How it came about, our team and some of the preparations.How it came about, our team and some of the preparations.Hello and thank you for coming along with us on our ride across the USA. This section will just briefly cover the lead up to the trip, a summary of the three of us and a few of the preparations.
Departure from Sydney to LA and New YorkThis first entry may be a bit longer than we anticipated, but we have included the departure from Sydney and our first four days in the "Big Apple" - New York. I am sure our future entries will be shorter but they hopefully will be more regular. Internet connections in NY were hard to find. Today the damned power supply for the laptop died on me, so that created a further delay grrr lol...
Saturday 28th March 2009 - Wings to America.
Happy to Leave New York and head south to Washington DC
Wednesday 1st April South to Washington DC (By Paul).
At last I finally got a decent nights sleep :-). Stevie finally got his strips sorted out and I shoved my ear plugs in good and proper.... yee har.
Todays journal entry will be fairly simple. We caught a New York Yellow Taxi to the train station, yup he dropped us off at the wrong station but it sure beat having to walk and drag the bags behind us from the hotel.
Just trying to see if I can get the automatic advisory to workSunday 5th April 2009 Down to North Carolina (By Paul)
Still there are vibrations that fill the air which cause me to be awoken by 6am on a lovely Sunday morning. No hope of a sleep in here. So while sleeping beauty continues to belt out a symphony of ZZzzzzzzs , I proof read his entry into our blog, fix up his spelling mistakes etc.
Now that we are riding and not spending 3 or 4 days in any one city that we will probably have a couple of towns in each release.Thursday 9th April 2009 Charleston (by Steve)
Anywhere you see a photo on the page, you can click on it and this will take you to an album with all of our photos.
Show me the Way to Saint Louis, show me the wayA smallish clean city and very quiet. Easy to get around.Sunday 12th April Show me the way to St Louis (by Paul)
3 States to cover in 3 daysWe leave St Louis on Tuesday and arrive in Albuquerque on ThursdayTuesday 14th April St Louis to Tulsa via Lebanon (by Paul)
You've never been cold until you've been doing 90mph in sub zero temperaturesI tell you this damned God of America is throwing all the elements at us, but we're not going to be beaten. Ozzies RuleFriday 17th April You dont know what cold is (by Paul)
Last night Steve and I went out to get a bite to eat and man it was a mean muther of a wind that was blowing. Really biting cold.... the kind that I got to know when visiting Thredbo and Perisher in the Snowy Mountains back home.
Saturday 18th April Sedona to Phoenix (by Steve)Saturday 18th April Sedona to Phoenix (by Steve)
The Mighty Grand Canyon - The highlight of the tour. This place is beyond compare to anything we have seen or ever likely to see. Truly Truly MagnificentMonday 20th April What A Grand Day (by Paul)
Remember, if you click on one of the photos, it will take you straight to the online album where you can look at as many of the photos as you like.
What better challenge could I have set for my first day on my own, than Death Valley. Sunday 26th April Into the Valley of Death
Today is met with great trepidation. This will be the beginning of the next phase of the trip where I dont have Steve with the TomTom leading me through the cities and flyovers etc. It is also the first time that I will be travelling the big land on my own and without any support crew should something go wrong. So to say, that I am somewhat nervous could be an understatement.
Out of Heaven (Grand Canyon) to Sin CityThursday 23rd April - Viva Las Vegas (by Paul)
That's pronounced Yo-sem-ity. B eautiful sceneryMonday 27th April Yosemite National Park
Coast to Coast - New York to San Francisco.A slightly different and abridged version of Otis Readings song
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time
Friday 1st May he looked down, said it is finished and was well pleased Book of Genesis
Friday 1st May he looked down, said it is finished and was well pleased Book of Genesis
Its done. Finished. All over red rover. Im stuffed.
I was planning to stop off at old Cambria which is about half way between San Francisco and LA but when I got there some bloody Porsche rally had taken up every damned room in the township. So I pushed on to LA.