After another 135 miles ticked off, some rabbits and a couple of wrong turns we arrive in St Louis, Missouri, gate way to the west. After a quick refresh we headed out to Busch stadium to see the St Louis Cardinals vs the New York Mets. Chris and my opinion will differ on this, but for me baseball is a bit dull too much stopping and starting.. That said the atmosphere in the stadium was amazing and I had a…
When Chris and I were planning this trip due to time constraints we decided to only spend 1 night in Chicago…so we had to fit as much as we could into a short period of time, here goes…. A big Fountain, a massive lake, Blues music festival,two parks, a shiny giant bean, Chicago style hotdogs…don’t ask for ketchup! Deep dish pizza, a really tall tower and we did look down, break dancing, a homeless man, lots and lots stunning architecture,…
Have had this map of America for a while (click the picture for a better view), finally managed to get it up on the wall and highlight all the places we are stopping. It doesn’t look to bad like this!! Our stops are: Chicago (IL) Springfield (IL) St Louis (MO) Springfield (MO) Oklahoma City (OK) Amarillo (TX) Santa Fe (NM) Gallup (NM) Flagstaff (AZ) The Grand Canyon (AZ) Kingman (AZ) Rialto (CA) Santa Monica (CA)
After much deliberation, we have settled on the prefect camera for the trip, something small, but with a large zoom, and a viewfinder, so we can see what we are doing in the sun! The Road awaits us, expect lots of pictures!