tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41062026056181400552024-03-21T00:24:52.761-07:00Jen, Stu and the boys, a year in the States 2013, 2014 6 months, 2015 4 monthsJennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-89700058184045284472015-05-07T20:59:00.003-07:002015-05-07T23:01:14.523-07:00Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado...farewell USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a few days to get back to Colorado before we flew home so we left Missouri, drove down in to Arkansas, Oklahoma<br />
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spent the night in Oklahoma City, stopping in to see the Capitol Building, where we were made to feel so welcome...having come all the way from Australia to visit! And even the Governor welcomed us with some icecream...or maybe it was just the people from the Real Estate Conference, that was being held at the Capitol Building, who had left over icecream and needed to get rid of it. Either way, they were lovely to us.<br />
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The next morning we continued on the I 40, passing windfarms with literally hundreds and hundreds of turbines, as far as the eye could see and plenty of fields<br />
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on our way to Texas.<br />
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We had to spend some time in Amarillo, because of the song and we found plenty to do there...a bit of Route 66, </div>
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a free RV museum...gotta love the airstreams...<br />
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and Palo Duro Canyon State Park, which was described as the Grand Canyon of Texas...errr, no. <br />
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But it did lead us to this guy, Big Tex from Canyons, Texas!<br />
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I had heard about Cadillac Ranch, (which is not to be confused with Carhenge in Nebraska)<br />
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and sure enough there it was, in an empty, dusty paddock...painted Cadillacs buried in the dirt!<br />
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While we were there, a helicopter was doing dramatic flyovers over the cars, <br />
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with a reporter hanging out the door.<br />
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It landed and out got this guy...bloody hell...it's Ron Burgundy from Anchorman. <br />
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It was a group of guys doing a fundraiser from LA...pretending to be the Anchorman crew and they had heard about a "car pile up" in Amarillo, Texas and were doing a "news story". They then proceeded to interview Stu. Funny guys!<br />
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We crossed into New Mexico<br />
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arriving at a small town on Route 66 called Tucumcari. Once we had settled in we went for dinner and did a drive around the town. Turns out we had been here before but didn't realise. It is a dying town due to the Interstate being built, but it still had plenty of character and lots of original buildings and signs from when it was the only road,<br />
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and they had done the supermarket up since we were last there, making use of the towns iconic location.<br />
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Stu visited a Thrift shop (and bought some "magical New Mexican egg shaped rocks" which are supposed to encourage our chooks to lay) and the old guy who owned the shop told him about a route we could take on our way to Sante Fe, via Las Vegas, New Mexico and not on the I 40. It was a great road, NM 104, no cars and lovely scenery.<br />
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a little bit of wildlife near Conchas Lake State Park,<br />
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interesting clouds,<br />
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abandoned buildings<br />
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small old towns,<br />
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and great stretches of road<br />
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that eventually took us to Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico.<br />
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Which is NOTHING like Las Vegas, Nevada! There were some lovely old buildings, on big wide streets<br />
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and we found this beautiful church just off the road.<br />
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The best part of Las Vegas? Going to Rough Riders Antiques and buying this little gem that made it all the way home in one piece!<br />
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Next overnight stop was Santa Fe, NM. We had been here before but it was still good to see the beautiful architecture...<br />
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When you leave Santa Fe you drive under these gorgeous bridges (America is good at their bridges!)<br />
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past some markets where we stopped to get lunch and discovered we had about $3 cash on us, so the lovely Indian lady felt sorry for us and gave us a meal worth $8 for $3! <br />
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and up to <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">El Santaurio, de Chimayo, New Mexico..another place we had visited before and which is beautiful. This time there were more people, so it had a different feel to it than when it was just Stu and I there.</span></span><br />
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We were planning on staying in Colorado Springs that night and were pushed for time, but still managed to stop at my favourite NM shop.<br />
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These guys looked a little out of place..<br />
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and Stuart promised me he would make me one of these.<br />
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We did a little bit of shopping...we still had a few kgs to stretch the baggage allowance...and I'm pretty happy with our purchases.<br />
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We said goodbye to New Mexico and hello to Colorado.<br />
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We were on State Hwy 159 and drove through San Luis, the oldest continuously populated town in Colorado. It was getting dark and cold, so unfortunately we didn't have much time to look around<br />
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but we did get a great view down the valley towards the gorgeous snow capped mountains.<br />
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Up on a hill overlooking San Luis was a church. We wanted to see it and spent ages trying to find the road, Eventually we gave up and continued on to Colorado Springs, before coming across a gravel road. <br />
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We hoped it was the road to the church and sure enough (despite the lack of distance signs) we eventually made it up the hill to beautiful Sangre De Christo Catholic church.<br />
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and where there is a Stations of the Cross Shrine, which is a hike up a hill, that unfortunately we didn't have time to do.<br />
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So we continued on to Colorado Springs enjoying nature's amazing views,<br />
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arriving there late in the evening. Next morning we drove into Denver to Connie and Bill's place. Our last full day in the US. The four of us went out to an old favourite for lunch....Costco, we packed our bags, snowboard and boxes...and enjoyed happy hour and a delicious meal with Connie and Bill and their friends Russ and Darlene, and a game of Aggravation where the only concern of Stu's was to not leave America a loser. Fortunately for him he was 2nd last loser!<br />
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Connie and Bill were so generous with Winter Park and their home and it was so sad to say goodbye to them. We can't wait till they come out to visit us next year. We had another fantastic, amazing, wonderful trip back to the US,<br />
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seeing more of this great country<br />
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and meeting some lovely, generous people. The US has become like a second home to us and we will always treasure the time we have had here forever.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-26924235017083326772015-05-07T05:25:00.000-07:002015-05-07T05:49:10.196-07:00Kansas and Missouri<br />
April 2015<br />
When we were in Laughlin (Nevada) at Rick and Marilyn's place, they suggested we go to Branson, Missouri and visit a theme park called Silver Dollar City. We had never heard of it but it's similar to a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee called Dollywood. We went to Pigeon Forge during Summer break 2013, but didn't go to Dollywood and later regretted it. So we thought...why not.<br />
We picked up the new hire car and began the long drive across the I70 leaving Colorado, and making our way into Kansas<br />
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where we welcomed by the "Welcoming Committee".<br />
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We've only see bits of Kansas and most of that has been on the I70 so we can't really give an opinion except to say there are lots of wind farms <br />
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and fields.<br />
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We headed south towards Missouri and stayed the night at a town called Wichita, Kansas. <br />
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We found a cheap motel where we felt slightly uncomfortable when the only other person in the motel was in the room next to us and when Stu saw him and said hello, this guy's eyes were rolling into the back of his head. And then there was the constant coming and going of his "visitors"...all night long! Suffice to say I was glad we made it through the night! But I did like this concept of outdoor furniture.<br />
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Stu had contacted a few house exchange homes in and near Branson and there were a couple of declines. One couple did reply however and said we could stay at their holiday home in Lampe, Missouri, </div>
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which was about a half hour drive from Branson. We stopped at Roaring River State Park on the way, but there wasn't much roaring going on,<br />
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and arrived at the house in Lampe, Missouri mid afternoon,<br />
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found the key where Deb and Derek said it would be and let ourselves in. It was a gorgeous 3 storey lakehouse <br />
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that they had built themselves. It slept 18 people, had huge verandahs and balconies surrounding it, <br />
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bedrooms and bathrooms galore, a big kitchen, <br />
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and two huge living areas...on ground level and downstairs.<br />
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The best part of the house for me was the decor...especially the bathrooms....and I searched so many Walmarts in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas searching for the toilet seat stickers with no luck!!</div>
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It was right on Table Rock Lake and Deb and Derek had their own private dock overlooking the lake which was complete with every water lovers toys...boats, canoes, jetskis, paddleboards <br />
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and a resident snake that gave me the fright of my life.<br />
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It was too cold for us to use any of the water equipment, but it was lovely sitting out on the dock enjoying a drink and the view.<br />
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Our first night there we were woken by a message on my phone. "Tornado imminent, seek shelter immediately!" Bloody hell! We didn't know what to do, so of course Googled it! We had to find a room without windows and in the lowest part of the house. Fortunately there was a bedroom that fitted that description and we stayed down there while the wind howled around us outside. Turns out the tornado didn't hit us, but at least we got to experience a tornado "warning" in the mid-west of the US !<br />
We bought a 2 day pass to Silver Dollar City theme park, which is an 1880's-themed experience that fits Branson's vision as a family-friendly vacation destination with down-home charm. <br />
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paying with our own currency that Stuart invented and surprisingly we were allowed in.<br />
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The first day there was bitterly cold, so it wasn't very busy. But there were roller coaster rides, cooking exhibitions,<br />
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shops, woodchoppers, glassblowers, a blacksmith and live music. There were shows on every few hours and we were able to listen to some great music by some very talented performers, including a Christian family band, made up of 3 very talented teenagers and mum and dad.<br />
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But our absolute favourites were a band we stumbled across by accident. They were called The Homestead Pickers. <br />
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We happened to walk into an old one roomed building, sat down with about 15 other people and these musicians started chatting amongst themselves, (with the best accents) then started playing their instruments and singing. Their voices were amazing and for 40 minutes we were mesmerised by these guys. Here's a clip of them performing at Silver Dollar City in the room where we watched them....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAXMLT5BLQ0">Homestead Pickers</a> and another one...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXF4b0ntRYs">Homestead Pickers (2)</a><br />
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They were hilarious with the banter between them and looked like they loved what they were doing. So we bought one of their CD's for $10 and love listening to it. (Butterface)<br />
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The next day was a bit warmer and this time when we went back to Silver Dollar City Stu donned his quick dry hiking pants and took on a few of the water rides.<br />
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It was still too cold for me so I was official photographer and "holder of wallets, cameras, keys, sunnies" while Stu did the big boy rides.<br />
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We aren't big shoppers but we did have a look at an antique mall in Branson which was full of eclectic stuff...(we bought a sign for the chook pen as you do) but one thing that caught Stu's eye were these handbags....and the conversation he overheard between two ladies who were looking at them.."I don't need one of these, I prefer to carry my handgun in my pocket!"<br />
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Branson was very much like Pigeon Forge: cheesy, touristy, family friendly....and really cool! <br />
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We went to a couple of shows...a musical evening by a family called the Haywards, who were 5 brothers and a sister and who could all sing, dance and play numerous musical instruments. Reminded me of my family! Ha! But our favourite show was the Dixie Stampede.<br />
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For $50 each you got a full 2 hours of singing, dancing, horses, bison, cowboys, cowgirls, pigs, whipcracking hootin' and hollerin' fun.....Yankees vs Confederates and each side of the stadium was North and South and there was booing and cheering. It was fantastic!<br />
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AND we were served a delicious 3 course meal, with unlimited drinks! Yummy soup, a whole small chook, corn on the cob, biscuit and baked potato, finished up with apple pie.<br />
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We all sat on a long seat, with a bench in front us and a Yankee or Confederate served us our meals....no knives, forks or spoons...use your hands! It was really well done, the riding skills were amazing and the animals so well trained. A great night.<br />
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We drove down into Arkansas which was only 1/2 hr away<br />
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to visit a town that Deb and Derek had told us about. Eureka Springs, which was in the Ozark Mountains, in Carroll County. A small historic tourist town...(nicer than Jerome) with some lovely old buildings. <br />
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and a huge Christ of the Ozarks statue that could be seen for miles.<br />
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But the best thing about Eureka Springs? We bought this!<br />
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The owners of the house we were staying in...Deb and Derk....invited us out to their farm to meet them and we had a great afternoon with them. Such a lovely couple, great stories, interesting people and we loved their accents! We all drove to Sikeston, Missouri to go out for dinner to a place called Lambert's Cafe where as we walked in, they threw bread rolls at us. Then they take your order and for the rest of the evening walk around with huge steel bowls and spoons and fill your plate with beans or potatoes or gravy and if you're still hungry they throw more bread rolls at you! It was a great night...like nothing we'd been to before...and we only went there because we met this gorgeous, generous couple. I hope they do get over to visit us one day!<br />
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So we sadly left Lampe, Missouri after what turned into a fabulous 5 days, discovering an area we never would have thought about visiting and meeting wonderful, hospitable people. Thanks Missouri.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-13204925441482175432015-05-05T21:37:00.000-07:002015-05-07T05:48:27.223-07:00Driving through Utah back into ColoradoApril 2015<br />
Our "new" friends in Page, Arizona gave us some good suggestions as to which way to drive to Grand Junction, which was around 700kms. There was plenty to see and of course we wanted to see it all so we left really early, crossed into Utah<br />
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and got to Monument Valley (an old favourite) in good time.<br />
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There was a John Wayne movie on the TV the other day, The Searchers, and there in the background was Monument Valley. Love it!<br />
We turned left just past Mexican Hat, a small town that probably got its name from the rock near it...looking a little like a Mexican Hat, onto Utah State Route 261 in San Juan County.<br />
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We were on our way to Natural Bridges National Monument, but our first distraction was a gravel road with a sign to Valley of the Gods. In true US style there was no distance so we had no idea how far the road went or where it went, but it was a beautiful drive and we ended up back at Mexican Hat after an hour or so.<br />
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Back onto State Route 261 and we got to Moki Dugway, <br />
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which was a predominantly gravel road <br />
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with steep switchbacks and great views.<br />
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But as we got to the top we found another gravel road to grab our attention (again no distance) and we ended up at Muley Point with great views out to Monument Valley and into Goosenecks State Park. <br />
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We eventually arrived at Natural Bridges National Monument which was ok but we have been spoilt with Utah's other amazing sights. How snobby have we become!<br />
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It was getting late and we weren't even halfway to Grand Junction, but the road took us through Moab, Utah which is surrounded by huge rock walls, arches, fantastic rock formations....and that's what you can see driving on the highway. <br />
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We took the familiar Hwy 128 from Moab to Grand Junction stopping every few minutes<br />
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to watch the sun go down over the the stunning landscape.<br />
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Fisher Towers was our last stop. We had been here before and loved it. This time it was just as beautiful..<br />
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but photographers had set themselves up to take sunset photos and didn't appreciate us daring to encroach on "their area" with my iPhone5 to take photos. How precious!<br />
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We finally made it to Linda's place in Grand Junction, grabbed some Taco Bell and enjoyed another great catch up with her. She is so accommodating to us and has always made us feel welcome and comfortable. She gave us a suitcase for our gear to take home as well as some cardboard so Stuart could make a box to bring the huge wrought iron sun we had bought home. It was sad to say goodbye to Linda, but we hope she and John make their way over to WA one day.<br />
