Welcome to all my articles written from the Road.
In a hotel room, a cafe, a bar or anywhere I can find to write up. The are travel journal-style mini-stories, usually a summary of our events for the day.
Another day and another hotel checkout. We had two nights at the 24NorthHotel but it was time to move one. We had a couple of aims today. To visit the Southernmost Point of the island, in the old town of Key West, and stop at the Bahia Honda State Park on the way up to … Read more USA 2016 – Florida and New York Day 9 – Far South and Bahia Honda
Today was a “chilling by the pool and enjoying the sunset in Key West day”. If you don’t like sunset photos or think they are a bit cliche, then look away now!! We drew back the curtains this morning to see the beautiful blue sky, and the glistening ocean from our room. Perfect! Breakfast and … Read more USA 2016 – Florida and New York Day 8 – Key West Sunsets
Cloudy. Not what we wanted for our drive down to Key West. I suppose it’s better to get the cloudy day out of the way while we are stuck in the car for 3 hours. Before we left the Everglades area we decided to stop at a place called Robert Is Here. Essentially what started … Read more USA 2016 – Florida and New York Day 7 – The Keys
Woke up early AGAIN! With Suzanne and Max still snoring away. Breakfast included in the hotel today, so it was off to reception where it was served. I decided to be a bit more healthy today, and had cereal. Fruit Loops. Pure sugar, so maybe not that healthy after all. We then gathered what we … Read more USA 2016 – Florida and New York Day 6 – Alligators & Airboats
Because we managed to find ourselves asleep by 9pm last night, we woke at 5am, trying desperately not to wake Max too who was tossing and turning on the other double bed. Eventually he woke at 6am. The plus side was we were all showered and dressed by 7am, and checked out and in the … Read more USA 2016 – Florida and New York Day 5 – To the Everglades
We are certainly getting over the Jetlag. All up and about at around 7am. We had this nice little villa with kitchen fully equipped with cooker, fridge, microwave etc. Unfortunately we had nothing to cook so it was off to the local Friendlys for waffles!! Not before we checked out a gleaming white pick up … Read more USA 2016 – Florida and New York Day 4 – West Palm Beach