If you’re going to San Francisco…

Following on from my previous post, next up on the itinerary was driving from San Diego to Los Angeles where our official tour ended. I'll write about LA separately as I've been back since and it needs its own post. I, and my friend from school who joined the tour with me, had decided to…

Now, where were we…

It’s been 18 months since I last wrote anything here. I knew it had been a while but when I realised I started writing about my travel adventures in 2018 it took me by surprise. The past year, for better or worse, has been a whirlwind as we all know, and not indicative of travel…

Heading West… Viva Las Vegas!

Well here we go, picking up where we left off... we've just come from the Grand Canyon and once again the 12 of us jump into our trusty van to drive down part of the iconic Route 66! After a quick pit stop through a tiny town along the way (which after some efficient Googling…

Talking of inspiration…

It would appear that June marked my five year blog anniversary and I missed it; although it's not surprising since I haven't written anything here since March. The wonderful 'memories' feature on Facebook  has also been reminding me that the trip I've been telling stories about on here happened two years ago. TWO YEARS. How…

A place everyone has on their bucket list…

It’s a place almost everyone has on their bucket list, a place quite unlike anywhere else... I am of course talking about the Grand Canyon. Created by erosion from the Colorado River, the canyon is around 6000 feet (1800m) deep, 277 miles (446km) long and at the widest point measures 18 miles across. Although this…

Making our way into the desert…

Having recently been asked for some hints and tips on my recent travels I thought now would be a good time to get back into the flow of writing about last years adventures. My last post spoke about San Angelo, Carlsbad and Santa Fe with the strange alien-centric town but next up is one of…

San Angelo, Carlsbad & Santa Fe

From Austin we moved onto a few smaller places on our way to the wonder of Monument Valley. First up was San Angelo, which if you didn't know is one of the top 5 places for sheep and goat auctions. It's also one of the best places to go if you're interested in early American…

Houston & Austin, Texas

Houston was a surprise destination for all of us; the itinerary had mentioned Austin but not Houston and considering we were there the two weeks after Hurricane Harvey we weren't expecting much. How wrong we were! Thankfully we saw almost no devastation within the city and our hostel only had minor damages - a damp…