Back on the I70 the next morning to Denver and snow.....Colorado never disappoints. <br />
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We were staying at Connie and Bill's house for a few days (they were in Florida visiting family) while we exchanged hire cars, and did a bit of prepacking/weighing/rearranging/weighing so we knew how much "stuff" we could still buy without having to pay excess. Between us we had hardly brought anything over from home, so we still had a few kgs we could purchase!<br />
(We also dropped Stuart's snowboard boots and his hand luggage bag at a cobbler to be mended thinking it would be cheaper than doing it in Australia. Unfortunately not....$8 per eyelet. He was going to replace each eyelet but it would have ended up costing him more than the boots did in the first place. We explained that we would be back in 2 weeks to pick them up (on our way to the airport to fly home) and could they have it ready, but when we did pick them up, unbelievably they hadn't mended our hand luggage bag and we had to wait while they did it. Fortunately we had given ourselves plenty of time to get to the airport.)<br />
Anyway after a few days we left Denver to begin our last 2 weeks in the US and another adventure.Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-20465419216076705712015-05-05T17:58:00.001-07:002015-05-06T21:29:02.920-07:00Page, ArizonaMarch 2015<br />
A couple of years ago I had seen a photo in a book of a place called Horseshoe Bend in Arizona. I put it in the back of my mind thinking I'd never get there. During this trip I mentioned it to Stu and before I knew it we were heading to Page, Arizona (which is right near the Utah border) and he had arranged (through house exchange) accommodation. It was sad to leave our fantastic accommodation in Sedona, but we were ready for the next adventure.It was a very quiet road (a really slow speed limit) and we arrived in Page mid afternoon.<br />
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The owners of the house were driving from their home in San Diego, California so once we had found the house we went and did a bit of exploring around Page. First stop was Glen Canyon Dam. I had heard of it, wanted to see it, but didn't think I would...because I didn't know where it was! Duh! What an amazing architectural masterpiece! <br />
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We'd only been in Page for an hour and at this stage I was thinking we should be staying here for longer than 2 nights, but unfortunately we were on a schedule to get the car back to Denver by April 1. While we still had light we decided to try and find Horseshoe Bend which turned out to be about 5kms from Page. There was a small sand hill to climb up and then down and suddenly you were amongst spectacular scenery.<br />
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There was no safety rail, and you could get as close to to the edge as you were brave enough to. And there was Horseshoe Bend. It was another of many WOW moments we've had in the US.<br />
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We stayed until the sun went down, then made our way back to the house where our hosts had just arrived. There were two couples..the owners and their long time friends. The house was overlooking Lake Powell <br />
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and we had our own bedroom and bathroom that was separated from the main house by a courtyard. It was just perfect. <br />
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That evening the 6 of us went out to a Mexican restaurant for dinner (and our guests refused to let us pay) and we got to know them all a little better. The decor was great, but unfortunately the photos weren't!<br />
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The next morning Stu and I got up before sunrise as we wanted to go back to Horseshoe Bend and watch the sun come up, enjoy the solitude and the peace. Alas that was not to be as there were heaps of people, including a large group of college students who had slept there the night and proceeded to sing songs, shout and laugh loudly at each other and scare the bejesus out of me by standing too close to the edge!<br />
We found a spot to have brekky (cereal in our plastic plates) with pretty nice views<br />
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then made our way back to the house where the hosts had offered to take us for a ride up Lake Powell in their jet boat.<br />
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We couldn't believe their generosity. Lake Powell is longer than the entire west coast of the US and is stunning!<br />
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and dare I say, like the Grand Canyon, you can never have too many photos of Lake Powell!<br />
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Lake Powell was another place I had heard about but didn't think I would ever get to and if I did it would be too expensive to take a boat ride up it. Here we were, with people we had only met the night before, who had put us up in their home, taken us out for dinner and then taken us upstream for 70 miles (2 hrs one way) to share with us a beautiful part of the world.<br />
Fortunately our skipper knew the lake very well as we went around bends and through gorges <br />
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and we ended up at a marina.<br />
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There was a mile walk to see Rainbow Bridge National Monument and the guys suggested we do the walk while they wait in the boat as they'd seen it plenty of times before.<br />
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To do this with a tour guide would have cost us a couple of $100 each and we would have been with a large group of people. Today, we had the place to ourselves...and we were back in Utah.<br />
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We later found out it is one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World and we could see why.<br />
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And another Grand Canyon, sequoia cactus, Lake Powell moment...lots of photos of the same thing!<br />
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We were so privileged to have seen this, on our own. We walked back to the boat where the guys were waiting for us and had prepared lunch (could this day get any better!!) and we started the trip back to the boat ramp, surrounded by amazing scenery.<br />
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passing a group of paddlers on our way....<br />
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and stopping to get fuel (gas) at a marina, which was expensive and we offered to pay and were told that "no, you are our guests".<br />
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We arrived at the boat ramp and the guys took us around the marina to show us some of the multi million dollar houseboats!<br />
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before they radioed in to the people who ran the marina who drove their car and trailer down and picked up the boat. Valet parking!<br />
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It was such an amazing day and we loved every minute of it.<br />
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That evening we offered to take everyone out for dinner...we wanted to do something to thank them for their unbelievable hospitality, but they refused and instead prepared a delicious BBQ and fabulous margaritas at their house, watching the sun go down. This part of Arizona is spectacular and I only wish we had longer there but we had to leave early the next morning to drive to Grand Junction in Colorado to stay with our friend Linda, before we made our way back to Denver to drop the hire car off.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-89803391960758276892015-05-05T06:02:00.000-07:002015-05-05T08:59:48.088-07:00Sedona, National Monuments, Grand Canyon, Phoenix and...oh yes..those cactus!<br />
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March 2015<br />
Stuart had done all the organising for this house exchange in Sedona and I hadn't
even looked at the photos, so when we were trying to find the house in
the dark, I naturally thought we were at the wrong place when we turned
up a steep, winding driveway towards a huge house that was invitingly
lit up. But, luckily for us it was the right house and we met Blaine and
Ellen - the owners. They lived upstairs and downstairs was for guests.
Us! After spending time chatting they took us downstairs (via the
stairs, not the lift!) and this is what we saw. Our home for a week was a huge area with 2 massive bedrooms, 2 huge bathrooms, a fully
equipped kitchen, washing machine and dryer, a living room with the
biggest TV we've ever seen..and beautiful polished concrete floors..<br />
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and when we woke in the morning this is what we saw from our bedroom window.</div>
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We couldn't believe our luck and it was ours for a week...for free! Our bedroom is the bottom windows.<br />
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Sedona is surrounded by red rock</div>
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and is <span id="goog_1149687227"></span><span id="goog_1149687228"></span>very spread out and unfortunately we were there during Spring Break, so there were cars and people everywhere and to get from where we were staying, into town, took forever. There was one single lane road and miles of traffic, so we tried to avoid the townsite of Sedona as much as we could, but we did visit it to check out the Chapel of the Holy Cross, which is built into the buttes of Sedona. A spectacular setting for any building. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWWW90r7D_o">Drone view of the church</a> link</div>
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and surrounded by these amazing rock walls.<br />
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The accommodation was in a fantastic area for us to do day trips from...we visited the "ghost town" of Jerome, which would have been great if not for the crowds that visit it, like us, on a weekend. <br />
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And it was hardly a ghost town...tourist shops galore on winding steep streets...but I did buy this keyholder...<br />
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and we visited a few National Monuments, of which there are plenty in Arizona and our National Parks pass we bought in 2014 for $80, covered them all:<br />
Montezuma Castle NM<br />
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Walnut Canyon NM...and the precarious walk down into the cave dwellings and the strenuous walk back up!<br />
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But the best place was...of course....going back to the Grand Canyon! We were staying a few hours drive from the GC and our aim was to get there mid afternoon and to watch the sun go down. It was just as spectacular the second time.<br />
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And as the sun went down and the temperature dropped the landscape changed.<br />
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There are many people who have never been to the Grand Canyon, so we feel very fortunate to have been able to see it twice....<br />
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Something else I always wanted to see was the iconic cactus that you see in Western movies. I have since been told they are called sequoia cactus and can grow up to 70 ft. So it was pretty exciting that there was a huge area of them only an hour away from where we staying. We got up before sunrise to watch the sun come up over them...<br />
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and just like the Grand Canyon, you can never have too many photos of sequoia!!<br />
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We kept on driving in search of more saguaro and came across a park, with a track through it, so we followed the track and it turned into a gorgeous walk through more and more cactus country...some flowering...and I think if we had been there a week later it would have been full of colour.<br />
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I was in sequoia heaven!<br />
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It's only a 2 hr drive from Sedona to Phoenix, and we had had no intention of going there, but decided why not, seeing as we were so close. We got there around 5pm and wandered around the city and State Capitol and checked out a few memorials. <br />
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It was a pretty insignificant city...and as we were leaving it we saw a crowd gathering outside the basketball stadium, <br />
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and not sure what was going on we decided to ring the guru of all things US basketball (NBA), Joshuah...in Australia. He told us there was a game between the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks, starting in half and hour and we should go and watch it. So we bought two tickets for $20 each and got to watch our last NBA game in the US. I love the hype of the game, the noise, the action, the cheerleaders, the national anthem, the crowd, the lights, music...everything about the game is exciting and this game was really close, with the Suns ending up winning. Thanks Josh for telling us to go!<br />
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Ellen and Blaine (our hosts) wanted to take us out for dinner and learn more about Australia, so on our last night at their place we all went out for Thai..which they insisted on paying for. It was a great night..plenty of laughs and maybe one day they'll make the long trek from Arizona over to Western Australia. Their home was absolutely beautiful and we pinched ourselves everyday for their amazing generosity.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-40254158767648802892015-05-03T01:35:00.003-07:002015-05-03T01:36:31.442-07:00Vegas for the second time, Lauglin, Nevada and Oatman Arizona.March 2015<br />
We left the tranquility of Death Valley NP and drove the 3 hrs back to Vegas. It's so strange as you approach Vegas, particularly when you are driving and the countryside is so sparse, to then drive into Vegas where it is so populated, so bright, so gaudy, so surreal....even the street names...<br />
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It took us a while to find our hotel, which was on the Strip, a Travel Lodge...so nothing fancy, but free parking, brekky and wifi and Woody and Buzz, who were off to earn a dollar!<br />
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No casino to walk through, just a basic hotel room for a reasonable price...unlike the expensive Bellagio that we stayed in in 2013! It was ideal and we were on the Strip within minutes of leaving our room. The best part was we didn't have to walk through a smoke filled, people filled casino to get anywhere!<br />
It was much less overwhelming this time and I found it more enjoyable.<br />
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We saw the Bee Gees and Elvis perform...as you do....<br />
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We had a Vegas buffet dinner which was delicious and wandered around the Strip...<br />
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There were still lots of people trying to get you into their establishments, lots of drunks and homeless people, and probably because we were there during week nights, it didn't have the same sleazy feel it had the first time. We were up early on our last morning there and raced down to the iconic Vegas sign. There was a guy there taking photos for people..with their own cameras...and they paid him around $1 each for the privilege! He would have made a fortune as there were at least 50 people queuing when we arrived. We did what was advised on Trip Advisor...get someone in the queue to take your photo and return the favour! <br />
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We said goodbye to the Strip and drove to Old Downtown Vegas in search of a pawn shop that features in the TV show Pawn Stars and that Stuart watches. I have never watched an episode so had no idea what we were looking for and I must admit was a little surprised that this was the shop! Maybe that's why it took us so long to find it. Underwhelming would be the best way to describe it, but we could tick it off the list of "to dos".<br />
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On a more exciting note, the Graceland Wedding Chapel was just down the road...and I saw a couple arriving in a limo to get married...don't think they were famous...<br />
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like this guy....<br />
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and we were on Route 66...<br />
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Our favourite part of Vegas turned out to be Fremont St, or Old Vegas and we only wish we had discovered it earlier or someone had told us about it. Apparently there is a great light show every night, but we were leaving Vegas that day so didn't get a chance to see it. But we did enjoy wandering around, checking out some of the old signage....<br />
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We were looking for something for lunch...this was on offer but we went nachos instead...<br />
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and knowing how much I love jewellery, Stu wanted to buy me a necklace...but I just didn't have anything to wear with it.<br />
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We could have ziplined down Fremont St, through the Mall, but instead we chose to walk it...<br />
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We somehow ended up at Downtown Container Park which is an offbeat shopping area, gallery and parkland made entirely
out of recycled trucking shipping containers. It was very innovative and so simple.<br />
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We were a bit reluctant to leave Old Vegas but had to be in Laughlin, Nevada that afternoon where we were staying with friends, Marilyn and Rick. Once we were out of Vegas, the landscape changed and we stopped to take some photos of Joshua trees. They are everywhere!<br />
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FUN FACT: Laughlin is in Clark County, Nevada on the Colorado River on the 90 miles (140 km) south of Las Vegas. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Census_2010_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin,_Nevada#cite_note-Census_2010-2"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin,_Nevada#cite_note-3"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin,_Nevada#cite_note-4"></a></sup>Its name comes from Don Laughlin, who hails from Minnesota and purchased the southern tip of Nevada in 1964 (informally
called South Pointe). At the time, Don Laughlin operated the 101 Club in
Las Vegas. He opened what would become the Riverside Resort, offering all you can eat chicken dinners for 98 cents, 12 slot machines
and two live gaming tables, along with eight motel rooms (although four
of the rooms were occupied by Don Laughlin's family). He wanted to call
the community Riverside or Casino, but the post office opted for
Laughlin instead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin,_Nevada#cite_note-5"></a></sup>
Laughlin is the third most visited casino and resort destination in Nevada after Las Vegas and Reno and is one of the top five destinations for American RV enthusiasts.<br />
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We arrived there in time to stop at Davis Dam,<br />
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and eventually arriving at Rick and Marilyn's place late afternoon. They are both heavily involved with CITEL and Rick bought this house for winter, so he could escape the cold weather in Colorado and he heads back to Colorado during summer when temperatures reach high 40C's in Laughlin. They took us for a drive to see some petroglyphs just out of town <br />
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and that evening we enjoyed a catchup and dinner with them at the house. The next morning we went to the riverfront where the casinos and hotels are <br />
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before driving out to Oatman, Arizona....with no expectations.<br />
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Wow..what a great little town. It is on a section of Route 66 and is an old mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County. We knew nothing about the place, but Marilyn and Rick assured us we would like it and we did. The first images were of burros (mules) freely roaming the narrow street...<br />
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and although wild, they were tame enough for us to get up close and personal with.<br />
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We checked out all the little tourist shops, <br />
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had lunch..(no we didn't eat these) <br />
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and made a few purchases including this for $25<br />
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and a cowboy hat for our friend Colin.<br />
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The highlight though was a mock Wild West shoot out in the middle of Route 66...at high noon! <br />
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A (cowboy) hat is then passed around and donations made towards a
children's hospital. It was a bit of fun and all for a good cause!<br />
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We had a long drive to get to our next house exchange in Sedona, Arizona and were going to be doing a bit of it on Route 66, <br />
