We hated to leave our hotel in Ione, WA. It was such a beautiful setting with the Pend Oreille River right outside our door and the access to the river was so convenient on the private dock. Kevin tried fishing but to no availthe owners said the water was cold and full of glacier and snow melt making fishing difficult. This did not stop Kevin from trying. We took off this morning at 9 am from the Read on...
So here we are, off to the airport again. To be honest it doesnt feel long since our last trip and Im almost wishing I hadnt booked this trip. But book it I did and everything has been paid for so here we are.
I suppose we were lucky that the trains were running as there was due to be a strike today. Our train is on time and it chugs us in to Redhill, one change and we are at Gatwick. Its all pre Read on...
Stepped out of the hotel just after 10am and got a taxi to Central Park. We had planned to get an electric bike to ride around the park but he dropped us at a different spot than what I seen before so we didnt get a bike. We walked to the zoo and looked around there for over an hour. The zoo was ok but I think our Melbourne one is so much nicer and kinder to the animals.
After another hour of wal Read on...
Il est six heures trente ce matin quand on se rveille, le soleil brille dj dur Page. On descend prendre le petit djeuner avant laffluence, pour tre prt partir vers huit heures.
Ce matin, on va visiter Upper Antelop Canyon. Il sagit dun canyon troit form par leau au fil des millnaires. Ce site est un parc Monument Valley. Les territoires sous administration Navajo, ont leur propre lois, mme si bi Read on...
Issys feeling worse than ever so she decides to spend the day resting up in her cosy isolation ward at Steve and LeeAnnes newly christened COVID hospital. Were still a bit curious as to where she might have caught the dreaded virus from. She blames the waitress from the restaurant we went to in our last night in Maui. She ordered a Corona, but when the waitress brought it she dropped the lemon on Read on...
Good morning, I had my first German breakfast its been a long time, brochen, meats, cheeses and a 4 min egg. Did I forget.... German coffee!
For our first couple of nights, Kirsten and I decided to stay in the Mosel River valley. It has Bike trails on both sides of the river along with hiking trails.
We have always wanted to bicycle along any of Germanys rivers. So as we were flying across the A Read on...
We knew we had a long travel day (4 hours) today so slept in a bit in Liverpool. After a nice breakfast at the hotel, we hit the road.
Most of our drive today was on motorways. Since today was about driving, heres what weve learned about UK driving.
1. Lane markings are only suggestions. You can wander across the lanes if someone is parked in your lane or it just feels right.
3. Local drivers h Read on...
We had a late breakfast. Breakfast is open until 11 and the buffet was constantly being replenished. As expected a wide variety of fresh produce, cheeses, baked goods, omelettes or juices, coffee, etc were available. We sat outside and ordered coffee. Then we browsed the buffet and found lots to choose. The salads and some of the dairy products are produced on the farm here or by other local est Read on...
Storforsen, or the Great Rapid, is not only the largest rapid in Sweden. It would rank pretty high on a list of the greatest rapids in Europe as well.
Swedens largest rapid, Swedens largest ghost town, the worlds highest wooden house and the worlds largest cheese slicer
Something we learnt this summer while travelling in northern Sweden is that although there are plenty of rivers in this country Read on...
We left Sanford around 8.30am. One van (with a bike aboard) and three bikes running. This was going to be our last day on the bikes and our planned destination was Albany in New York State where Ronnies motorcycles will store our bikes. Around 208 miles expected today.
We had some navigation confusion early on, mainly around avoiding freeways or not. However we sorted out the route and with the e Read on...