cedar Park by taking us of the 183 to FM620. So we are used to seeing an … Continue reading Texas Road Signs: FM, RR, and More Explained
On my most recent visit to Texas I was with my daughter who fortunately had unlimited data on her phone. If it wasn’t for Google Maps on the display in the car we would have been struggling to get around. Based north of the Texas Capital, Austin in Cedar Park, TX near the suburb of Round Rock we decided that the best day to go … Continue reading Texas – Road Trip Small Towns
My next American trip is less than 48 hours away. I am super excited and actually have a night near Heathrow Airport to be able to be in Terminal Three and through security for the 08:10 departure to Dallas. Accompanied by my daughter for what has become an annual adventure since she was at Summer Camp and I would fly out and meet her for … Continue reading Austin – New Road Trip 2024
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
Brightline West have broken ground on the highly anticipated high speed train that will join Las Vegas with Southern California. The 218 mile rail service will be an all electric route with zero emissions with train travelling at 200 miles an hour in places. I previously wrote about this proposed super highway High-speed Train Las Vegas to California nearly three years ago. On April 22 2024 … Continue reading High Speed Train between Las Vegas and Southern California Breaks Ground – Finally!
Visiting America during Autumn is a beautiful time from the being Thankful sentiment to the amazing displays of pumpkins all around you. A big feature of our recent Road Trip to Texas and Oklahoma was the shear quantity of pumpkins and Halloween costumes on offer. The variety and quantity available was astounding and there were even costumes for small animals like guinea pigs as well … Continue reading Fall Season – USA
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