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so left Marilyn and Rick mid afternoon and made our way out of Oatman. We probably got 3 minutes out of town and came across a burro crossing the road. <br />
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We were so preoccupied with him that we didn't see these guys in the hills until they started their loud "bellowing" to try and get rid of us! After a long drive, we eventually arrived in Sedona in the dark.<br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><br /></sup>Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-52081315923850748922015-04-26T05:56:00.002-07:002015-04-26T06:09:49.739-07:00Utah, Nevada, California and Nevada in a day...Death Valley National Park, CaliforniaMarch 2015<br />
We had made plans to visit some friends in Laughlin, Nevada which is about a 90 minute drive south of Vegas. We had visited Vegas in 2013 for a Long Weekend and vowed and declared we would never go back....never say never is a lesson I am still learning! So we decided to leave the house in Enoch, Utah and drive to Vegas, spend a few days there, then head to Laughlin to see Marilyn and Rick. When we looked at a map, I saw Death Valley National Park looking pretty close to Vegas, and it was a place I had always been intrigued with. So the plan was to drive from Enoch, Utah, to Las Vegas Nevada, down into Death Valley NP, California, then back to Las Vegas, Nevada. Only about 11 hours of driving and we would get to tick a few states off. So we left early in the morning and travelled on the I 15S for about 4 hours....watching the sun come up...<br />
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and then watching the sun hit Vegas as we got closer...<br />
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We crossed into Nevada, then California....<br />
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driving on a long, quiet road and finally getting to...<br />
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Death Valley NP is in the U.S. states of California and Nevada located east of the Sierra Nevada, occupying an interface zone between the arid Great Basin<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin"></a> and Mojave deserts in the United States. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt flats, sand dunes, badlands<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_pan_%28geology%29" title="Salt pan (geology)"></a>, valleys, canyons, and mountains. It is the largest national park in the lower 48 states. Approximately 95% of the park is a designated wilderness area. It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. On July 10, 1913, a record 134 °F or 56.7 °C was recorded which is the highest temperature ever recorded in the world. <br />
This place was truly amazing and like no other place we had been to. Vast, empty, diverse, hostile, welcoming, unwelcoming, spectacular........it was warm, but not too bad...and it was March, so I can only imagine what summer would be like here.<br />
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It was amazing to see an abundance of wildflowers.<br />
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There were salt-flats, badlands, mountains, snow, dust.....<br />
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I always had problems with high altitude, particularly in Colorado, where we sometimes got up to 14000 feet, so I had no problems with the altitude at Death Valley NP!<br />
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The area was once used for gold, silver and salt mining and there was a little bit of evidence from that on display.<br />
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The park is huge and unfortunately we didn't have the time to see it all, but what we did see was fantastic. There were so many different colours in the mountains and as the light changed they became even more spectacular.<br />
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We did a loop drive called Artist's Drive and Palette and it was stunning....<br />
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These colors are caused by the oxidation of different metals(red, pink and yellow is from iron salts , green is from decomposing tuff-derived mica, and manganese produces the purple).<br />
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As we left the park we saw these gorgeous cactus flowering on the side of the road.<br />
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We crossed back into <br />
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leaving behind the sublime and heading towards the ridiculous...Las Vegas!<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-77700476626625657322015-04-25T23:47:00.002-07:002015-04-26T04:31:57.737-07:00Kanab and Zion National Park, UtahMarch 2015<br />
I had read about a town called Kanab in southern Utah, just north of the Arizona State line. Over 100 Western movies and TV shows were filmed there since 1924, as the local area is typical of the scenery you would see in old Westerns. It was only 2 hrs from where we were staying (Enoch) so we were able to take our time getting down there. We visited Little Hollywood Museum which has a gift shop you walk through first (as most places do) and then we went outside to check out the old Western sets which have been dismantled from the movie sites and reassembled by the owners of the museum. It was a free museum which is always good and was well preserved. We watched a short film where they told us some of the tricks of the trade, and when we went for a walk and tapped on some of the "brick work" of the buildings, it was still surprising to find that they were made of foam! Very realistic.<br />
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On the way out of town we drove past this??? Shades of Ettamogah? But look at the beautiful backdrop in the photo...stunning mountains. Everywhere!<br />
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Utah has so many amazing National Parks, so we were a little disappointed when we decided to visit Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. We had visited a couple of sand dunes NP's in Colorado and New Mexico, which were amazing, but this wasn't up to their lofty standards....and it was a fair way off the main highway. Still, it was kind of weird seeing snow scattered amongst the sand dunes!<br />
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Heading back to Enoch, we drove through Zion National Park...which has been on my list of "must see" for the past 2 years. It was really beautiful, but full to the brim of people and cars, which is something we try to avoid.<br />
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And we have been really spoilt with visiting places that we have had pretty much to ourselves. There were so many cars in the park that we couldn't go to the Visitor's Centre, (no parking) or pull over onto the side of the road (too many cars) so I got a lot of photos from the car window as we were driving.<br />
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But it is beautiful. We did manage to find a carpark at a Canyon, so went for a walk into the canyon, with hundreds of other people...and a few squirrels<br />
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Once we were out of the park the traffic decreased significantly and after taking a side road we came across this gorgeous fox, who was very, very suspicious of us.<br />
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and drove through some more fantastic country.<br />
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And that's another reason we love America so much...to be able to see this amazing, diverse, beautiful landscape by driving in a car for a few hours. Utah Rocks!<br />
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Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-6171572615786565652015-04-22T03:19:00.002-07:002015-04-22T19:19:00.913-07:00Enoch, Utah and surroundsMarch, 2015<br />
We left Panguitch, pretty happy to be out of the dodgy hotel and drove to our house exchange place in Enoch, Utah, near Cedar City. Stu arranges all the house exchanges which can sometimes be difficult especially when we can't decide where we want to go, and we hate being committed to a place! Anyway this was a lovely detached self contained cottage. It had a bathroom, washing machine and dryer (so handy), fully equipped kitchen, and sitting room with a bed in the corner. It was ideal. The owners house was right behind the cottage and we met him a couple of times, and then he left us to ourselves. <br />
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Stu spent a day in the cottage after catching some sort of tummy bug that laid him low for a day and then we did a whole lot of day trips checking out the area.<br />
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We went up to check out Cedars Break National Monument, but due to the
large amount of snow couldn't quite get there. The views as far as we
were able to get were sensational!<br />
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I just loved the colours! By this time it was starting to get a bit cold so we turned to go back to the car, which proved a little difficult to find!<br />
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It was also around this time that Stuart started to feel a bit cold, so he went to the boot of the car to get his blue snow jacket out.....and it wasn't there. <br />
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So we did (I did) a bit of backtracking in our (my) mind and remembered he had stuffed it in the pillowcase at the dodgy hotel in Panguitch and had forgotten to take it out...ala London, Ontario circa 2013 (but that time it was his entire US wardrobe he left behind!). This wasn't a complete disaster...we would just ring the hotel and drive the 120 kms to go and get it. So we rang, and rang, and rang and rang and of course they didn't answer. So we figured we'd drive back, get the jacket, and go back to Bryce Canyon for another look...and a speccy drive it was too.<br />
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We got to the Panguitch hotel and there was the familiar note on the door to ring them if the office was unattended...so we did...they didn't answer. I remembered what area they had appeared from when we had arrived there the other night, so I told Stu to go and knock on the doors over in that direction and see if they were there. But instead of knocking on their door, he saw a sign on another door that said LAUNDRY, and this door was ajar, so in he went, a quick look around and lo and behold, there was his blue jacket, hanging up! So he grabbed it and we fled....not looking back to see if they were chasing us. So in the end it worked out OK...and we got to visit Bryce Canyon again and this time Stu did a walk down into the canyon, which he described as the best walk he'd ever done!<br />
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There was a small ski resort up in the mountains called Brian Head, so Stu was able to get a cheap midweek ticket and he spent a day up there...Spring Snowboarding, while I was able to do the important things like getting my hair done and eyebrows waxed!!<br />
Here's a link to a short video he made: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAgyed3zwLI">Briand Head, Utah</a><br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-13851455180890162015-04-18T21:41:00.004-07:002015-04-22T19:18:37.200-07:00Goblin Valley State Park, Capitol Reef NP, Grand Staircase Escalante and Bryce Canyon NP, UtahMarch 2015<br />
We left Linda's place in Grand Junction reasonably early as we knew that even though we were only travelling a few 100 kms it would take us all day! John suggested we visit Goblin Valley State Park. Its eminent feature is its thousands of hoodoos and hoodoo rocks, referred to locally as “goblins”,which are formations of mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles, some as high as several meters. The distinct shape of these rocks comes from an erosion-resistant layer of rock atop softer sandstone.<br />
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We spent a good couple of hours here and it was such a surreal landscape....we loved it!<br />
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Unfortunately I do remember seeing Goblin Valley SP in the news a few years ago, when a group of men, who also happened to be be Scout leaders, toppled one of the "goblins" over and put the footage on youtube. It's quite unbelievable when you see the footage and for these guys to think it was OK and then to share it with the rest of the world.<br />
The drive to Capitol Reef NP was spectacular. There was still enough snow around for it to look amazing, and the Kimberley/Pilbara colours with the snow was breathtaking!<br />
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We visited the NP over 2 days and during the second day walked through a gorge/canyon, which we had to ourselves. It was fantastic. Huge sheer rock walls reaching all the way up to the blue Utah skies, and the sound of the crunching snow at our feet. Loved it!<br />
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The drive throughout the NP was miles of gorgeousness....and hardly another person in sight.<br />
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We spent the night in Torrey at a nice hotel and went out for dinner that night. When we are travelling for so long, it is unaffordable to go to restaurants every night...as there is the cost of the meal, tax and a tip, which all adds up, so the rare times we do go out is a treat. The lady at the hotel recommended a little cafe to us so we went there. The lady who served us was incredibly rude (something you rarely encounter in the US), took our order and 15 mins later, threw a paper plate with Stu's dinner on it onto the table and said to me, "we don't have any nachos left, what else do you want?" I replied with, "well I can't remember what else was on the menu", so she eventually came back with a menu for me (she was annoyed that I'd asked for the menu again), and I decided that it wasn't worth the wait for her to come back, take my order, and have the meal cooked, so instead shared Stuart's meal with him. It was very disappointing and in hindsight, we shouldn't have given a tip! But I must reiterate this kind of rudeness is very unusual in our US travels.<br />
The next day we took Hwy 12 Scenic Byway, as recommended by John. WOW!<br />
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Again, we virtually had the road to ourselves and it was stunning. Amazing views overlooking Capitol Reef where we had just been, the whitest snow, blue skies and gorgeous aspen.<br />
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We drove over Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument...another amazing drive over the ridge of mountains, with more outstanding views.<br />
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When I knew I was coming back to the US, there were two main places I wanted to see...Bryce Canyon NP and Zion NP, both in Utah. So it turned out well that we were driving past Bryce Canyon NP around sunset, and we only had about a further 40 minute drive to our accommodation, so decided to check it out. We were there for probably about 1 hr and in that time took over 300 photos. It was such a sight, like nothing I had ever seen before. So we had to cull a lot of photos and here are a few we kept.<br />
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Again we were so lucky to nearly have the place to ourselves and to see it with snow was very fortunate. We drove to Panguitch, where we had booked a hotel for the night...a cheap hotel. We were the only ones in the hotel for the night and the only way you
could get hold of the owners was to ring a number that was taped to the
office door and if you were lucky, they might answer! Yep a bit of a dodgy place, where it took ages for the room to warm up (it was bloody freezing), the "free wifi" was free of any wifi and there were only 3 pillows on the bed....which is of significance as it meant Stu had to use his blue snow jacket to plump up his pillow, by inserting it into the pillow case...a trick he learned while in London, Ontario back in 2013...and a trick he didn't learn from as we found out a few days later!! Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-86169418801045907212015-04-18T16:46:00.000-07:002015-04-18T17:14:58.790-07:00Grand Junction and Telluride, ColoradoMarch 1, 2015<br />
After picking up the hire car, <br />
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our first port of call had to be Red Rocks. It's such a beautiful venue and held great memories for us...Sharon, Lindsay, Stuart and I watching Keith Urban perform there in 2013. There was still plenty of snow around which adds to the beauty. <br />
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Our first night on the road was at Grand Junction, staying with Linda (CITEL), where we had stayed a few times. She is great fun and always makes us feel welcome and comfortable. We didn't get there till late and enjoyed a quick catch up before bed. <br />
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The next morning Linda suggested we drive to Telluride, in San Miguel County. <br />
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Originally it was a silver mining camp and is now a ski resort town during winter and a Festival hub during summer. a lovely drive that took us a couple of hours, driving through the small town of Ridgeway which is close to the Dennis Weaver Memorial Park (McCloud).<br />
Telluride is quite small, but has multi million dollar homes for the rich and famous as well as homes for the everyday person.<br />
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and we took a free gondola ride up the mountain to check it out from up high.<br />
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The streets are wide as are a lot of these old towns and a shopping mecca for tourists, but fortunately it was pretty quiet the day we were there. <br />
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There were some lovely old homes <br />
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and one even had matching colours with its mode of transport...is this a prerequisite?<br />
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After a couple of hours of looking around we headed back to Grand Junction with beautiful views surrounding us...<br />
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ending the day with Linda and John at a Mexican restaurant, where my faith in Margaritas was restored after my first attempt at drinking one during Cinco de Mayo in Denver in 2013 was very unsuccessful. Delicious food and really enjoyable company!<br />
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Linda and John gave us some great suggestions as to where we should head to the following day, and the next morning we were Utah bound!<br />
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December 2014<br />
Stu had a terms Long Service Leave owing to him, which the Department was forcing people to use up,
so I convinced him to go back to Colorado, especially after winning a season pass to
Winter Park and Connie and Bill had previously offered him the use of the
condo again. So after Kristoffer and Asha's wedding <br />
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and Joshuah's 19th birthday, Stuart flew back to Denver with his friends Will and Sonia and I stayed behind.<br />
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The plan was for Will and Sonia to ski/snowboard with Stuart for a couple of weeks, before some other friends from Australia flew over to ski/snowboard with him for a few more weeks.<br />
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I arrived after Will and Sonia had gone and Stu surprised me by being down in Denver when Connie and Bill picked me up. It was lovely to see him after 6 weeks away from each other. We spent a couple of days in Denver with Connie and Bill in their lovely new home, before Stu, Lindsay and I drove up to Dillon where we had a house exchange condo.<br />
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It was pretty comfortable...a garage, 3 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, good sized kitchen, dining and family room. It was so good to be back in Colorado and the snow and Stu and I spent a day visiting familiar places that I will never tire of...especially when there is snow everywhere.<br />
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After a few days we packed up and drove to Winter Park which isn't far...except when a snowstorm hits.<br />
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It was a treacherous Berthoud Pass we crossed over, with snow dumping and not a snow plough in sight! <br />
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Lindsay did a great job of driving as we were all squashed into the car, with bags, skis and a snowboard on the roof! It was a tight fit in the car, driving up and down winding, steep roads.<br />
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We finally arrived in Winter Park and as we were driving up the hill towards the condo, the wheels started spinning out...over a railway crossing....not going anywhere. So we all piled out as the snow was dumping and pushed the car off the railway crossing. Lindsay drove a bit further uphill then waited for us. We all jumped back in the car...until we got to another hill and the car started sliding again. This time there was the chance it could go off the side of the road, so we all pushed it again and it took about 15 mins to go about 30 metres....snow dumping, wheels sliding.....a whole lot of fun. <br />
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We were pretty happy to finally arrive at the condo and we later heard there had been a 5 car pile up outside a resort near Winter Park..noone hurt, but cars sliding everywhere.<br />
