Denver, Colorado
12. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Finally reached Denver and seems we made up a little bit of time but still about an hour behind.
Hopefully we'll make up some more time through the night and get to Chicago with enough time to collectWeiterlesen
Omaha City, Nebraska
13. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Arriving in Omaha City at 06:15 Wednesday morning. The first night on the train was a little difficult, but the second night was much better as I had become adjusted to the best sleeping positions andWeiterlesen
Melrose, Iowa
13. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Once we came down out of the Rockies into Denver everything started to change almost instantly.
After a peak of around 9,000 ft we came down into Denver at about 5,000 ft. Over night by the time weWeiterlesen
Ottumwa, Iowa
13. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
These country towns are quite quaint compared to our Aussie towns.
Well just 5 more hours till we reach Chicago, but the downside is we are now over 2 hours late which means the car company may beWeiterlesen
Burlington, Illinois
13. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Crossing the mighty Mississippi River at Burlington, Illinois.
Galesburg, Illinois
13. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Galesburg, Illinois, last main stop before Chicago. Managed to reach the rental car company and relieved that they are open till 8:00pm. Can stop stressing now about missing the car pickup.
Arrived Youngstown, Ohio
14. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
A long trip through the night to arrive at this supposed small country town with massive motorways and interchanges. Obviously a lot more to Youngstown than the information we had alreadyWeiterlesen
Youngstown State University
14. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
After a very fast sleep we had breakfast and headed to the university, YSU, for the start of Bec's recruitment inspection trip here.
YSU Tour
14. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
What was surprising here was that the Coach, Nick, guided us personally all around the university campus and I think this impressed Bec that he would take such a personal approach, impressed me.
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Day 2 YSU
15. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We continued on with Day 2 of the inspection and had lunch with the coach again, and Bec returned to us from her athlete stay in the dorms, she seemed pretty happy.
Heading to Niagra Falls
15. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
After our tour had ended we moved on towards Niagara Falls, which was about a 4 hour drive to the north east into New York State.
Niagara Falls
16. Juni 2012 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Niagara Falls, did it all. The Queen of the Mist boat trip and everything. To be so close to the falls and hearing the thundering noise of the water exploding down over the drop was exhilarating.
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