Destination: USA

First day

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By ildikok | Views [363] | Comments [2]

We made it to the airport, second shot or should I say third shot?! but we made it! Late as usual or just in time but flight is late and it turned out the United lounge is right by the gate overlooking it so we are on our second drink. Now we feel that ... Read more >

Photos: Hawaii, the BIG Island

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By annanderson | Photo Gallery

Au Revoir Montréal - je vous aime beaucoup :(

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By joannawong | Views [1258]

I left Montréal with a heavy heart. I didn't expect to feel like this especially since my next stop has been my dream for a very long time - New York City. The train ride from Montréal to New York took 12 hours but was pretty scenic.... Read more >

Tags: canada, cities, food, friendly strangers, friends, nature, snow, trains, usa, winter

The South Rim of the Grand Canyon

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [418] | Comments [1]

Or going down is optional and going up is compulsory. Creationists should be compelled to visit the Grand Canyon. Due to a particular friek in geological history the GC has a casm about a mile deep with overlaying stratas. This provides a unique timeline ... Read more >

Hawaii, The BIG Island!

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By annanderson | Views [638]

The Big island, as we know it, is a little of everything we love...just in many different places.  There is sun, clouds, rain, snow, cold, hot, farms, condos, swimming pools AND ocean all around!  There are the best farmer's markets with awesome ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, big island, hawaii

Start spreading the news.....

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [432]

Yay me, I grab my luggage and drag it onto the street to hail a cab... Fun task itself, Cab stops in the middle of the traffic, pops the boot, driver hops out and runs around the back, all cars behind start beeping horns ( they love to do that here) ... Read more >

Tags: new york, times square

Springtime in the Rockies

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [467]

Colorado treated us to a spring snowstorm – nothing much by Rocky Mountain standards but enough to make driving a challenge.  Our rented Toyota minivan doesn’t have winter tires or all wheel drive either.  Oh, how I missed our old ... Read more >

Providence to New York

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [535] | Comments [1]

 Now we head to New York , scardy and excited. I have longed to see the big apple for as long as I can remember. The train trip will take about 4 hours and to be honest the past week has shown that my travel mate and I really don't have a lot in ... Read more >

Tags: new york

Bottled out in Las Vegas

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [408]

I have often wondered how I would cope with the temptations of mammon in Las Vegas. I thought that the way it would go would be that we would gamble a pre-determined amount, say $100 and then stop. If I was lucky then I might make modest profit. Unfortunately ... Read more >

Photos: Las Vegas

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Photo Gallery

Providence, Rhode Island

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [502]

We caught the train to Providence from Boston, was only a half hour ride but did allow for some views of the surrounding country side.  Being winter the trees are bare except for a light covering of snow. The colours were pretty cool even without ... Read more >

Tags: providence, snow

An aquarium to remember

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [335]

As an event the aquarium in Long Beach was something that will be well remembered. We saw some amazing sea creatures and corals that the pictures on the blog will not do justice. It was also possible to touch some of the fish who seemed little worried ... Read more >

Getty Museum and Hollywood

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [395]

It's their loss they weren't there to see us. Desperate for sone culture Cathy took us to the Getty museum in LA. It was a wonderful building in what seemed to us to be in a modern art deco style. The buildings were surrounded by beatifully arranged ... Read more >

The Sins of The Father . . . And The Mother

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [499]

Jim and Cathy have been friends and partners in crime for 20 years.  We have shard campfires and condos, skied countless thousands of vertical feet together and belayed each other on rock walls throughout the Rockies.  Their family has adopted ... Read more >

Photos: New York

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Photo Gallery