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Here is a link to A Day in the Life of Winter Park, featuring the car being pushed up the hill....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-FFaLkiy6w">A Day in the Life of Winter Park</a><br />
So the guys went up the mountain everyday and enjoyed time going up and down the slopes....while I had the condo to myself, catching the bus downtown every couple of days and enjoying walks throughout the townsite. <br />
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But my favourite time was taking in the amazing view from the condo.<br />
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Stu and I would go and explore after he got back from snowboarding, sometimes ending up thigh deep in snow! Here's a video of one afternoon in Winter Park....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ad9uz_2wh4">Winter Park Snow</a><br />
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There is a great little tobogganing area in the townsite and Stu gave it a go, with only a couple of mishaps.....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWlyZ06ZG8">Surfing the snow</a><br />
Phil went back to NSW before Lindsay but before he left Barb and Ken came up and spent the day on the mountains with them and we all went out for dinner together.<br />
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Lindsay drove Phil to DIA, and what should have been a 1 1/2 hr one way trip turned into a 6 hr trip with another snowstorm and major traffic pileups...and another spinning episode for Lindsay on an off ramp!<br />
Lindsay, Stuart and I went out for happy hour a couple of times to Devil's Thumb Ranch where we enjoyed $2 pints, great views and an endless supply of s'mores by the pit fire that I think was for guests only. Stuart and Lindsay would have put them out of s'mores business if we'd gone back for a third night!<br />
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It was pretty sad to leave Winter Park knowing that we will probably never go back there, and definitely knowing we won't be back at the condo as Connie and Bill were putting it on the market. We are so grateful to them for letting us use it and I know all the Aussies (West Australians and New South Welshmen) all appreciated it. <br />
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Here are links to some more Winter Park videos from Stu:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKN1jFFoy0"> The Cirque..Winter Park</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUYCxuMiDRE">This is not a snow plough area</a> ...just sayin'<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3RMHjtivsQ">Winter Park Jumps</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Azj6Oy1Q4E">Mary Jane Tree Runs</a><br />
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The drive back to Denver was uneventful (fortunately) <br />
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and Stu and I spent a night with Connie and Bill <br />
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before catching up with Janice (CITEL) who introduced us to an Ethiopian restaurant, where we shared a plate of interesting food, followed by Voodoo Doughnuts, which were disgustingly sweet!<br />
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Lindsay picked us up from Janice's and we all drove to the airport...Lindsay was flying back to Australia and we were picking up another hire car and beginning the next leg of our adventures.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-24446243198165680862014-11-09T06:43:00.001-08:002014-11-09T09:34:14.637-08:00New Zealand.... North Island...August, 2014We decided it would be a good idea to get ourselves into a similar timezone for a few days after leaving the US, <br />
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and figured a stopover in Auckland would be good for that. This turned into 3 weeks travelling the length and breadth of North Island. <br />
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Unfortunately, Stuart had hurt his back badly in the US a few days before leaving and on the day we were due to fly out of Denver, we were on the phone trying to arrange a change of flight so he could rest his back. We couldn't, and he endured a very painful, uncomfortable flight from Denver, to LA, to Auckland. When we landed in Auckland,<br />
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we got the biggest shock...it was WINTER!! <br />
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We had just left a beautiful warm climate in the US, forgetting we were travelling to the Southern Hemisphere, where our seasons were (of course) the opposite...how bloody stupid were we! We hung around the airport for a while before we could pick up our hire car, drove to our hotel and Stu was able to stretch out his back for a few hours. Then, in typical Stuart style, he got bored with that and I got to watch him painfully get in and out of the car as we went for a drive around Auckland....<br />
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The next day we were picking up our motorhome that we had hired for 3 weeks, so went a did a bit of grocery shopping. We had spent the past few months in the US, spending as much as we needed to with no problem, (and saving money) to seeing a lettuce for $5, 2 tomatoes for $7 in a grocery store in Auckland. This was when reality struck and we realised we had to be really careful with our spending.<br />
We picked up our RV....<br />
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just kidding. Quite a lot bigger than we thought we were getting, but comfortable enough. Thank god we asked for 2 doonas instead of one and paid extra for the fan heater!<br />
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Even though we had the RV, we had looked at couchsurfing as well and had organised to park the RV at a couple's house for our first night. We looked at the distance from Auckland to where we were to spend our first night and it was only a few 100kms...so we figured we could spend a bit of time exploring before we got there.<br />
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Lesson number one: distances mean nothing in NZ...it's more about the roads...and it was a steep, windy road we took to get to Lil and John's place, arriving in pitch black at around 7pm...and it was FREEZING!! Lil and John were an amazing couple, living in a gorgeous home. They had prepared dinner for us which was delicious and (God bless them), offered us a bed for the night...not just a bed, but a whole granny flat, fully decked out. It was blissful. The next morning we had a wholesome breakfast and were then shown around their fantastic property, with fruit trees everywhere and lovely views of rolling green hills....<br />
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We felt very fortunate to meet Lil and John...they had the most incredible travel stories...backpacking through countries, including Asia and Africa for a couple of years, inspiring Stuart more than me, to want to backpack around the world!! I still need convincing!<br />
After leaving there, we went down to Rotorua. We booked another night in a cheap hotel as it was freezing (colder than when we were in Alaska), which overlooked the geysers and bubbling mud pools. <br />
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It was pretty speccy to see and we soon got used to the smell. What really annoyed us though was the hotel was advertised as having wifi (which is very important when travelling) and when we got there, there was no wifi at all. We rang the front desk and were informed that with all the geothermal activity nearby, the wiring ends up with residue on it, making wifi very spasmodic. Spasmodic...or non existent?! Annoying when you are paying for it! Anyway...it was still interesting to see this from the balcony of our room....<br />
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One thing I like about travelling in RV's is you have everything with you and can pull over at anytime for meals, breaks etc. After leaving Rotorua we were happy to stop for a coffee and found a lovely spot by a little creek.<br />
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Stu enjoyed a quick (cold) dip....<br />
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before deciding to move the RV a little further up the creek, driving on the stones near the water. We took another photo...not too dissimilar to the first photo, <br />
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jumped back into the RV to only have the wheels start spinning....and water appearing each time they spun!! SO, we started digging, only to have the wheels go further into the stones. In the meantime, a bloke drove past, saw us in a spot of bother, pulled in and towed us out. According to Stuart, we weren't "technically" bogged as we didn't ask for help...it just came...AND there were no photos to prove it, but as I am the author of this blog, and I was there...WE WERE BOGGED!!<br />
Now, it has been a few months since we returned from NZ and so much has been going on that I kind of have forgotten names of places that we went to.....so I shall just post a few photos of places we travelled, up the west coast of Auckland.<br />
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driving on narrow, windy, gravel roads that hugged the coast.....<br />
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while taking in breathtaking views of the coastline...<br />
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and stopping to check out the seals who were lounging by the side of the road....<br />
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The country is spectacular....plenty of sheep, mountains, coastlines, <br />
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sheep, mountains, sheep and mountains....and rainbows....<br />
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It also has lots of New Zealand Christmas trees, which we fell in love with and were so diverse in their shapes and sizes.....our favourite <span class="st">pohutukawa</span> was at a small school.....<br />
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and was huge!<br />
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NZ offers Freedom Camping, which means you are able to camp in certain areas as long as you are self contained...this means having a toilet and shower on board. We did have both, but chose not to use the toilet, as the emptying of it was like nothing we would ever want to do, and the hot water system didn't work for hot showers. We did eventually receive a discount for the lack of hot water, but it took 2 visits to specialists, who couldn't fix it, before the rental company agreed to a discount.<br />
We found a Freedom camping site one night, which was so picturesque....but so, so cold....I really felt for the young couple who were sleeping in their car next to us!<br />
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We had arranged another couchsurf in Napier with a guy called Dave....<br />
Lesson Number Two....don't assume every town will have a petrol station.<br />
Lesson Number Three...listen to Jen when she says, we should probably fuel up.<br />
We had about 40kms to go to get to Napier, when the fuel light came on. The manual said "you may have enough fuel to get there, but it is very hilly and windy, and if you run out of fuel, you will lose power and die and your wife will be really pissed off!!!"<br />
So we pulled over to make a phone call...no reception.....we waved someone down.....not interested in helping. By this stage it was getting a little darker and colder...(that's the weather, not me)!! Finally a truck pulled over and this lovely Englishman from Napier siphoned 40 litres of fuel from his truck into our RV.<br />
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..didn't charge us anything and refused to take a thankyou gift from us. We were so appreciative and not once did I say to Stu "I told you so." :)<br />
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We made it to Dave's place..out in the countryside and he kindly offered for us to stay in his house instead of the RV. We took it! We went out for dinner with Dave to a local pub, enjoyed a few drinks with him and he introduced us to Geocaching. Here we are, struggling with technology after a few glasses of wine!<br />
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Dave was originally from the UK, so did we mention the Ashes?? Possibly. <br />
<a href="https://www.geocaching.com/" target="_blank">Geocaching</a><br />
We also met another couchsurfer., a young American man called Christopher...who has spent the last few years hitchhiking and couchsurfing around the world and who has also been keeping a blog....<br />
<a href="http://journals.worldnomads.com/kiwiaoraki/" target="_blank">Christopher's blog</a><br />
We spent the next night at Tolaga Bay, where the longest jetty in New Zealand is. We virtually had the place to ourselves and it was beautiful.<br />
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Dave suggested we go and spend a night at a nice little coastal town called Kairakau,<br />
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and it turned out to be one of our most favourite places in North Island. There were a few batches (holiday homes) there, hardly any people and the most beautiful scenery. I couldn't decide which photos to use, so they all made the blog....<br />
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We went for a walk along the beach <br />
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and met a gentle man named Brian, who was planting trees up in the dunes that had been destroyed in a flash flood. His wife Jan came to check on him and invited us around to their house for a hot tub and dinner, which was so nice. They were another lovely couple we had the pleasure of spending time with, although sadly Brian had recently been diagnosed with cancer.<br />
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The next day we drove out to Cape Palliser...<br />
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which we knew nothing about, so were pretty happy to discover it has the largest seal colony in NZ, and we were able to spend an hour or so sitting, watching them in their natural habitat. It was so noisy, and we felt very honoured to be the only ones there.<br />
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We climbed up to the Cape Palliser lighthouse...all 250 steps, <br />
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and once we got our breath back, enjoyed the view,<br />
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keeping an eye out for these....<br />
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but didn't see any.<br />
The drive was scenic as we headed back out towards Wellington,<br />
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and we let out a collective sigh as we saw our first "snow mountains" since leaving the US.<br />
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Next stop was Wellington, where we only spent a few hours exploring. Most of those hours were spent with Stuart trying to reverse the RV into a jammed carpark outside the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, where we spent a few hours. It was a tight fit, but he did it!! I liked Wellington....not too big, easy to get around....<br />
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and friendly locals..."g'day, g'day!"<br />
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We had another couch-surf in Fielding, near Palmerston North, with a couple...Bev and Gary. Again, we were made to feel really welcome, with a lovely meal and even using their hot tub while they went out.<br />
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Karen was another couchsurfing host who we stayed with in New Plymouth. She cooked us a lovely meal and we were able to sleep in her house instead of the RV, which was great. She was so interesting, funny, well travelled and kept us entertained with her travel stories. We had a really enjoyable evening with her and look forward to her visiting us in WA sometime.<br />
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Mount Taranaki was resplendent....</div>
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as was the country we drove through on our way north....<br />
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We stayed the night at Rarawa Beach...just the two of us.....<br />
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and took a walk through a forest to <span class="HotPres">Tane Mahuta, the largest kauri tree in NZ , measuring 4.4 metres in diameter and 17.7 metres to the first branch. A beautiful tree.</span><br />
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<span class="HotPres"> Then we hit the Te Paki sand dunes. </span><br />
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Again, we had the place to ourselves <br />
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... it was blowing a gale,<br />
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and the climb up was steep and windy....<br />
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but coming down was so much fun....click on the link....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNwVP-s8C5M">Downhill run</a><br />
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and the patterns in the dunes were amazing....<br />
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We were really missing the North American wildlife we had seen so much of, so we were excited to see a bit of North Island wildlife...although it wasn't quite the same.<br />
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We made it to the top of New Zealand, <b>Cape Reinga/Te Rerenga Wairua</b>, with breathtaking views either side of the peninsula.<br />
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and I found the walk out to the lighthouse very spiritual. The "Te Rerenga Wairau" component of the name in Māori language means the <i>leaping-off place of spirits</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Nat_3-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Reinga#cite_note-Nat-3"></a></sup> The 'Reinga' part of the name is the Māori language word meaning <i>the underworld</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Reinga#cite_note-4"></a></sup> Both refer to the Māori belief that the cape is the point where the spirits of the dead enter the underworld.<br />
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There was a bay we could drive down into, and I found this gorgeous fella down there and decided to keep him!<br />
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By this stage we were busting to go to the toilet, but hung on until we got to the famous Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa, which are seen as an international work of art. Was it worth the wait? <br />
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I mentioned earlier that we were introduced to Geocaching by couchsurfer Dave. This was great while in NZ as it made us stop, get out and explore areas we probably wouldn't have known about...and we came across some beautiful places while searching for geocaches...<br />
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and Whale Bay in the Bay of Plenty was one of those spots...such a beautiful beach, all to ourselves,<br />
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and the coastline along the Bay of Plenty was stunning...<br />
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We walked down to the Aratiatia Rapids, <br />
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where a few times each day, spill gates from a dam are opened at the top of
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and the narrow gorge fills with turbulent water
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Then, as the gates are
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It was our last night in NZ and we decided against staying in Auckland. We camped the night on the west coast at a place called Hamilton's Gap, near Waiuku, and again we had the entire place to ourselves. </div>
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We watched the sun go down over the west coast<br />
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and the ever changing colours of the dunes either side of us.<br />
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It was a fitting end to what had been a great 3 weeks exploring North Island.<br />
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We got up early on our last morning and drove into Auckland, <br />
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catching one final glimpse of a snow mountain...<br />
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dropped the RV off <br />
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and made our way back home.<br />
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Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-53140726284809514642014-09-26T06:02:00.002-07:002014-09-26T06:02:38.453-07:00Back in WA...down Memory Lane...Up North.....We arrived in Perth, after nearly 6 months away, and were met by Jakeb, who took us back to his house and we had tea with Jakeb, Morgan and Joshuah and met Jakeb's girlfriend, Jordana. Once we were back home we caught up with Kristoffer and Asha, who had done a great job of looking after our house and Lua... <br />
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(along with Steph). The next night all my family got together for dinner and a big catchup which was great.<br />
The good thing about being home and not having to work is that we can go and watch Jakeb and Joshuah play basketball in Perth midweek and drive home in the same night...and we have been doing just that!<br />
