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USA | Saturday, 2 Nov 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [18]
DID YOU KNOW THAT NEW SMYRNA BEACH is called the Shark Bite Capital of the World ? Neither did we—there were 8 attacks last year alone! And we didn’t have a clue that it would be so windy and the surf so rough. We picked this AirBnB because ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [21]
ST. AUGUSTINE IS THE OLDEST CITY in the United States. It is also the last “Friends and Family” stop on this leg of our Grand Tour. John’s sister Jean “Charlotte” and daughter Carli moved down from “Joisey” about ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [26]
EVEN THOUGH IT’S ONLY ABOUT 400 MILES from Myrtle Beach to St. Augustine, we broke up the trip with a stop in Georgia. When we last visited Savannah in ’05—the details are a bit fuzzy in my mind—we seem to recall having a good ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 24 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [61]
WE VAGABONDS HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE; a hotel or hostel, a birding tour or cruise ship. Or an AirBnB in Myrtle Beach SC. It’s a logical stop on the way to Florida, the price is right and we enjoyed our visit in the spring of ’21.
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USA | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [49]
THE ORIGINAL PLAN ON OUR WAY SOUTH called for a stop in the Blue Ridge Mountains. but after Hurricane Helene washed out much of Asheville NC, we went to Plan B, a cozy AirBnB cottage in Kill Devil Hills.
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USA | Saturday, 12 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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USA | Friday, 11 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [74]
WE HAD AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE FOR STOPPING in Virginia. Of course we wanted to see old friends Steve and Roz but we had also arranged to have our South Dakota absentee ballots forwarded to them in Fairfax. This year especially, voting—forgive the expression—... Read more >
KUWAIT | Thursday, 10 Oct 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [48]
Numerous travellers before me have described Kuwait as being about the most boring place they've ever travelled to. Would it be? I just had to find out for myself. Only yesterday did my planned CouchSurfing host, Mohammed, cancel on me due to a family ... Read more >
KUWAIT | Wednesday, 9 Oct 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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USA | Tuesday, 8 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [39]
CONNIE, BLESS HER HEART, WAS ON DECK at 4:30 AM when Venezia passed beneath the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and sailed by the Statue of Liberty so the photos from the Hudson were taken with her iPhone. We were packed and breakfasted by half-past eight ... Read more >
