I had a very early start this morning. Several years ago we were flying back from London on the day that Prince William married Kate Middleton. I missed the wedding completely and felt cheated of a spectacle. This year I was determined to watch the State funeral of Queen Elizabeth…
The breakfast at our Hampton Inn was a definite improvement on yesterday, thay hadn’t run our of everything 🙂 . We were on the road bright and early at 8.30 and heading north towards Cleveland. Today we’ll see another of the Great Lakes, Erie this time, after we saw three…
We set out West in West Virginia this morning, driving through the forested hills that we’ve really come to associate with the state. It makes for pretty driving, even on the busier roads. After about an hour we drove through the center of Charleston which is the capital of West…
Driving the Blue Ridge They call the Blue Ridge Parkway “America’s Favourite Drive”, so as devoted road trippers there was no way we were spending time in the part of the country without experiencing at least some of it. It meanders along the Appalachians for over 450 miles and is…
We set out this morning to cross the state of South Carolina. It was already steamy hot when we left so we were looking forward to some cooler weather up in the Appalachians. However we had an important stop along the way – Congaree National Park. Our 35th National Park!…
Saturday Following in the footsteps of Rhett Butler, today we’re heading to a place of peace, charm and grace! Today was one of our longer drives, over 5 hours, but the destination was Charleston, South Carolina, somewhere I was very keen to viist. If you know your “Gone with the…
From Williamsburg our next destination was the Outer Banks of North Carolina. ( North Carolina was the first “new” state for this trip, taking us up to our 43rd State of the Union!) The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a 200 mile string of barrier islands and spits off…
The big ticket item for today was a visit to Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg was founded as the capital of the Virginia Colony in 1699. The young city grew quickly into the center of political, religious, economic, and social life in Virginia. With the establishment of the Willam and Mary college, Williamsburg…
Thank goodness for a better nights sleep last night, mostly due to exhaustion but I’ll take whatever I can get! Despite the better sleep we were still up pretty early and tucking into our continental breakfast by 7.30am. It was already warm when we hit the road and drove south…
When we left the USA in 2019 we fully expected to be back a year later to continue our 50 States bucket list…. but then, you know what happened … who could have expected a global pandemic. We were pretty lucky when the travel restrictions hit with the onset of…
