New York: Statue bro?
Every time I see a statue, the dreadful old joke about what one kiwi statue said to another floats through my brain. It does sometimes mean stifling an inappropriate urge to snigger - it's possibly not the done thing to ask Lady Liberty "statute bro?".
On the streets of New York
We have done ALOT of walking whilst we've been in New York. We've found that it's a city that's much easier to navigate via walking and almost everything is within walking distance of where we were staying in midtown. For almost all of the holiday, we've both done over 10,000 steps a day but in New York, we've more than doubled that each day.
NY NY
New Years in New York. It's the stuff of bucket lists and dreams and we are so lucky to be here. We've pinched ourselves a few times on this trip - it's the culmination of a redundancy, some saving and a year of detailed planning and I think we've thought it so often that actually living it feels a little surreal.
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
We’re doing all the forms of transport this holiday and so it's a train from Niagara to New York.
Two billion years of water torture
Dimension means nothing to the senses, and all we are left with is a troubled sense of immensity
The American Pyramid
The Hoover Dam was unexpectedly beautiful with Art Deco features everywhere. We were on a tour that took us over the dam and then down into the generator hall so if you're not interested in all things power stations, building and engineering maybe just scroll to the pictures!
Boondocks to Bellagio
So today is a climb out of Death Valley to the crazy of Las Vegas via the scenic route. Driving the desert in the daylight is a lot less fearsome that the white knuckle imagination kicker of the night drive.
Going East to see the Wild West
So today we are outta LA and off to the desert. Given that most of the day was going to be in a car on one's ass, I did a run/walk along the Santa Monica foreshore (and to get the Strava points...) and saw my first ever squirrel!!
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The sun is shining, the grass is green, The orange and palm trees sway, There's never been such a day in Beverley Hills, LA
Plan B for Avoiding Jet Lag
I am writing this 24 hours post the actual events and on our designated rest day (hashtag well planned) otherwise you would be reading something incoherent and devoid of grammatical propriety.