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We had been home for 2 weeks, and apart from all the boring paperwork that greets you when you have been away from home for a long time, (and buying a new hot water system and dishwasher) managed to squeeze a lot in in that time. We had an over night trip to Redgate, staying with Margaret and Kym, which was really lovely....<br />
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Morgan's 21'st birthday...twice!<br />
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watched Jakeb complete a Half Marathon...<br />
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revisited, through our number plates and maps, (and with a few drinks) all the US states and Canadian Provinces we had visited over the past 20 months.....<br />
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and celebrated Mal's 80th birthday....<br />
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After 2 weeks at home, the itchy feet started. I have always wanted to go back to some of the towns that we lived in in the North and check out our houses, schools etc that we had lived in and worked at. So we borrowed Kristoffer's 4WD, his swag, his Engel fridge.. the rest was ours... and off we headed. Lua looked like she wanted to come too!!<br />
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We popped in to see Joshuah and Morgan on our way out of Perth and the first stop was at a friend of Stu's from the Army, who lives just out of Gin Gin...he has a small farm there and we enjoyed having a look around....<br />
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and he gave us two duck eggs for tea that were huge AND delicious!! <br />
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We camped on the side of the road in a parking bay...our first night...and slept in the back of the car...big mistake and one we didn't make again! <br />
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...but we were sooo close to the red dirt, blue skies of the North!<br />
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Next morning we stopped in at the Pinnacles.....an interesting landscape of limestone formations in Nambung National Park, and a place I am embarrassed to say neither of us had visited before...it only took me 50 years, but I got there! <br />
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We followed the Indian Ocean Drive up the coast, stopping in at Lancelin, Cervantes, Jurien Bay and other small coastal communities. The coastline was refreshing, picturesque, lovely....and we were into the warm weather!<br />
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That night we drove to Geraldton and stayed with our old Meekatharra friends, who we have known for nearly 30 years.... Graham and Karen. It's always a laugh catching up with them and very comfortable.<br />
The next day we headed to Carnarvon, stopping on the side of the road for lunch....lots of memories of doing that in the many, many trips we did over the years!<br />
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.....camping at a lovely secluded beachsite...no mozzies, just Stu and I....<br />
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We headed into Carnarvon the next day. I worked here as a nurse in 1985 for 9 months before we were married, and have never really taken the time to check it out since. Jordan (89) and Jakeb (91) were both born here while we were at Gascoyne Junction, and we bought Jordan to the hospital here after he died in 1990, so a lot of happy and sad memories in this hospital.<br />
Carnarvon has changed so much...it looks great now, despite having to pay $5 to walk onto the One Mile Jetty (we didn't...as a matter of principle)!!<br />
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and we caught up with our old Meekatharra/Tom Price/Australind/Windy Harbour/North American friends Ric and Jen's kids, Jesslyn and Zane who are both living in Carnarvon, which was really nice.<br />
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We made our way out to Gascoyne Junction..a tiny town in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne, nearly 200kms east of Carnarvon. We spent 3 years there 1989-91, which was Stuart's first school as Principal...and the Junction is where Jordan died, on April 5, 1990. So it is a place of many memories for us and we hadn't been back since we left 23 years ago. On our way we stopped at Rocky Pool, a permanent water hole, for a quick swim and took in the beautiful colours.<br />
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We got to the Junction late afternoon after travelling the 169 kms on a bitumen road. How good was that!! The road used to be gravel and would get closed during the Wet, so you would be stuck there until the Shire reopened it. This road was fantastic...still lots of feral goats around and cattle....not so many roos, but we did see some emus.<br />
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In 2010, floods came through and destroyed the pub which used to be on the main road through to Meekatharra. With money from Royalties for Regions, a brand new roadhouse/pub/caravan park has been built...this time up the hill from the Gascoyne River<br />
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...and it was opened a few months ago. It was fantastic...lacking a little "character", but that is something that takes time..and the facilities were great.<br />
We walked through the town...checked out the school, nothing is left of the school we worked in, although it is on the same site and still had the beautiful trees and lawn, <br />
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marveled at the grassed oval that used to be a red dirt oval, were gobsmacked by the new homes that had been built next to our old place and sucked in the gorgeous colours of the land as the sun went down....<br />
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The next morning we stopped in at the Shire and caught up with Sue and Bruce. Bruce was the CEO before we got there in 1989 and he was back relieving for a few months. Although we were never at the Junction at the same time, he did play polocrosse with Stu at carnivals and we all knew the same people, so it was a great catchup.<br />
We checked out the Community Centre (which wasn't there when we lived there) and found a book on the history of the District, and Stuart had a mention in it....<br />
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Next stop was the school where we were met by a welcoming "Hi Y'all!!"It was Theona, who had worked at the school when we were there, and was now gardening there. To see a familiar face was fantastic and she showed us around the school, had a coffee with us and made us feel so welcome. <br />
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She knew the lady who was now living in our old house and we were able to have a look in the house...which was very emotional for me....as Jordan had died there...but also very happily nostalgic! So many memories came flooding back...it was amazing! Stu's memory was shooting at a crow from our bedroom window!! <br />
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We hadn't been out to the Kennedy Ranges in probably 25 years, so decided to head out there....a dusty, bouncy gravel road.....<br />
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(which was hard work in Kristoffer's car.....)<br />
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towards an impressive, familiar landscape....<br />
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before making making our way back via the Junction and spending the night at Rocky Pool....<br />
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The next morning we headed out to Quobba and the Blowholes...where I used to go on my days off from nursing.....it had changed a bit too...loads more people, but still a spectacular coastline.<br />
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and then we went snorkelling here.....<br />
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We drove North, turning off at Minilya Roadhouse, up towards Coral Bay. There is no free camping on Exmouth Peninsula so we had to stay at the Coral Bay Caravan Park, with a cast of thousands, no power, nice grass...but a bloody ripoff at $36! We did have a nice hot shower and it was good to have grass instead of dirt under our feet...and Coral Bay is really beautiful.<br />
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Then on to Exmouth where we lived in 1988 and where Kristoffer was a newborn. This is our first house in Exmouth...<br />
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and our second house in Exmouth.....<br />
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We drove out to Cape Range NP, where we spent 2 nights camping<br />
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and exploring/snorkelling Ningaloo Marine Park.....it is so beautiful and we think better than the Great Barrier Reef in that you can snorkel off the beach, instead of hours on a boat to get there. There was hardly anyone there, warm days, blue skies, clear water....lovely.<br />
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We also got to see some of our beautiful West Australian flora......<br />
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and some of our uniquely Australian animals.....<br />
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and we loved seeing the huge anthills again.....<br />
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When we left the Park, we stopped at Stu's favourite fishing spot back in 1988...he cast a few lures, with no luck....although there were a few whales out the back!<br />
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and we took in the view from Vlaming Head Lighthouse....<br />
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At this stage of the blog I'd like to thank the Pilbara Regiment for hot showers, a washing machine, a clothesline ice and water....all very much appreciated after a few days without a decent shower and dirty clothes.<br />
We did our grocery shop....$4.50 for a loaf of bread????? and while buying some beer, Stu ran into his gardener from North Tom Price PS days...Ron, who told us which classroom to go into to see my mate Chris from NTPPS and Colleen, Ron's wife. We surprised them at school and spent an hour catching up...Chris hadn't changed a bit and it was lovely to see her.<br />
We left Exmouth quite late in the afternoon and crossed the Exmouth Gulf driving east, towards Tom Price. We paid close to $2 a litre for diesel at Nanutarra Roadhouse and ended up camping the night at a roadside parking bay....a beautiful evening and watching the stars through the roof of the tent is pretty nice...despite the cockatoos and cattle calling out to each other most of the night! And our solar shower bag hanging off a tree did the trick to freshen up!<br />
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The next morning we got up early as we had a big driving day ahead of us...approaching Tom Price mid morning.....<br />
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We are so comfortable in this landscape and I think we'd find it pretty easy to settle back into life in the North West again....even the red dirt!<br />
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We drove past our old house where we lived for 2001, 2002 and 2003....and it looked great....uninhabited, so really tidy...<br />
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and we assumed noone was living in it as Stu leaned over the back fence and took photos of the backyard....our one and only home with a proper swimming pool! Our saving grace!<br />
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Next stop was the school where Stu was Principal for 3 yrs and I worked in the Library. We had a great time working at that school...fantastic staff....lots of fun....a great place to work. The school looked as good as ever, and there were still signs of some of the changes Stu had made while there. <br />
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We drove through the town...so many changes...which were great, but the drive-in where we would take the kids on a Saturday night and where we had our end of year school concerts was just the same...what a setting to watch movies!<br />
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and our regular Friday night was spent at the oval playing/watching touch rugby, with views of Mt Nameless in the distance.....fantastic nights!<br />
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Tom Price was one of our favourite places to live. A great place to raise the boys, terrific community, fantastic school...and we had our own swimming pool!!<br />
After leaving Tom Price we went in to Karijini NP...to check out Fortescue Falls....<br />
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Circular Pool....<br />
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and the gorge....<br />
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Despite being the middle of the day, the colours were still nice, and I loved the colour of the road...both sides were bitumen, but the red side was from coming off the gravel road!<br />
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We left Karijini and made our way to Newman....<br />
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where we stayed overnight with our friends Lynn and Dave....we go back a long way, but mainly when we were at Wankatjungka RCS (in the 90's) and they were at Muludja RCS in the Kimberley....our kids were friends and we would travel 100's of kms to see each other for a few hours!<br />
Leaving Newman, we fuelled up at Capricorn Roadhouse.....where all the big roadtrains were lined up...an impressive sight!.<br />
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as were the huge mining vehicles, taking up most of the road, bringing machinery up to the minesites....<br />
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As we travelled further south, the wind started to pick up. We were getting reports of big storms in Perth, and we were obviously getting the winds from those....we stopped for lunch under a bridge, just to get out of the wind...<br />
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and as we got closer to Meekatharra the wind and dust was phenomenal...you could hardly see cars and roadtrains in front of you....and it was so disappointing to drive past our first home together...our marital home...and see it like this....<br />
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We had looked after it so well when we lived there in 1986/87 so it was very sad to see it in such disrepair. We drove past the hospital where I used to work....<br />
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and the house where Stu used to live before we were married....<br />
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We loved our time in Meekatharra, but I don't think we'd want to live there now. The wind and dust didn't stop as we drove through Cue...a beautiful old gold mining town 650 kms northeast of Perth.<br />
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As it started to get dark we pulled into an off road parking area in the bush and set up camp for our last night on the road...the wind and (now) rain were on us, but we managed to cook tea and be in the shelter of our tent in 1/2 hr....<br />
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Our last day we travelled about 600kms to get home.....<br />
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through New Norcia.....<br />
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arriving back home to this......<br />
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We both had such a good time, we loved revisiting all the places we spent many years living in and it only reignited our love for WA's north.<br />
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After finding the camera eventually.....we drove back into Crested Butte as we wanted to drive up Kebler Pass, that was closed last year because of the snow. There was no snow this time, but plenty of rain.....but it didn't detract from the lushness, wildflowers <br />
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and an abundance of aspen.<br />
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A really pretty drive...but one Pass wasn't enough, so we went on McClure Pass.....<br />
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followed by Independence Pass...out of Aspen. We tried to to this Pass last year but it was closed due to the snow.....and there was a bit of rain this time...but still beautiful.<br />
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Not quite finished with the Passing, we went for our 4th.....Fremont Pass, from Leadville to Silverthorne.....<br />
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and finally our 5th Mountain Pass in a day...the old favourite...Loveland Pass!<br />
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and a short video of Stu "Passing"....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzwjVKZLvI&list=UU-hf21qyJMYl4rNFw-u7hdA" target="_blank">5 COLORADO PASSES</a><br />
Once we were down the last Pass, we hit the I 70! A road I always hated..and this time didn't disappoint either....torrential rain, heavy traffic, impatient drivers!! It still managed to look good though.<br />
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So we arrived at Connie and Bill's place in the evening and spent the next 4 nights there. It was great seeing them again, hearing about their new house and getting a tour. We went out for tea and caught up with Bev, a teacher from Stu's school last year and also met Connie's sister and brother in law, Candy and Ken...a great couple. I got to see a bit of our old stomping ground again in Denver...even managed a quick trip to King Soopers (our local grocery store) to check out the renovations that were in place when we left!<br />
It has been the most amazing trip travelling throughout America. It is such a fabulous country to visit, so much to see, so cheap (compared with home)...it was fantastic having Donna and Paul over here, spending time with them in Florida and then being in contact with each other throughout our adventures. House exchanges, couchsurfing, RV'ing, cheap, cheap hotels....from the Arctic Circle to Florida.....it's been a blast! Thanks North America!!!<br />
<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-82023611733663195992014-08-02T10:59:00.001-07:002014-08-02T12:15:33.770-07:00ColoradoLast year when Mum was here we did a trip to Bayfield, near Durango, to visit our Australian exchangee friends Warren and Sue, and on the way home we were hoping to drive the Million Dollar Highway. They had a snowstorm that day and it was too dangerous to travel it, so we were pretty happy to be back this way again and to be able to drive it.<br />
We drove from Alamosa to Gunnison, climbing up towards Silverton.<br />
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It all looked so different from the last time when it was covered in snow. The stretch from Red Mountain Pass through the gorge has steep cliffs, narrow lanes, and a lack of
guardrails and going up Red Mountain Pass there are lots
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traffic—many cut directly into the sides of mountains.<br />
So we we wondered how the hire car would cope with the road and where mum would sit if she had been with us....possibly on the roof....<br />
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but it drove a treat.... no problems!<br />
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This drive was truly spectacular...the colours were amazing, huge multicoloured mountains, lush green foliage, wildflowers....just fantastic.<br />
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Ouray was a small town in the mountains....filled to the brim with people...but lovely old buildings and plenty of shops!<br />
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We had to be in Gunnison that afternoon, so continued our drive watching distant storms...<br />
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We got to Blue Mesa Reservoir, which is such a picturesque piece of water, just out of Gunnison. Storm clouds were brewing everywhere with flashes of lightning...it was spectacular.<br />
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We arrived at Jodee and Lou's place that afternoon....we were going to do a non simultaneous house exchange with Jodee and Lou in April, but instead they generously let us stay at their house (we actually had the entire house to ourselves) by the banks of the Gunnison River. <br />
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We got along really well, so pushed the friendship by staying there again on our way back to Denver.<br />
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We had a great afternoon....pizza at Crested Butte joined by Jodee and Lou's friend, Gary, a cool drive in the Cadillac, a quick video....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDtXUuhy6vE&list=UU-hf21qyJMYl4rNFw-u7hdA" target="_blank">COOL COLORADO CADILLAC</a><br />
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plenty of laughs and torrential rain. Thanks you guys! We went to Crested Butte last year with all the Aussies for a weekend of snow fun!..It looked so different this time...probably more people than during winter...and not a spec of snow anywhere!<br />
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The next morning we had planned a leisurely getaway, but instead spent 40 mins looking for Stuart's camera...pulled the car and bags apart more than once!! I eventually found it underneath my hat on the front seat!!! So we were away for our last adventure in North America.......Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-80472569354867253972014-08-01T20:40:00.000-07:002014-08-01T20:40:36.521-07:00New Mexico....and 4 states in a day...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The plan was to get to Roswell, New Mexico that night...to check out the aliens! First of all we saw the cane fields where it is obvious they would hide...<br />
