Monthly Archives: April 2015

Day 44 Pinetop to Phoenix Arizona via The Apache Trail Wednesday 29 April 2015 USA Day 15

We got away from Pinetop at 8am and headed for the Apache Trail. We called into Globe on the way to pick up lunch provisions and then headed to the Roosevelt Dam to start the trail. The Trail is 41.5 … Continue reading

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Day 43 Pinetops and Fort Apache 28 April 2015 USA Day 15

Today we went to visit Fort Apache. It was the iconic Fort at the centre of the Apache wars and the American wild west. I know it instantly conjures up images of the F-Troop fort with its wooden outer wall, … Continue reading

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Days 41 & 42 Sedona and Pinetops Arizona Sunday 26 + Monday 27 April 2015 USA Day 13 &14

Day 41 Sedona Arizona Sunday 26 April 2015  USA Day 13 We woke this morning is sunny Sedona to more rain showers, but Georgie promises the rain will stop by 7! (Sorry an in joke 🙂  ) The rain stopped … Continue reading

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Days 39 and 40 Vegas to Grand Canyon and onto Sedona USA Days 11 & 12

Day 39 Las Vegas Nevada to Grand Canyon Arizona Friday 24 April 2015 USA Day 11 We checked out of Aria at 8:30am and made our way to the airport by taxi to pick-up the hire car J & G … Continue reading

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Days 38 Las Vegas Nevada Thursday 23 April 2015 USA Day 10

A slow start to today, no rush, Vegas doesn’t shut!  We started the day with a walk along the strip, down as far as New York New York. It’s massive, with the Manhattan skyline depicted in its various towers, … Continue reading

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Days 36 & 37 Oakdale Minnesota/Las Vegas Nevada Tues/Wed 21/22 April 2015 USA Day 8 & 9

Day 36 Oakdale Minnesota It’s SNOWING!!!!!! I’m looking out the window a bit after 9am and I said to John, it’s raining, he looked out the window and said no, it’s snowing and went back to his paper! 🙂 I … Continue reading

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Day 35 Oakdale Minneapolis Minnesota Monday 20 April 2015 USA Day 7

Time for an easy start to our day. It took us a while to get going today, (Deb sends her deep appreciation to Telstra for the 5am text saying our plan had changed to EXACTLY AS IT WAS!!) hence we … Continue reading

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Day 34 Oakdale Minneapolis Minnesota Sunday 19 April 2015 USA Day 6

Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife and travel buddy, I love you <3  🙂 Once we were up, my day started with a morning run. (Something I haven’t had the time for since Guayaquil). It was a bit cold out, … Continue reading

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Day 33 New Orleans to Minneapolis Minnesota Saturday 18 April 2015 USA Day 5

A new day a new place, time to head out and explore a bit more. Today we join John and Georgie for a trip back to their home in Minneapolis, for a few days catching up with their family, and … Continue reading

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Day 32 New Orleans Friday 17 April 2015 USA Day 4

Well that was a fun night, not! I think I got a bad mussel, but better out than in I guess, and all good  when I woke this morning. So it was a late start to our day. We took … Continue reading

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