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End of our 'The Americas' travels

Friday, 7 May 2010 | Views [128]

So we now say goodbye to the Americas. It has been an amazing journey, we have been so impressed by the different landscapes, the beauty, the generosity of its people and its vastness. We have been so lucky in our ... Read more >


on our way to London, first stop Boston, Massachusetts

Wednesday, 5 May 2010 | Views [145]

No problems with getting our United flight to Boston, on internal flights in USA you get charged (US$25 and up) for any checked bag you may have but our flight was part of an international one so we got our first checked bag free. We had gotten rid ... Read more >


Photos: Fort Collins 2nd visit

Saturday, 1 May 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Back in Fort Collins, Colorado

Monday, 26 Apr 2010 | Views [126]

We sadly left on the one day off that Sherry had but had had a wonderful week with everyone here in Post Falls. She and Gary took us to the airport for an uneventful trip back to Denver where we were to be picked up from the airport by Hayley. Hayley ... Read more >


Photos: Post Falls, Idaho

Thursday, 22 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Post Falls, Idaho

Monday, 19 Apr 2010 | Views [173]

We flew up to Spokane, Washington (state) from Denver on Monday 19th to spend a week with our friend Gary and his wife Sherry who live nearby but across the state line in Post Falls, Idaho. We travelled with Gary on and off for a few weeks in Central ... Read more >


Fort Collins, Colorado

Thursday, 8 Apr 2010 | Views [150]

We bade a rapid farewell to Dawn and Alan when they dropped us off at the Houston Hobby Airport to catch our Southwest flight up to Denver. Southwest is good because they have 2 check-in bags free per customer, all other flights except Jetblue (1 per ... Read more >


Photos: Galveston

Thursday, 1 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Galveston, Texas

Wednesday, 31 Mar 2010 | Views [130]

We had put an advert on Craigslist to get a rideshare from New Orleans to Houston and received a reply from Joshua who was driving through from Orlando. This is a much less expensive way for us to travel and means he gets company and another driver ... Read more >


Photos: New Orleans, Louisiana

Saturday, 27 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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New Orleans, USA

Saturday, 27 Mar 2010 | Views [134]

We arrived in New Orleans ( http://www.neworleanscvb.com/ ) around 5.30pm on Saturday and our c/s host Alita came and picked us up after she finished work at 6pm and took us to her home that she shares with her sister Suni and dogs Samson, Goliath ... Read more >


Photos: Tallahassee to Pensacola, Florida

Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Florida, USA - part 2

Tuesday, 23 Mar 2010 | Views [136]

We had a good ride by Greyhound bus from Orlando up to Tallahassee, the bus is not a patch on the ones we used to ride in South America but ok for shorter journeys. In Tallahassee we waited a while at the terminal and talked a bit with a young man ... Read more >


Photos: Titusville, Florida, USA

Sunday, 21 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Florida, USA - West Palm Beach and Vero Beach

Friday, 19 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Florida State, USA part 1

Thursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Views [115]

Our flight to Florida was about 3 hours and we were able to see some of the islands below as we crossed near to Dominican Republic and Cuba. We also flew over the Florida Keys and got to see the huge area of sandy bottomed shallow blue blue ... Read more >


Photos: flight from Puerto Rico to Florida, USA

Thursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Visit from long lost cousin

Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008 | Views [244]

Elaine had an email to say that our cousin would like to visit. He is the grandson of our fathers brother. Our dad, Lewis, had a brother, Jack, who has a daughter, Berwyn, who has a son - Damon. Berwyn and all her family live in Brisbane. Damon ... Read more >


Gallery: Fort Collins

Monday, 22 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery

Day trips and events
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Day trip Colorado Springs

Saturday, 20 Sep 2008 | Views [278] | Comments [1]

on the 20th with Elaine and Haley, we started early and headed south past Denver and on to Colorado Springs and visited first the Garden of the Gods, then the Cave of the Winds and Manitou Village nearby. The usual lovely weather, the Garden of the ... Read more >


Day Trips to Estes Park & the Horsetooth Reservoir

Friday, 19 Sep 2008 | Views [354]

On the 13th we went headed to Estes Park about an hour away, it was beautiful there and being a Saturday was full of people and had a market day going on so was very interesting. As you can see from the pic we also got to see a stag and his ... Read more >


We are in Fort Collins for a week or so

Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Views [296]

We have had our disposable camera developed and got some great pics of the Grand Canyon and have uploaded those. It seems a bit wierd to be stopped in one place. Yesterday we went for a walk downtown and kept hearing a train blow its 'whistle' (it ... Read more >

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Extended trip back to Denver via Chicago - 10,11,12 Sept

Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [365]

10 Sept  - Wednesday Up early and Ben dropped us at the station on his way to work in time to catch the 8.30am Texas Eagle which finally arrived at 10.30am. Now the plan was that we got off the train at Springfield Illinois and caught a bus to Galesburg, ... Read more >

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St Louis - 7,8,9 Sept

Tuesday, 9 Sep 2008 | Views [253]

It was a late arrival time in St Louis, we were picked up at 10.45pm by Ben (Dawn's youngest son) and (surprise?) Dawn, Carol's sister. Dawn had mentioned to us that she would try to get here while we were here but then she forgot that and was wondering ... Read more >

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Gallery: St Louis

Tuesday, 9 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery

St Louis
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