Travels
On The Road, Day 9: Clearwater & Cousins 2
We had thought we’d go to the beach, see Florida, try a museum, but when they said ‘cousins’ they meant it. They ate, swam, got out and played, swam, ate and then we went to see Wall-E. I had just read a New York Times piece on how it is a more true statement of … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 8: Clearwater & Cousins 1
We drove through Crystal River area around noon and considered going out on a boat to see the manatees. Then we discovered the boats leave at 7 in the morning. There was a small state park there that is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail. We sprayed ourselves with bug spray and headed into … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 7: Four State Day
We couldn’t decide between spending the day in New Orleans and getting on the road. Enough procrastination led to neither. We headed out of New Orleans about noon. We drove out of Louisiana into Mississippi through to Alabama and onto Florida. We pulled on a new card out of our Dinner Games box – pass … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 6: New Orleans, LA
On our second day we started with beignets again. There is something to be said with starting your day with donuts and coffee watching the world go by and listening to some fantastic street musicians. Then we took a paddleboat a little way up the Mississippi. I’m not sure whether the boat ride or getting … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 5: New Orleans, LA
New Orleans definitely got off to a slow start; it was about 11 before we could drag them from the room. On the first day we managed breakfast, lunch and dinner and most of the rest of the day was spent trying to convince the kids to leave the hotel rather than wait for the … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 4: Leaving Texas
The day started out slowly. We decided to give the kids a break from the car for a while and hang out at Tim’s for the morning. D was most impressed with his Nintendo skills, C made up ball games for them to play together and B fed him all the funny looking blueberries. We … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 3: San Antonio, TX
“Remember the Alamo!” was the battle cry by the Texans as Sam Houston commanded the army to re-take province of Texas. When the battle was over the Mexican troops were forced out, ending Mexico’s control of the area. We learned some interesting things about the Alamo on our visit. I’m really glad that I head … Continue reading
On The Road
Still on the road. Haven’t had internet access for a few days. We do now but are hitting the road any minute. Will update soon. We’ve been through the Alamo and Riverwalk in San Antonio, spent the night with a friend in Houston, hung for two days in New Orleans (including our wild children getting … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 2: Carlsbad Caverns, NM
We started off a little slowly on our 2nd day. The kids were thrilled that the hotel’s continental breakfast was glazed donuts. They were bouncing off the walls while we tried to pack! Carlsbad Caverns is a huge set of numerous limestone caves. We did the easy self guided tour and it was definitely enough. … Continue reading
On The Road, Day 1: Leaving Arizona
We took off for our month long road trip this morning. Not quite like a herd of turtles but no early AM leaving either. The kids were so excited they skipped breakfast and sat in the car while we finished loading it and putting all the bikes on the carrier. Before we hit Tucson they … Continue reading
