When in Philadelphia...
April 28, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Rocky and the Liberty Bell!
Modern Art in New York
April 28, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Arrived in New York, it's much busier here, and I'm not sure I'm a fan at the moment.
Quickly rushed to the Museum of Modern Art where I was hoping to the see the Scream! However, they have moved itRead more
Central Park & Times Square
April 28, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After the art I went for a stroll around Central Park, it's quite big... and then also visited Times Square which was busy, but I was able to sit and do some people watching (there were plenty toRead more
Whatever else I could do...
April 29, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Didn't have a very good day today, things kept going wrong...
But I did get to see a really good view of New York from the 'top of the rock', the 9/11 memorial which has been done really well, theRead more
San Francisco
May 1, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Arrived in San Francisco to meet Alex.
Didn't have a very busy start to the holiday, but to keep Alex entertained I must have animals.
Today's we rode a tram, went into a submarine, saw some seaRead more
Golden Gate Bridge + Alcatraz
May 2, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Cycled over the Golden Gate Bridge, which was kinda cool, but the views on the way were maybe better than actually cycling over (I can be arty too as you can see). Plus it was too steep forRead more
Highway 1
May 3, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Successfully picked up the car this morning.
Headed down Highway 1 towards Monterey stopping at Shark Fin Cove, Natural Bridges State Beach, and... the mystery spot!
Monterey Bay Aquarium
May 4, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Went to the aquarium, which was a good aquarium but probably not as good as the one in Osaka.
Was good for Octopuses and, Squidy things. It did have and kept saying 'fishes', is that a word now?
South...
May 4, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Headed south along Highway 1 to San Simeon.
Stopped at Bixby Bridge (and the less impressive one before that, Quickly finding out Alex is not the best navigator...), McWay Falls which has a waterfallRead more
Hurst Castle
May 5, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Learned about Mr Hurst who sounds like a good guy and did what I probably would have done with lots of money. Bought loads of land, built a house on top of a mountain, filled it with archaeology fromRead more
To LA
May 5, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Headed to LA mostly on highway 1 (Alex isn't allowed to navigate anymore, we have a 4G hotspot and Google Maps).
Via OstrichLand and Point Mugu Missile Park.
Traffic in Los Angeles was very busy,Read more
Disneyland
May 6, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Today was all about Disneyland, only our third in about 13 months. I think Alex likes Disney...
Also had our selfie stick confiscated.
Hollywood
May 7, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Went into LA, although the place is massive. It took over an hour to drive from Disney to the observatory on freeways. It's not built up that much, but it's very spread out.
So we visited theRead more
San Diego Zoo
May 8, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Traveled down to San Diego and visited the zoo for the day.
Alex decided that we were going to do a backstage pass which wasn't cheap, but it was good to meet the animals up close, feeding theRead more
San Diego
May 9, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Visited the centre of San Diego to do some shopping... Alex bought socks... I bought nothing.
Then went to the beach, couldn't leave the California coastline without visiting a beach first.
To the Deserts!
May 9, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After San Diego we are headed inland towards the deserts.
Tried to stop at Queen Califia's Magical Circle which looked weird, but unfortunately it was closed. There were people there playing someRead more
Joshua Tree National Park
May 10, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Visited Joshua Tree National Park, know for the Joshua Trees.
Hiked up to an abandon mine during the midday sun, it was hot.
Ended with Cholla cactus everywhere.
To Barstow
May 10, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Headed to our next hotel and the roads were awesome.
Practically empty, surrounded by desert, while listening to some Rascal Flats and Taylor Swift with the sunset going on. It was also a very goodRead more
On route to the Mojave Desert
May 11, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
America is so crazy, but I like it.
On the way to the desert we saw a google driverless car... with no driver, we passed by the town of Zzyzx (last place in the atlas), saw the worlds tallestRead more
Mojave National Preserve
May 11, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
There isn't as much to do in this park compared to yesterday, especially without a 4x4.
The one thing we could do was climb Kelso dunes... just happend to do it during the midday sun in 30+CRead more
Las Vegas
May 11, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Onward to Las Vegas!
Wasn't sure I was going to like this place, not really designed for someone who doesn't drink, do drugs, gamble much, and can't hire prostitutes because Alex is here.
But I kindRead more
Relaxing day
May 12, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Today was spent mostly at the pool relaxing.
We then started our gambling, I put $10 in and then lost it. Alex put $10 in and walked away $40. Then lost it.
Finished the day with a beatles versionRead more
Hoover Dam
May 13, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Last minute change of plan and decided to head East.
First stop Hoover Dam, it was much busier than we expected a dam to be...
Found the town of Bedrock
May 13, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Visited the Flintstones.
Grand Canyon
May 13, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The real reason for taking a huge detour.
I've been to places before, like the pyramids in Egypt, and been a little underwhelmed because it looks exactly as I was expecting it to look from all theRead more
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