Category Archives: USA Vacation

Up early to strike the tents and head off for the long drive back to Salt Lake City (six hours) to catch our flight to New Orleans – good thing Wouter enjoys driving ‘cos we’ve sure done enough of it … Continue reading →

Oh my soul are we having the time of our lives here, yes the mosquitoes are plentiful and annoying, not to mention the rather loud campers two sites up but all that pales into insignificance when we think of the … Continue reading →

Browsing Michaels yesterday rekindled my obsession with buying scrapbooking products and seeing as how the modern version was born in Utah how could  I pass up the opportunity to visit an LSS (Local Scrapbook Store), course the nearest one was … Continue reading →

Not as long a drive as yesterday and less bickering this time mainly because the car we’ve hired plays dvd’s, it’s a Chrysler Town & Country and has all the mod cons a person could ask for which makes a … Continue reading →

Waking up at 4:30 does not make for happy people, there were no rousing choruses of Kumbaja from either of my two kids it was more like grumbles and dirty looks. They didn’t half look a bit odd wrapped up … Continue reading →

South Africa has warnings about not feeding the animals which are generally geared towards saving daft tourists from baboons. America has similar rules however evidently the tourists here are just as stupid as those back home. The scene went like … Continue reading →

Virgin America is now officially my favourite airline, true they’re mercenary and charge for just about everything, $8 to watch a movie, $2 for a headset (good thing we nicked the ones from Delta) and $6 for a glass of … Continue reading →

So, as it turns out the Casa Loma isn’t a derelict building rather the building next door to it is. In my defence it looked derelict and uninhabited as we were whizzing by trying to keep pace with the traffic.  … Continue reading →

The chappy who booked us into the hotel gave us a really informative info pack which included a map of the city with a recommended route on it, figuring it included all we wanted to see we loaded up on … Continue reading →