Of all the places that took us by surprise on our road trip, I think San Diego comes out on top. It wasn’t even on our initial itinerary. I was pretty sure we weren’t going to have time, especially when I found out that Yellowstone National Park closes on November 5th and we’d have to …
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of LA. After my brief stop there ten years ago, I always said I wasn’t bothered about ever going back – but it felt kind of unavoidable on a road trip that was leading us down the coast of the USA, and in some ways I did …
It seems like I’ve been ticking off a lot of bucket list items on this trip – and our drive down the Californian coast along the infamous Highway 1 was no exception. We hit really lucky with our road trip in California – we missed the recent fires by a couple of weeks, escaped the …
When I was going through my photos from San Francisco to try and choose which ones to use for my blog post about our time there, I really struggled to narrow it down to less than 50. The main reason for this is because San Francisco is full – FULL – of pretty buildings. Of …
Yosemite National Park has always been one of those places that I’ve really wanted to visit for as long as I can remember hearing of it, but in reality I actually had no idea what to expect because I’d never researched it. So while I knew we were going to be in for some beautiful …
San Francisco has been on my bucket list for longer than I’ve had a bucket list. Along with San Diego Zoo and probably New York (and Disney World), I remember being no older than six and telling myself that one day, I would go to those places. So as a seasoned world traveller wishing to …
I hold an unpopular opinion… … … …I’m not a huge fan of Portland. *takes a deep breath* There, I said it. I can’t believe it, either. After everything I’ve heard, even the slogan, “Keep Portland Weird”, I felt like I was going to love it. There was no way that I couldn’t. And yet, …
It was 6.30am, or thereabouts, and we were on our way to the US border. It had been a hard wake-up call – we had gone for some drinks with friends in Vancouver the night before, and at 6.12am my alarm was still on snooze. I pulled into a coffee shop for the most disappointing …
A road trip in the Canadian Rockies in October was always going to be a risk. The last time I went to the Icefields Parkway, arguably one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the world, it was September and we had low clouds and rain on the way up the Icefields Parkway, and slightly …
I decided a few months ago that I’d quite like to paraglide in Canada. After all – the beautiful mountain vistas provide the perfect backdrop, and it would be my first time paragliding so I couldn’t think of a better place. I found out that you could paraglide from Grouse Mountain with spectacular views of …
