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Archive for July, 2005

27 Jul

New York, Fire Island and home.

We’ve all been in New York lots so this was a good opportunity to do some shopping and visiting sights that we already know. We had a long visit to the Natural History Museum which was, as always, entertaining and informative. I’ve been telling the kids about Churrascaria Platforma (the place where you can […]

25 Jul

The Badlands and Corn

We stayed in the middle of the South Dakota Badlands at a small guest ranch called the Circle View Ranch. It’s run by the nicest couple in the USA called Phil and Amy Kruse and we had a great time relaxing there. The Badlands are yet another area of fabulous geological formations which […]

20 Jul

Driving in America

This is just a general entry on driving in the USA. We will have done about 3300 miles in our Chevrolet Tahoe and we’ve experienced pretty much every type of driving from LA freeways to dirt tracks so it’s about time to summarise the whole experience.
The first thing to say is that driving in […]

18 Jul

Email Problem

Our email is down. Hopefully it will come up again in the next few days but there’s not much we can do from here to fix it. If there’s anything urgent, add a comment here.

18 Jul

The Great Plains

We spent a few days in the Grand Teton national park. Jackson Hole ski resort is right in the middle of the park and apart from getting some sun, we did some hikes around Rendevous Mountain. The Tetons are a beautiful range of mountains and it certainly looks like the skiing in the […]

13 Jul

The Canyons and National Parks

We drove out of Las Vegas on I15 and eventually turned onto Highway 89 (of which more later) towards the Grand Canyon North Rim (much less visited than the South Rim). As you drive up from the desert, the landscape gradually changes to an alpine meadow and ponderosa pine forest and […]

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