End of the road - Las Vegas to the Pacific(Sun 12th- Fri 17th October) I've been told by more than one person to make these blogs more personal and if possible, more humorous and less like a travel guide. I think that's a polite way of saying it's a bit boring ! -well I'll do my best but I can't promise. Although not on our original itinerary at the last minute we decided to go to Las Vegas. We were there less than 24 hours staying the MGM Hotel and Casino whic...

UTAH - NATIONAL PARKS AND SNOW ! (9th-11th Oct) Well it had to happen. After mentioning several times how great the weather has been,yesterday it turned nasty. The temperature had dropped 20 degrees overnight as we headed for Bryce Canyon. After our visit we set off for our next destination which included a 40 mile drive over a pass. It started to snow. As we climbed higher the snow got heavier and we finished up driving in a blizzard. The temperature dropped to...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH (5th - 8th OCT) Spent the last 4 days in Colorado. Decided to base ourselves in Boulder partly because the guide books say it's a trendy liberal place to stay and partly because of its location half way (35 miles) between Denver and the Rocky Mountain National Park, both places we wanted to visit. Unlike most cities in the USA Boulder has an excellent public transport system so one day we took the express bus to Denver. The city is sometimes ...

Route 66 and Kansas (Tues 30/9 - Sun 5/10) After 4 days in Chicago we were on the road again. In the past 5 days we have driven about 1200 miles in a roughly western direction through the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. We have booked into motels in Pontiac (Illinois), Columbia (Missouri) , Kansas City (confusingly not in Kansas but Missouri) , Colby City (Kansas) before arriving at our main destination Boulder (Colorado) . We have learnt fro...

Chicago grows on you. First impressions were not good as you drive north through the poor ghetto areas of south Chigago. It's the same with the downtown area. All the skyscrapers seem to block out the sun and make the streets look dark and deserted. However once you get to find your way around it is actually a great city. We arrived in Chicago on Friday. Gwen had only booked the hotel the previous evening via the internet. It was a fantastic place called the W...