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  • Tania and Allan Simpson
  • Tania and Allan Simpson

USA- Road Trip

We are off to America. Allan is to have the Intracept procedure on his spine. Hopefully, this will be life changing for him.. This is our journey!!! Leer más
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  • Tania and Allan SimpsonUSA- Road TripViajero
    1st stop of the day was to an area to visit some of the cemeteries.
    Cafe Du Monde. Famous Beignet and Chicory CoffeeMississippi RiverMississippi River and the Creole Queen paddlewheeler

    NEW ORLEANS DAY 2

    30 de junio de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Today, we bought a street car pass for $3.00, which gave you 24 hours of hop on, hop off use of the transport system in the city. Our first stop was only one of the 40 cemeteries in the city.
    In New Orleans, people are buried above ground primarily due to the city's high water table and below-sea-level location.Leer más

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  • Tania and Allan SimpsonUSA- Road TripViajero
    1Had to pose next to the Miller building sign!!Beautiful old brick building.2Old picture theater.Main street in Crowley.More old buildings in Crowley. The building on the right is the old Rice Pub.Spending our last 2 nights in Beaumont.Quite a steep motorway ahead.Driving into Beaumont. Oil refinery on both sides of the motorway.Decided to go on an Alligator hunt at the Cattail Marsh. Had no luck.Cattail Marsh wetlands covers a 900 acre areaThis 24-foot, Dalmatian-spotted fire hydrant at the Fire Museum of Texas was donated by Walt Disney.World’s Largest Working Fire Hydrant. It was featured in the 101 Dalmatians movie.Memorial to the firefighters that lost their lives on 9/11Historical part of town in Beaumont. A lot of the area has been abandoned.Some abandoned buildings in the historic part of Beaumont.Rainbow Bridge in the Beaumont area. Made like this for a battle ship to pass underneath

    BEAUMONT...TEXAS

    2 de julio de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    This morning, we left Lafayette and made our way to Beaumont for the last 2 nights of our trip. On the way, we took a detour and ended up in a small country town called Crowley. This little town in the middle of nowhere is the Rice Capital of America.

    Beaumont, Texas, is a coastal city in Southeast Texas, known for its rich history in the oil industry and its unique blend of Texas and Cajun cultures. It's located 90 miles east of Houston.    Leer más

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  • Tania and Allan SimpsonUSA- Road TripViajero
    Cheers 🍻 Beer o'clock in the old spindletop pub.Would have loved to put this in my suitcaseGeneral store.Lucas Gusher Replica.The Miller name is popular in the USAGladys City Drug StoreBarbershopThe Lucas GusherAt the height of activity at Spindletop, there were 285 active oil wells.

    SPINDLETOP GLADYS CITY BOOMTOWN MUSEUM

    3 de julio de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is located in Beaumont, Texas, to commemorate the discovery of oil at the Spindletop Hill salt dome in Beaumont on Jan. 10, 1901. The discovery sparked an oil boom in Texas that continues today.
    At approximately 10:30 a.m. on January 10, 1901, while the Hamill brothers were attempting to free their drill from the crevice, the famous Lucas Gusher blew in. Oil sprayed more than 100 feet above the derrick for nine days until the well was capped.
    It was the greatest oil well ever seen. It was flowing 80,000 – 100,000 barrels per day.    Leer más

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  • Tania and Allan SimpsonUSA- Road TripViajero
    Farewell USA
    1Tractor Supply company. 3x hats and a t-shirt were purchased.Frozen margaritas can be purchased from a petrol station. That definitely won't ever happen in NZ.Buc-ee'sBuc-ee'sDropping rental off. You drive through this scanner, and it checks for any damage.Boeing 777-367ER

    BYE BYE USA. LAST DAY

    4 de julio de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Stayed our last night in Beaumont, which is approximately 132km from Houston Airport. Of course, we had to check out a few more shops in Beaumont, as we had a lot of time to kill. I went to an outlet store called Ross, and Allan wanted to go back to the Tractor Supply Company . Also, we had to have one last look at a Buc-ee's before leaving the USA.Leer más

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    Fin del viaje
    6 de julio de 2025