We had our longest day of driving today on this trip! We covered 600 miles (960k) in nine hours, and both feel shattered. We are 270 miles from our final destination of Mesa, Arizona which we should accomplish in four hours. To say we will be relieved to get there is an understatement. Toque has … More Junction, Texas to Lordsburg, New Mexico – 1st December

Oh god, we were back in the car by 11.00am heading off in a westerly direction towards Arizona. This is the last push towards our final destination. It has been hard to break this final stretch of 1,700k up into two days as it is just too far to do 800k in a day plus … More Houston, Texas to Junction, Texas – 30th November

We have spent the last two days in a gab fest and enjoying one another’s company. Tom has recently retired after spending a career as an architect being involved with some amazing building projects across the US. Janice had a very busy working life being a physician and she has been retired for a few … More Thanksgiving Houston, Texas – 28/29th November

We made it – whoa!!!! This is as far south as we go. We are approximately 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. On our arrival at our friends Janice and Tom’s place, getting out of the car we were hit with very humid air. Certainly not something we are use to. Our connection to … More Waxahachie, Texas to Houston, Texas – 27th November

We were very surprised by how quickly we bid farewell to the corn fields when we left Wichita this morning. They were soon replaced by cattle. We got on the road by 9.00am as we calculated that we would be driving for six hours. Add in an hours break which would make it 4.00pm for … More Wichita, Kansas to Waxahachie, Texas – 26th November

Did we mention about the cornfields – well they have not abated!!!! We were on the road about mid morning on our way to Wichita. Distance to cover today is 385 miles (620k) and all on very good highways. One of the roads is the I335 (35) and referred to as a turnpike which means … More Des Moines, Iowa to Wichita, Kansas– 25th November

It was so nice to have the three-day break from the car so wasn’t really looking forward to climbing back in. Our next big push is from Rochester to Houston which will be 1,150 miles and we will be covering the distance in four days. A good positive is that the weather should be warming … More Rochester, Minnesota to Des Moines, Iowa – 24th November

Today was just a muck around day with Ilka, Dennis and the pups doing exciting things like washing and helping Dennis put the new bedhead on the guest room bed. Packed up the car in preparation for a reasonably early start tomorrow to Des Moines, Iowa.

Our plans today were to drive about an hour to the Mississippi River and cross the Minnesota State border into Wisconsin. The weather is very cool and overcast with very grey skies which really doesn’t blend itself to getting out there and going for a walk and hence the car ride. We all loaded into … More Off to the Mississippi River – 22nd November

Very leisurely start to the day followed by a very leisurely breakfast. Its nice not to have to be packing up the car and heading out on the road again. We are here in Rochester for three days with Ilka and Dennis but not doing a lot of exploring but enjoying their company and catching … More Rochester, Minnesota – 21st November