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turns out they don't hide at all...and use all the modern day conveniences that we do....<br />
fuel.. <br />
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a bit of KFC....<br />
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shop at Walmart, just like us....<br />
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and even do their own research...<br />
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Stu caught up with a couple of mates in the street....<br />
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and while I found it all a bit alien, <br />
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Stu did a tour of the "research centre".....coming out with a few conspiracy theories of his own....<br />
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I was probably more interested in getting down to White Sands National Monument, than being in Roswell, so we made our way down there...about a 2 1/2 hr drive. <br />
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What a beautiful place this was.<br />
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The Visitor Centre was a gorgeous adobe building....<br />
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The $80 we spent on a National Parks pass when we arrived back in the US was a very sound investment. It allows you the freedom to drop into any US National Park. This park had the added bonus of being right next to a missile range, which sometimes forces the park to close down. <br />
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Fortunately for us, this day wasn't one of those days!<br />
It was a really unique place...quite different to Sand Dunes NP in Colorado.<br />
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and was well set up for people to sandboard down, with plenty of shelters provided.<br />
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Stu managed a "sand angel"....<br />
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which looked like it belonged in the Roswell UFO Research Centre!!<br />
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We climbed up and down a few dunes...but it was really hot.<br />
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A gorgeous place that I wished we could have stayed at longer, but we had to get to Albuquerque that night, which was a 6 hr drive away. <br />
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We had organised another couch-surf in Albuquerque, with a couple called Chris and Jaimie. Turns out they would be in Colorado that weekend, but still said we could stay at their place. We couldn't believe it. We arrived at their new town house, in Albuquerque, to find the air con going, a remote to use their garage, a key to access the swimming pool, password for wifi, a bottle of wine, and a beautiful home with everything we could possible need...and they had never met us. We couldn't believe it. It was fantastic!<br />
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with great views....<br />
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but the best part for Stu was that we were across the road from the Albuquerque Studios, where they film Breaking Bad!!<br />
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and the best part for me was driving past this groovy rattlesnake every day!<br />
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We went into Old Town Albuquerque to have a look, and it was very reminiscent of Sante Fe (capital) that we visited last year....very touristy, but great buildings, colours......<br />
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and I'm not sure what these guys were thinking in their "doof doof" car, but every few feet it bottomed out and hit the ground.....but it didn't stop them and they did numerous bog laps around the street!<br />
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We also went and looked at some petroglyphs, but the heat and the threat of rattlesnakes made us turn around and head for the air-conditioned car!<br />
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That evening we spent at the house....chilling, before our next big day on the road. The plan was to get to Oklahoma....so we qualified for a number plate and then head up to Colorado....so we drove a bit of Route 66 in New Mexico.....<br />
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but it was sad to see some of the small towns dying as the highway bypassed them....<br />
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before finally returning to our favourite state....<br />
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and making a quick detour in Sand Dunes National Park after the sun had gone down....<br />
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We spent the night in Alamosa where we heard of the very sad news of the passing of a teacher from Maidens Park PS. Elaine was a wonderful lady. Stu appreciated her professionalism, honesty and absolute dedication to her job and I really enjoyed our weekly chats...especially our Kimberley connection. A very, very sad day.<br />
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We arrived in Texas on dusk.....<br />
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and had arranged another couchsurf in Houston, Texas. We arrived there around 10pm, to be met by Missy and Dave...a couple around our age, who were so hospitable...sharing great stories with us...particularly the the possum story. Dave is originally from Louisiana and one day found a possum in his back yard who looked a bit sick....so he rang the Animal Rescue people to come and get it, and someone came to his yard and caught the possum. The animal rescue person checked it out and said "this possum aint sick..he's been hit by a car....he'll still taste good" and took it away! No doubt turning in into a delicious meal!<br />
The next day we headed to the "Texan Hills' area..not quite like the "hills" in Colorado though. We made our way to Fredericksburg where Stu had organised another couch-surfing, and even though the guy was travelling throughout Vietnam, he said it wouldn't be a problem to stay at his place and to ring this number. So we did and it turned out to be a hotel this guy owned...so we had a free hotel room for the night...aircon, wifi, own bathroom...amazing. We spent a few hours the next day in the National Museum of the Pacific War, which even I found interesting, before making our way west across Texas.<br />
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We got to Del Rio which had a huge reservoir, which was nice to see after many hours of low scrub, brown country.<br />
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This was also very close to the Mexican border and we were stopped by Border Patrol, where 5 guys came out of a building and 2 sniffer dogs and checked the car and our passports. There were also gravel roads either side of the highway and for the next 400kms or so we saw numerous Border Patrol cars driving up and down these roads searching for illegal immigrants.<br />
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That night we stayed in a cheap little hotel in a very small town called Sanderson, on the highway. We were greeted by the Indian manager who proceeded to shower us with Indian snack foods to take with us on our travels. Here is the view from our hotel room. We chose to stay in Sanderson as our next stop was Big Bend NP and it was only a few hours to get there the next day.<br />
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The next day we drove to Big Bend...a National Park we had not heard of, so we had no idea what to expect. <br />
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We stopped in at the Visitors Centre and realised we wouldn't do the park any justice if we tried to see it all in the limited time we had. This place was stunning! It was about 40C - 45C...a fierce heat, no shade, hot winds...but AMAZING! We went for a walk to a gorge..about a 2km round trip...I forgot my hat (stupid) and lordy be it was hot. In fact, so hot, the vultures started circling us....thinking we were fair game!<br />
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Big Bend NP was one of the best NP's we have been to in the US, and they have some amazing NP's here. The fact that it is such a long way from anywhere it is not as popular, so we felt very privileged to be there and we virtually had the place to ourselves (coz it was so hot!)..and because it was so hot, we drank plenty of water, which then makes you want to use a toilet. You'd think after 1 year of teaching in a Spanish speaking school Stu would have learnt which toilet to use by now!!<br />
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There was a lot of history here...the most recent being ranchers that moved out around 50 - 60 years ago.....<br />
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and the scenery (I say it again)..was breathtaking.<br />
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We stopped at the Rio Grande, where Stu had a quick dip to cool off...<br />
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despite the water level being very low....<br />
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Stu went for a walk further in to the Rio Grande canyon...climbing up and down in the heat.....we met a guy wearing jeans, big belt buckle, cowboy shirt and cowdy hat who was taking photos near the water. He really looked the quintessential"Texan" and when we asked if he was going to do the walk into the canyon, he said "I'm from New York...this it too hot for me!!" He certainly didn't look like a New Yorker!<br />
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We didn't see much wildlife..too hot for anything to be out in that weather (other than some crazy Aussies), but there were plenty of these gorgeous lizards....with their amazing colours...<br />
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and this little critter...no idea what it is.<br />
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We eventually left the park around 4pm, as the colours were slowly changing....<br />
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heading towards the Ghost Town of Terlingua....<br />
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and finally finishing up at Alpine, Texas, where we had arranged another couchsurf..this time with 2 young doctors...John and Katie and their nephew John. Another great evening chatting with them, particularly Little John...what a kid..and he was only 11 years old!<br />
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Big Bend NP was fantastic...we're so glad we made the effort to drive down there..if you ever get the chance....visit it. Absolutely breathtaking scenery.And just before we crossed into New Mexico...Guadalupe Mountains National Park.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-34124805908226936092014-07-31T22:26:00.000-07:002014-07-31T22:26:46.434-07:00Louisiana Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After leaving New Orleans we headed further south into Louisiana
and followed the coast for a bit. I found this part of the country
really fascinating....calm waters,<br />
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lovely holiday homes,<br />
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trailer homes on stilts, <br />
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and prawn trawlers parked up in little waterways next to homes...<br />
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We stayed the night in a little town with the plan being to visit some plantation homes and hopefully getting on a fan boat tour of the swamps. The first plantation home we pulled into was under construction, so we decided to leave on the "roundabout" road we thought we were supposed to be on. We stopped to take some photos of some old buildings...<br />
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when a car came towards us, with headlights flashing...we waved and called out to come on through but she wound her window down and gave us a blast...said we were on private property and would have to pay for any photos we took!! So not sure what the above 2 photos would be worth! We thought we were on the land of the plantation which is open to the public, but apparently not!<br />
Next stop was Oak Alley Plantation and Antebellum Mansion in Vacherie, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, which was recommended to us by Robert in Alabama..wow, wow and wow!! It was built around 1837-39. The oak trees were planted about 300 years ago and were absolutely magnificent. It was steamy, steamy hot and they offered some welcome relief.<br />
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We visited a reconstruction of the slaves quarters, which was very sobering<br />
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the whole place gave me mixed emotions.....<br />
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After a few hours wandering through the grounds <br />
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we made our way to Atchafalaya Basin Landing and Marina in Henderson, Louisiana where we had booked an airboat/fanboat tour of the swamplands. It was hot and steamy weather and as soon as I saw the boat I knew if was going to be good...<br />
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Our guide was a guy called Tucker, who had a great Louisianan drawl.... he asked us where we were from and were we familiar with Crocodile Dundee and the famous line from the movie...'that's not a knife". After we had been riding for a few minutes he stopped and said to us..."that's not a knife...This is a knife" and pulled out a HUGE knife from his pants....which he said was a Louisianan pocket knife! A great character!<br />
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The boat ride was bloody fantastic! We loved the scenery....it was another world and all you imagined it would be. <br />
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The cypress trees were my favourite..<br />
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and driving up between the two parallel bridges of the I 10 was amazing as we had been driving on it earlier and it was so chaotically busy...a 40 km bridge!!...so when we were underneath it, it was peaceful, serene...such a contrast!<br />
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Fortunately Tucker got to sit next to Stuart, so Stu was able to offer advice on how to drive the boat....I think Tucker really appreciated it!!!<br />
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It was a fantastic afternoon..2 hrs in the boat....$38 each...money well spent!<br />
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Here is a link to a video of the boat tour...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbp8jNVEixU" target="_blank">LOUISIANAN SWAMP TOUR</a>...it was loud, fast, quiet, slow, scenic, relaxing, exhilarating....the best...and we were on a high leaving there on our way to Texas!!!<br />
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<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-9355327885829441402014-07-31T13:05:00.002-07:002014-07-31T13:05:21.046-07:00Mississippi and New Orleans, Lousisana...After leaving Robert's place we made our way up to Jackson, Mississippi <br />
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to check out the capitol. We arrived too late to visit that day, so instead spent the night in a dodgy hotel and the next morning we did a tour of the building. Other than that, we didn't see much of Mississippi!<br />
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Next stop was Louisiana <br />
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where we had booked a couple of nights in New Orleans. We drove across a 40km bridge to get to the city....so impressive<br />
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and found our hotel which was 2 blocks from all the "local attractions",
so a great location. The weather was pretty awful...lots of rain, but
it didn't seem to stop anyone. We walked through the French Quarter checking out some of the lovely homes/apartments people live in. <br />
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made our way down to the Mississippi River...<br />
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before finding ourselves on Bourbon St.....<br />
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Bourbon St wasn't for me...during the day it wasn't so crowded, but come evening, the place was heaving with people, there were people "inviting" you into their sleazy clubs, beads being dropped from balconies to women below in the hope they'd lift their shirts and show their boobs, loads of street drinking, drunks ...it didn't appeal to me, but was fascinating none the less.<br />
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Stu enjoyed some local food...<br />
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and some local beer...<br />
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and we did find a spot to listen to a bit of live jazz....which was great.<br />
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The next day was torrential rain <br />
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and we were wading through streets that were ankle deep in water, absolutely bucketing down, with little shelter...other than the local church!<br />
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In between showers, we did manage to get out and see some of the beautiful buildings....it is a really interesting city and once we were away from Bourbon St, <br />
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it's history shone through.<br />
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The night before we left we were walking around the streets and came across a wedding procession. They had just left the church and we could hear the church bells ringing, and see police car lights flashing and could hear a jazz band. So we raced towards it all in time to see the bride and groom being followed by the band and their guests, making their way down the street....dancing to the fabulous music. they were on their way to the reception and the entire street stopped for them. It was fantastic....the way to do a wedding!! Here is a link to a video of our time in New Orleans..<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXQkN9OWP4Y&feature=em-upload_owner" target="_blank">NEW ORLEANS</a><br />
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The next day after we had checked out of our hotel we found a beautiful cemetery that we had passed on our way into the city. It was such a peaceful place and we were able to drive around and see the very old, elaborate gravestones.<br />
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So we were really glad we spent a few days in New Orleans...there is really so much to see there and so much history. A fascinating place!Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-24151125938277709262014-07-26T21:27:00.000-07:002014-07-26T21:27:28.061-07:00Alabama....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We crossed into Alabama <br />
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First stop was Dothan...mural capital of Alabama. <br />
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Dothans other claim to fame is being the Peanut Capital of the World and is where the National Peanut Festival is held each year<br />
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and hence the reason for this Large Gold Peanut being displayed. One-fourth of the US peanut crop is produced in this area.<br />
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We did a drive through Union Springs where they have some beautiful historic homes,<br />
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then made our way to Birmingham which is probably famous for being the centre for Civil Rights movements in the US in the 1950's and 60's. When we arrived at our hotel (always very cheap accommodation) this was the scene we were met with...4 police cars, 2 fire engines and a paramedic. We immediately questioned our decision to stay in this part of the city, but check in anyway. Turns out it was the wrong hotel...so they all ran back out of the building as we walked in! It was like a comedy sketch!<br />
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We also drove past this house, where a guy called Joe's been following the Divine Road Map since 1989, when he started
packing the lawn and yard around his house with shrines and totems. He
called it African Village in America, and its theme is African-American
history, with occasional diversions. Joe's used whatever he could get
his hands on to build it: old sports equipment, baking pans, footwear,
Christmas lawn decorations, hubcaps, lots of toys and dolls. "God said,
'Pick up what's thrown away and put it together,' Joe said. "Whatever
God gives me, that's what I work with."<br />
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We had planned on attending a church service at the 16th St Baptist Church, which was the target of a racially motivated bombing in September 1963, where 4 young girls were killed. The church is predominately attended by African Americans and we were made to feel really welcome.<br />
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As for the service...WOW! It was EVERYTHING you could possibly imagine and more. Amazing gospel singers, a preacher who would whip himself into a frenzy, and a congregation who would call out, raise their hands, stand up and dance and verbally acknowledge everything the preacher said...."Preach it preacher!!" and lots of "Amens". The women in particular looked so glamorous, men in suits and children dressed impeccably. It was such a sense of community and was a great experience. We both said we'd go every week if church was like that!!!! Here is a short video of the service....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROMpucceqD8" target="_blank">CHURCH</a> and here is a longer version...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLVO-prmfKk&list=UU-hf21qyJMYl4rNFw-u7hdA" target="_blank">CHURCH</a><br />
