Washington DC - is having a moment!

The White House behind bars

TRUMP TOWN

Washington DC (District of Columbia) always seemed so exotic to me - Is it a State? No. Is it a big city? No. Is it home to a revered leader? <awkward silence>

Virginia - Williamsburg & Jamestown

Hi-Jackin' the Stripes

“HISTORY IS THE MEMORY OF TIME”

Good ole Sir Walter Raleigh, the 16th century explorer, soldier, writer, puddle cover-upper, original tobacco smoker, first fan of potatoes, and a favourite of the Queen, named the state of Virginia after Elizabeth the virgin Queen.

North Carolina - Country Roads

12 seconds that changed the world

“LIFE IS OLD THERE, OLDER THAN THE TREES…”

We skidded our car into a space, flung our bags into our hotel room, and marched up through the streets of the mountain town of Asheville North Carolina. It was bitterly cold, especially for soft West Coasters, but it sure was pretty. The town had a hipster vibe, (famous for its craft beer), Dom can testify a bottle of 'Cold Mountains' warmed him up nicely.

Georgia - Atlanta

Land of the free, home of the Braves

“LEAVING ON THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN…”

Atlanta is the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Coca Cola, Chicken Fil-A and The Waffle House... Breakfast with a conscience on the side!

Pacific Coast Highway

Clint Eastwood's Mission Ranch

"DRIVING ALONG IN MY AUTOMOBILE"
If you truly want to say you saw California you have to putz along the Pacific Coast Highway. Don’t zoom along, don’t skedaddle, you have to “putz”, stopping here and there to see this and that. God, as they say, is in the detail.

Sacramento & Auburn - The Motherlode

"I love you, California"

CAPITAL GAINS

One burning hot Summer’s day we melted our way out of San Francisco and slithered up and across to California’s capital city, Sacramento. To visit our longest standing, not to mention outstanding, California compadres - Patrick and Erin.

Iowa - Des Moines, Pella, Kalona

Attack of the giant corn

CORNSTAR

Roadtripping in Iowa you see a shuck load of corn - it’s tall, it’s green, and it’s everywhere!

Wisconsin - Madison

Lake Life

WIKI-WIKI-WISCONSIN

Cheese is one of my favourite foods, I think it should have its own food group. My heart loves it, my body disagrees, I got my own internal Brexit going on. Nonetheless, I was salivating at thoughts of arriving in Wisconsin, Cheese Country, my kinda people.

Minnesota - Minneapolis, St Paul, Stillwater

Right lads, let's call that lunch

PURPLE RAIN

My references for Minnesota were; the singer Prince, the movie Fargo, and American Midwesterns of Scandinavian descent saying ‘Do you want a soda?’ (pronounced ‘sew-da’). Here are the things I found out; Prince lived in Minneapolis because it is awesome (may he Rest In Peace), it might have been snowing in Fargo but it was hotter than a hoppin hen in the Little Apple, and lastly, Minnesotans don’t called coke soda they call it pop!

Redwoods Roadtrip Part 3 - Mendocino

Sleep Hollow's got nothin' on Mendocino

CABOT COVE - IN THE FLESH

I have visited Mendocino on many occasions from solo trips, to family vacays, to girls weekends away. On the family roadtrip we descended into Mendocino from the mighty Avenue of the Giants. We stopped in the Children’s Forest for some tree hugging. Compared to the gigantor redwoods us mere mortals do indeed look child size, if not lego size. The trees are astounding, I recommend one and all to come see them.