Across the road from the church was the Civil Rights Institute, which we spent a few hours visiting.<br />
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This was a thought provoking, sobering, and profound experience. Images we had seen on our TV's back in Australia were brought to life.....and in some cases were very confronting. It was really interesting and I think the thing that bothered me the most was the KKK, which still exists today.<br />
Across the road from the Institute is Kelly Ingram Park...it was a central place for staging large demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement. It was also the site for a large demonstration in 1963, with many of the demonstrators being young children and high school students, who were arrested, <br />
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set upon by police dogs<br />
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and water hoses. Again, very confronting.<br />
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After leaving Birmingham, we made our way to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, but not before stopping at the highest point in Alabama, in Talladega State Forest<br />
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and we got to see our first US turtles...<br />
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We have tried to visit a few of the Capitol buildings in each state...sometimes you get a free tour and the buildings are always grand....Montgomery was no exception.<br />
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After visiting Montgomery, we were heading down to Mobile, Alabama to stay with a guy called Robert....this was to be our first couchsurfing experience. But sometimes finding places in the US can be a little confusing...this sign is an indication of that, and unfortunately our GPS reads out EVERY road!<br />
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We did find Robert's place, arriving in the evening and were greeted by Robert, a pig (Oliver) and a dog (Beauregard)! Oliver was so entertaining..doing all sorts of tricks and obviously really fond of Robert...following him everywhere. Both animals were very affectionate, but totally devoted to Robert! <br />
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Robert immediately made us feel at home and we enjoyed a few beers and delicious meal with him. The next day he took us for a tour of Mobile, and we were able to feed the park squirrels, which are really cute looking animals.<br />
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visited a lovely old church...Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.</div>
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a grand old hotel...The Battle House Hotel</div>
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a delicious chocolate shop...Three Georges..<br />
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..then across the bay to see Mobile from the other side<br />
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A great day....but all good things must come to an end and this is what we were greeted with when we got back to the trailer...bloody hilarious..absolutely no shame from Oliver....and Beau kind of giving it away!<br />
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The next morning we were treated to a southern style brekky....which included biscuits and gravy (kind of like our scones) and it was delicious!<br />
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Our first couchsurfing experience was fantastic. Robert was so hospitable, welcoming and generous. We loved listening to him talking about his various businesses, plans and goals and wish him well with those. We are looking forward to a visit from him to WA in the near future. Thanks Robert, Beau and Oliver, you made our Alabama experience exceptional!<br />
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Check out a short video of our time in Mobile, Alabama...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkCChhSnSEY&feature=em-upload_owner" target="_blank">MOBILE, ALABAMA</a><br />
<br />Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-65552709375024805802014-07-25T09:21:00.001-07:002014-07-25T09:21:51.664-07:00Some more of Florida....We were a bit sad to leave the luxury of our condo in Florida, but were ready to hit the road again on our next adventure. We decided to follow the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida coastline...the water was a muddy brown and very tidal for a lot of it...<br />
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<br />There were lots of small holiday towns...quite exclusive, with really interesting homes built up high.<br />
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Stu
chatted with some people who when we left one of the towns, who said to us''''Y'all come back
now, y'hear!" Seriously, they said that!! We were in southern USA
heaven...it's not just pretend speak on the telly..they actually say
it!! <br />
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and then you'd drive through towns with beautiful old oak trees lining the streets, that were draped in Spanish moss giving them a spooky but beautiful look.<br />
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We saw a bit of wildlife<br />
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as we headed out across the Gulf to one of the many inhabited islands that you reach via giant bridges, that cross the Gulf for about 15 kms! Americans do bridges really well!!<br />
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There is housing ALL along the coastline...it is quite incredible to see it all and I guess one of the ways to fit them all in is to build upwards! <br />
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The houses looked pretty expensive but were very tasteful and summery....and I think a lot of them were summer rentals.<br />
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The beaches on the islands were much cleaner and whiter and full of people<br />
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and it was really hot so Stu went for a dip in the Gulf of Mexico...another body of water to add to his International swimming resume...<br />
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We had to stock up on some food and drinks and where else would go to do that than this supermarket...<br />
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There are so many unfamiliar shops in the US that you never know what you are walking in to. Fortunately we had seen people come out with shopping trolleys so we knew we could get groceries there!!<br />
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That night we drove to a small town called Marianne in Florida and splurged yet again on a $40 motel room....<br />
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and picked up some Taco Bell for tea, where the girl who served us said in her southern drawl....."y'all not from round these parts are ya"....love it!!<br />
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The next day we trove to Tallahassee which is the capital of Florida. I was really excited as I knew the song Tallahassee Bridge, so I wanted to see the bridge Bobby Gentry was singing about. Turns out it's not the Tallahassee Bridge (this does not exist!) but the Tallahatchie Bridge in Mississippi. Another of those songs where you get the lyrics wrong!! (Hold me closer Tony Danza springs to mind!!)<br />
We stopped in at the Capitol building in Tallahassee which are always interesting to visit, especially when you come across these sorts of folk,<br />
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and gives you a good feel for the city...<br />
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We were heading to Charlotte in North Carolina and this is when I got to hear those lovely, strong southern accents. It's amazing how people from the one country can have so many different accents. I love it! Our plane landed around 11.30pm, as did 7 other planes, and when we went to pick up our luggage, there were renovations going on in the luggage section, so the entire 7 flights of people were fighting their way to a baggage terminal the size of a small kitchen!!! Not fun! We caught a shuttle bus to the car rental place, and when the guy saw how much it was going to cost us to rent it for 42 days, he felt sorry for us, and dropped the price by $400. We were very grateful, but we actually didn't think the price we were going to pay was too expensive. By this stage it was around 1.30am, so we grabbed a burger from Macca's....$1 each!!!! YES, $1 each!!! and found a cheap hotel for the night...$48...with a king size bed, free wifi and breakfast!!!<br />
The next morning we drove into Charlotte.....<br />
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then headed down into South Carolina....<br />
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We chose the scenic route, off the main Interstate, but were a little disappointed with the country we were seeing. Not as scenic as we would have liked...however, we did come across this town...<br />
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Pickens is Jakeb's nickname from the boys (long story) so we laughed maturely at this...(Mum, I'll explain later!)<br />
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We stopped at a Thrift Shop in a small town, to look at number plates. Stu asked the guy in the shop if he sold number plates, which he didn't, but a customer in the shop overheard him...asked which ones he wanted and said he had some at his house...so we followed him and sure enough he had Georgia and Sth Carolina plates. We offered him money for them, which he refused and we were able to give him a spare Alaskan plate we had. He was so nice and friendly to us, we couldn't believe it...we have only encountered really friendly people in the Carolina's...and they call me Ma'am. I could get used that!<br />
We got to the Georgia border....by crossing a river, which was covered in low fog..<br />
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and then drove till midnight, stopping out of Savannah, Georgia at a hotel that was $36 a night....again free wifi and breakfast!! How do they make their money?<br />
The next morning we drove into Savannah and decided to do a hop on/off tram tour.<br />
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....it took us into downtown historic Savannah,<br />
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and despite the heat and humidity, it was a really enjoyable day. Gorgeous old buildings that we did guided tours through...<br />
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and Stu, feeling a bit nostalgic, ventured back into the classroom....</div>
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The downtown area was divided into squares and each square had a park filled with huge, old trees, providing plenty of shade....and it was so pretty...<br />
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the highlight? Driving past the park where this scene was filmed....."Life is like a box of chocolates.."<br />
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By late afternoon I was feeling hot and weary and we were on the tram, when we passed this statue which is along the waterfront....<br />
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I think the trolley driver was also hot and weary as he told the story of the statue to us, word for word and as soon as he finished his last sentence, he told the story again...word for word! Sadly, I wasn't listening either times, but I think she is waving to all the boats that went past..."As the story goes, life at the remote cottage was lonely for Florence
whose closest companion was her devoted collie. At an early age, she
developed a close affinity with the passing ships and welcomed each one
with a wave of her handkerchief. Sailors began returning her greeting
by waving back or with a blast of the ship's horn. Eventually Florence
started greeting the ships arriving in the dark by waving a lantern."<br />
We were glad to get back into the airconditioned car and we made our way down to Florida,<br />
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where we stopped at the Visitor's Centre and they gave us free freshly squeezed orange juice...<br />
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We arrived at the condo late evening....it is a 2 storey condo...2 bedrooms/bathrooms upstairs and a kitchen/lounge/bathroom downstairs...air conditioned/wifi...everything we need. It is a house exchange place and we have had great communication with the owner who has been very accommodating to our changing dates. We're located next to a lovely beach<br />
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and the complex has 4 pools, so you can walk to the beach (2 mins) have a swim, <br />
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then jump in the pool<br />
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....very relaxing and easy.<br />
Here is the view from the condo....<br />
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We went for a drive the next day and came across Canaveral National Park...just down the road from us. Again, it was so hot and humid...just like the Kimberley during wet season...but we did get to see a manatee (like dugong) and plenty of dolphin. <br />
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The stretch of National Park is 24 miles long. This is the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline all the way down the east coast of the US! I find that an amazing statistic.<br />
We had arranged to catch up with Kimberley friends, Donna and Paul who are travelling throughout the US. Paul is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship Scholarship and is over here on his year off doing his research. Donna and Stuart are also Churchill Fellows, and the 3 of them are all school principals, so I call them the Fellowship of the Principals. I'm feeling a little outnumbered here! Paul was Asha's boss at Derby DHS and Donna is Principal at Fitzroy Crossing DHS...one of Stu's old schools, and we met mid 1998, when Stu was Principal at Wangkatjungka RCS and Paul was Principal at Bayulu RCS.<br />
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So we were really thrilled that they were going to be in Florida at the same time as us and we had room for them to stay in the condo. It certainly seems a long way from Wangkatjungka/Bayulu days!! <br />
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Our first day with Donna and Paul was spent at Universal Studios....long queues (until we learnt about single riders)</div>
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great rides and larger than life backdrops....<br />
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Everything was bright and colorful...<br />
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and after getting there at 10am, we finally left at 9pm...a great day!<br />
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The next morning was our trip to the Kennedy Space Centre (NASA). I had vivid memories of Stephanie's experience there...she hated it and was sending us the most boring photos I have ever seen <br />
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of what should have been quite an interesting off shore excursion from her cruise ship. So I was prepared!<br />
Once you arrive, <br />
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you are taken on a bus tour of the facilities of NASA...where the space shuttles are built, launched, viewing platforms..etc etc (I don't remember too much of this as I slept through it) <br />
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but the main problem was I didn't understand the Californian accent of our bus driver.....seriously, we needed subtitles!! Then we visited the Apollo Centre which I found really informative, and especially the small reference to Carnarvon.<br />
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It was interesting and inspiring to me....I think Dad would have enjoyed it...<br />
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There was even the robot from Lost in Space...."Danger Will Robinson"...<br />
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There was a list of the Atlantis space flights and one of the crew's name was Michael Good.<br />
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Here's a bit of information about Mr Good...just for you Steph!!<br />
"Space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final planned mission to deliver
an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-built Mini Research Module to
the International Space Station. STS-132 was the 32nd mission for
Atlantis.<br />
Three spacewalks were conducted while Atlantis was
docked to the orbiting laboratory. During the first spacewalk Mission
Specialists Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen installed a spare antenna
and a stowage platform. On the second spacewalk, Bowen and Mission
Specialist Michael Good replaced batteries on the P6 Truss that store
solar energy. Outside for the final spacewalk were Good and Reisman who
replaced the last of the P6 Truss batteries and retrieved a power data
grapple fixture for installation at a later date."<br />
I wonder if he's related?<br />
While we were there we watched this storm approaching....<br />
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and then a few hours later on our way back to the condo this was how the water looked...<br />
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It was a fun day and we made the most of our Fast Pass, revisiting our favourite rides 2 or 3 times! On a hot day, the water rides were the best....scary, but cool!</div>
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There was a kids section...Dr Seuss Land...which was gorgeous...and we went on a couple of rides there...taking a ride through the The Cat in the Hat, High in the Sky Seuss trolley train ride and the Caro-Seuss-el ...a merry go round of Seuss characters.</div>
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Toon Town....<br />
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Jurassic Park...<br />
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Harry Potter Wizarding World..which was fantastic!<br />
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The simulated ride was amazing! Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey uses KUKA robocoaster technology, which allows the seats to pivot while being
held above the track by a robotic arm. The ride is a scenic dark ride. The experience includes a flight around Hogwarts castle, an encounter with the Whomping Willow and a horde of Dementors and a Quidditch match. The ride drops, spins around, twists and turns, but does not
turn upside down, though passengers sometimes lie flat on their backs.We LOVED it! It took us into the world of Harry Potter.<br />
Marvels Superhero World was great as well....<br />
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and I even took on this rollercoaster!!<br />
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Here's a quick video of our day....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvBfVBOvbQ&feature=em-upload_owner" target="_blank">Theme park shenanigans...</a><br />
So it was another great day with Stu, Paul and Donna....but we were all ready for a day of rest on July 4.<br />
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A lazy day for our 2nd Independence Day in the US. Last year we were in Chicago, with too many other people...hot, bothered and squished up against a fence with very limited visibility and a fireworks display that made sparklers out the back at Australind look good! So this year we decided we weren't moving from the condo...no driving and no dealing with crowds. A great decision! Also we were getting a bit of weather from the tail of Hurricane Arthur that was travelling up the coast causing a bit of havoc.<br />
During the day the clouds began to blacken, so we went down the beach to take a look...it was impressive...<br />
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By late afternoon the storm had all but disappeared so we made our way to the deck chairs to enjoy a quiet view of the ocean...<br />
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when not 5 metres from us a dad and his kids starting letting off fireworks! It was like a war zone! They were going off EVERYWHERE...no safety requirements, no cleaning up afterwards! Then as the sun started to go down, out came the big guns...ordinary, everyday people letting off HUGE fireworks, all the way along the beach as far as the eye could see! It was pretty spectacular and the 4 of us were gobsmacked that it was allowed to happen...but we were glad it did happen! <br />
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There seemed to be no safety awareness, but as far as we could see, noone got hurt. The fireworks went on for about 2 hrs, everyone was so well behaved, no drunken behaviour and come 10pm it was like nothing had happened...except for occasional fireworks going off on someones balcony!!<br />
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Here's a link.....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrsOVmK4_Q&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Fireworks US style...4th July</a><br />
The next day we went back to the US Astronaut Hall of Fame which was included in our Kennedy Space Centre ticket. Again I found it really interesting...<br />
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and you can all rest assured...Space Travel is in safe hands with these two at the helm...despite Stuart getting his head stuck!!<br />
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They even managed to land the space shuttle...well kind of....not really...<br />
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On the way back to the condo we stopped at a canal to look at some manatee, which are very similar to dugong, but their closest living relative is the elephant...they're sometimes mistaken for mermaids...depending how long you have been at sea! Here they are in action....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhxIyyPhk48" target="_blank">Manatee....Florida</a><br />
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Donna and Paul left the next morning...driving down to Miami, and catching a flight to Calgary. We decided to take a drive to St Augustine...the oldest city in the US. We drove past Daytona Beach which apparently is where a famous car race is held....along the coast...<br />
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following the pelicans (which are not as pretty as our pelicans)<br />
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stopping in at National Monuments along the way...check out the gorgeous oak trees at one of the monuments.....<br />
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and the first thing we saw was...<br />
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which is a fort on the edge of the city....<br />
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and a beautiful university called Flagley University, which was originally built as a hotel for the very, very rich and famous....and was very grand...<br />
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and we took a walk down historic St George Street...where it was sooo humid.....<br />
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which made this waterway so tempting!<br />
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We had another quiet day at the condo the following day...the big decisions being do we swim in the ocean....<br />
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or the pool...<br />
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we chose both! Another big decision we had to make was which chair to sit in...so many choices....<br />
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he chose this one....<br />
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and pinching ourselves that we were actually here...enjoying this accommodation....for FREE!!<br />
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So this is our last house exchange...we wouldn't have been able to afford travelling for this length of time if we didn't do it, and that was a lot of work done by Stuart to get these places. So it has been so worth it! All these places I never dreamed I would ever get to see...next adventure starts tomorrow...<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">..3 weeks driving through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado....leaving the US on August 2nd...so we still have a few more number plates to get, to add to the collection....</span><br />
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<span id="goog_1175642221"></span>Jennifer Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346665671712125059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106202605618140055.post-25547880754177841572014-06-27T06:22:00.002-07:002014-06-27T06:22:38.699-07:00Cruising the Inside Passage...Whittier, Alaska to Vancouver, Canada<br />
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We dropped the RV off, with no mishaps...(however 10 days later and we are still waiting on our $700 deposit back...despite 2 emails...with no reply!) and took a shuttle bus into downtown Anchorage, dropped our bags off with the cruise liner (all so easy), and went for a wander around the city centre for a couple of hours. At midday we caught a shuttle bus out to Whittier...1 1/2hr drive....along Turnagain Arm. The weather was miserable the whole way there, so we considered ourselves lucky we got to see that area in beautiful weather. We had to travel through a train tunnel in the bus to get to the cruise ship...a really narrow tunnel..either a train or one vehicle can go through it at a time and it's 4kms long (2.5 miles). It passes under the Maynard Mountain and is called the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.<br />
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Once we were on the other side we saw the cruise ship....WOW! We knew we were in for a good time! <br />
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It was pouring with rain and blowing a gale. We queued up and checked in with our passports and tickets, which took about 20 mins, boarded the ship<br />
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and found our room. Oh so easy! We had an inside cabin or stateroom, with no window (the cheap ones!!), but it was bigger than the RV, the bed was bigger, the bathroom a tad bigger....and we were very happy!! This was our view....<br />
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First port of call..the buffet! OMG!!! But before we got through to the buffet...we were greeted by the "Buffet Welcoming Staff" with a "HAPPY, HAPPY, SMILEY, SMILEY, WASHY, WASHY"...we had no idea what was going on....but they had a spray bottle that they sprayed your hands with every time you came into the buffet...and EVERY time you came into the buffet you got the "WASHY, WASHY, HAPPY, HAPPY"!!! At first I thought it would drive me insane, but it almost became a term of endearment!! (But I don't know how well it would go down at Bunnings with "Rita the Greeter"!)<br />
We were actually in the middle of a bad storm, so the Captain delayed departure by a few hours... so many icecream cones were devoured by Stu while we waited. We had to do a safety drill, but it was too rough to be outside so after 1 hr of being thrown around the ship, we learnt to put a life jacket on....that was our drill!!<br />
Once we left port and got out into the open waters, the Captain recommended if you get seasick to take a table before you went to sleep. That was enough for me as I was starting to feel queasy, especially after watching all the people trying to walk in a straight line with no success! So I took a tablet which wiped me out for the night, although I did wake to hear things being thrown around the room and doors opening...it was pretty rough! And when your room is in complete darkness you have no idea where you are.<br />
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We were in open seas for the next day as well and it continued to be rough...and I was still a bit zonked from the tablet. But we enjoyed the buffet and finding our way around the ship.<br />
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One of the destinations to check out was Hubbard Glacier, which was supposed to look like this, <br />
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but the weather was so bad all we could see was this! <br />
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The next day we stopped at Icy Strait Point....Hoonah. We had to catch a shuttle boat into the port, which was all set up for the tourists...the town was actually a couple of kms away. I have to say it was done really well...interesting information about the fishing industry, a nice rainforest walk and of course lots of shops!<br />
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Every night there was some sort of entertainment...we saw a comedian, the Norwegian Cruise Liner performers, of which there were about 20 of them, who sang and danced...full of energy. They were amazing...so very talented and could have been performing anywhere...they were from all parts of the world with about 5 Australians amongst them. We were really impressed with them. There were also game shows that we watched which were always funny and entertaining...leave your inhibitions on shore! And every night when we went to bed, there was a different towel animal on our bed....<br />
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When Stu started to get a bit fidgety and needed to do something there were basketball, table tennis, pool, spas and golf facilities to use up some of that energy!<br />
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There were great viewing areas all around the boat with plenty of seats available without feeling too crowded...<br />
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even with 1700 guests and 700 staff on board. Our favourite place was the back of the boat...<br />
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We spent a few hours in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, where access is only via boat of plane. It was pretty small, but again we found it quite interesting...we took a tram ride up a mountain<br />
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which gave us great views of Juneau...<br />
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and wandered through the streets with the other 1700 people on board the ship!!<br />
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Check out this face in the snow up on a mountain above Juneau...<br />
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and the Cop Shop grew it's own "grass"......on the roof!<br />
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We had beautiful views from the back of the boat as we left Juneau....<br />
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After leaving Juneau <br />
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we made our way to Sawyers Glacier. This was breathtakingly beautiful....going down narrow passages,with waterfalls cascading down mountains into the water,<br />
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large icebergs floating everywhere...<br />
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The closer we got to the glacier, the more ice appeared..<br />
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and even another ship...<br />
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It was spectacular.<br />
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The glacier itself could be seen from a distance, and it was pretty amazing too.<br />
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It was a fabulous, serene few hours...everyone on board was in awe and respectful of this beautiful scenery...<br />
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As beautiful as all the icebergs were, that night when we went to bed, I woke up with a start, thinking we had hit an iceberg. Stu of course was sound asleep. I was so convinced that I actually went out the passage to make sure everyone was evacuating! Of course, everyone was sound asleep and it was just my vivid nightime imagination going into overdrive!<br />
Next stop was Skagway...we had been there before in the RV and didn't like the place at all, and our opinions didn't change....we actually didn't even get off the boat as it was pouring with rain...just like before!<br />
Our last port of the 7 day cruise was Ketchikan. On our way there we got a sunshower and saw this beautiful rainbow...<br />
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Ketchikan turned out to be our favourite town. The boat literally parked up at the end of the main street and we all got off.<br />
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It was pouring with rain the whole time we were there, but there was so much to explore that we didn't care.<br />
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...fur shops, taxidermy shops, gift shops...but our favourite place was Creek St. <br />
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It was an old brothel area which was sited alongside a creek...hence the sign....</div>
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It had great character and was really picturesque...it even had a seal swimming up and down the creek.<br />
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So another lovely day on the cruise...the next day being out on the open seas and our last full day on board...again I felt a little seasick, so took 1/2 a tablet and wiped myself out for a few hours. When I woke we were back in the Inside Passage and the waters were calm. It was an absolutely perfect evening with calm weather, clear skies and more shipping traffic...beautiful.<br />
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It was a perfect way to end our last night on the boat...</div>
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We had our last brekky and reluctantly disembarked around 9.30 am.....farewelling the ship...</div>
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Monique, our friend from Manitoba had arranged for us to stay at her brother Norbert's place. We had never met Norbert before and he very kindly agreed, even catching the train to the ferry terminal to meet us and take us back to his place. This exchange just keeps on giving for us as we have spent a fantastic few days with Norbert and his sons, Julian and Ben. A wonderful family...no surprise there though! Norbert took us into Stanley Park and along the Downtown waterfront for the day yesterday...<br />
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our first warm day since March. We had passed by Vancouver about 3 times, so it was great to actually see a bit of the city. It is a really nice looking city...plenty to see and do and even better when you are being shown around by a local.<br />
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We visited another sister of Norbert and Monique's...Henriette and her husband Ray. We had the best night together...so many laughs and stories..and again the family made us feel so welcome. Thanks guys!<br />
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While we were staying at his house, Norbert, Stu and the boys took the old shingles off Norbert's shed, replacing them with new ones....you've got to earn your room and board some way! <br />
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Norbert took us to Whiterock for an icecream on our last evening, which was a lovely seaside town...<br />
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Thanks Ouimet's..so glad we got to spend time with you all and do be able to visit some of the "Ouimet Trail"...can't wait to see you in WA!!<br />
So the cruise turned out to be way better than I expected and I guess you should experience something before you judge it.....it came at just the right time for us. A week of not having to decide anything was just what we needed and I would now recommend it to anyone. Then to be able to spend 3 days with Norbert and his family was priceless with a friendship forged.<br />
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We are now in Charlotte, North Carolina, will drive through South
Carolina and Georgia and into Florida for our house exchange. Really
looking forward to it.<br />
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The evening we left Homer we had a lovely pink sunset overlooking the mountains..<br />
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Driving down the Kenai Peninsula we had rain most of the way, and were able to spot a couple of moose, <br />
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and when we headed back up it was nice to have reasonably clear skies. We stopped at Russian River for a look and were amazed to see so many cars there including a camera crew! <br />
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and the reason was first day of the salmon season... here is a link to the story the TV crew put together while we were there.....<br />
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There were people everywhere...lining the banks of the river, <br />
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and you had to catch a ferry to get to the side where you were able to fish...and onlookers stayed on the other side.....here's a link to a video Stu put together<br />
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They were pulling so many fish in, continuously....and it really was a sight to see....<br />
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We decided to make a trip down to Seward which is a stop that some cruise lines do, although our cruise wasn't going there. The drive down was really pretty....with big lakes, mountains and so green.<br />
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Seward was really pretty as well..although even though it was a cruise ship town it didn't seem to cater for RV's, so parking was really difficult....so we had a quick look around <br />
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before heading up to a place called Hope. Just as we were about to arrive in the town, we saw a moose on the side of the road, <br />
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and as technology is such a wonderful thing (when it works!), we were able to Skype Margaret and show her. We stopped at a lookout ...<br />
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and got chatting to a guy who had a pair of binoculars and was looking out to the inlet. He told us a bore tide was due any minute....and before we knew it, we could hear this roar and a wave of water came down...it wasn't terribly high, but it was fast and wide.....and was quite a sight.<br />
The town of Hope is really small and has a population of about 100 people. Unfotunately the "World's Greatest Gift Shop" was closed, so no pressies from there! <br />
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A lot of the towns across the Kenai were flooded and semi destroyed after the 1964 earthquake and were relocated a few 100 metres back from where they originally were built. Hope was very picturesque<br />
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and you could look across to the Seward Hwy, on the other side of Turnagain Arm.<br />
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We spent the night camped on the side of the road before slowly making our way back to Anchorage. On the way we stopped in at the Portage Glacier Visitor's Centre as the rain had come down again.....and this brief interlude with Smoky Bear made Stu a happy man!<br />
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Stu went for a walk on a popular hiking track <br />
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and saw this sign...<br />
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which didn't stop him....maybe he should have been warned about this instead....<br />
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We had been keeping an eye on the bore tide calendar and Saturday night was supposed to be a 5 ***** night for the height and ferocity of the wave. So we made our way to what we had been told was the best vantage point on Turnagain Arm...Bird Point, with about 50 other people...<br />
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very scenic, but we couldn't see a thing of the tide!<br />
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so we became "The Tide Chasers" and followed the tide as it slowly made it's way down the inlet. We came across these guys in the water, who were waiting for the wave..<br />
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and then we heard this ROAR of the water and down it came...<br />
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Here's a video Stu made of some filming I did....it was really one of the most extraordinary things I have seen....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w57FGp8oV6k&list=UU-hf21qyJMYl4rNFw-u7hdA" target="_blank">Bore tide....Turnagain Arm, Alaska</a><br />
The water is freezing and these guys have to wait a month to catch this wave...if they are able to catch it, it is the ride of their lives as it takes them for a few kms, where someone picks them up and takes them back to their car.....and sadly some of them missed it.<br />
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It was quite a sight....<br />
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So we sadly left Turnagain Arm...one of my more favourite places in Alaska and made our way into Anchorage. I think I could now navigate around Anchorage very easily. It is a lot smaller than I thought and an easy road system. There isn't too much to see as a tourist in the town, <br />
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so we were glad we only had one day and night there....we visited the Alaska Zoo and as it was Father's Day in the US, they let Stu in for free and I had a coupon, so I got in for free too. I have to say I'm glad we didn't pay for entry as it was very disappointing.When we travelled around Australia in 1999, we visited just about every zoo there is with the boys, and at the end of the trip, Stu and I said we would never visit another zoo. Well I wish we had kept to our word. Apparently all the animals had been injured and were unable to go back into the wild, but the cages were mostly awful. Anyway, we did get to see a wolf...<br />
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and a polar bear...<br />
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and black bear....<br />
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before we made a hasty exit. We made our way out to the airport where there was a lookout...and were delighted to come across twin moose, crossing the road in front of us...10 mins from the city!<br />
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We were able to watch them for about 1/2 hr as they ate and swam, before being scared off by a yappy chihuahua!<br />
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Our last meal on mainland Alaska was spent in a lovey spot, <br />
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with downtown Anchorage in the distance...<br />
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we thought we'd make camp here for the night...."How's the Serenity..."<br />
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before spending our last night in the RV at Fred's place!<br />
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