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United States of America II 23rd August - 1st October 2000 |
Hong Kong |
Day 152: Wednesday, 23rd August 2000
After a cold disturbed night all Claire could say is she's glad she wasn't an Indian...
Day 153: Thursday, 24th August 2000
Up early-ish for a quick exit from the campsite...
Day 154: Friday, 25th August 2000
Due to our new ($4.99) K-mart blanket the night wasn't as cold and uncomfortable as anticipated...
Day 155: Saturday, 26th August 2000
After our walk yesterday it was good to sit in the car this morning and drive around the park to see 'Old Faithfull'...
Day 156: Sunday, 27th August 2000
We both woke feeling pretty damp after a poor nights sleep, water penetrated the floor, our foam mats...
Day 157: Monday, 28th August 2000
Up early feelin dryer than yesterday and we're on the road within a couple of hours...
Day 158: Tuesday, 29th August 2000
Out of the grotty motel fairly early, our 1st stop was a 'lube shop' to treat the car to an oil change...
Day 159: Wednesday, 30th August 2000
Up impressively early at 7am and on the road by 9am - part of a commitment to drive further in a day and hopefully to arrive earlier at a campsite...
Day 160: Thursday, 31st August 2000
Pulling back the curtains in our motel room we were greeted by a dull, overcast day - remnants of last nights storms, we continued east out of Valentine...
Day 161: Friday, 1st September 2000
Woken suddenly at 6.30 by a storm - loud claps of rolling thunder and forks of lightening illuminating the tent...
Day 162: Saturday, 2nd September 2000
The day was hot and humid early in South Iowa, so we packed up and left the arguing vacationers behind us...
Day 163: Sunday, 3rd September 2000
At 6.30 we were woken by the rumbling thundery skies and not wanting a wet tent scenario again, jumped out of bed and packed the tent in the record time of 15 minutes...
Day 164: Monday, 4th September 2000
Labour Day - USA. We had a lie in this morning as there wasn't really anyhting to get up for...
Day 165: Tuesday, 5th September 2000
Out of the now deserted campsite early, we slowly drove to the nearest town and got the tyre replaced...
Day 166: Wednesday, 6th September 2000
It was good to have a night's respite from camping at the motel, we'd watched Frasier, had a undisturbed night's sleep...
Day 167: Thursday, 7th September 2000
Woke to the sound of pinecones 'pinging' off the ground around our tent...
Day 168: Friday, 8th September 2000
Claire woke earlier than Will and in a moment of kindness decided not to disturb him and so lay watching the enemy (spiders) climbing on the outside of the tent...
Day 169: Saturday, 9th September 2000
P&J are early risers and we didn't want to hold them up so by 10ish we had eaten our american breakfast - waffles with maple syrup...
Day 170: Sunday, 10th September 2000
P&J had committed themselves to helping out at a local folk-festival in the morning and so were up and gone before we saw them...
Day 171: Monday, 11th September 2000
For breakfast Johnna took us to her favourite downtown cafe where we were served huge coffees...
Day 172: Tuesday, 12th September 2000
P&J both had to go into the city today for meeting, giving us the opportunity have the house to ourselves which we took advantage of...
Day 173: Wednesday, 13th September 2000
My first day on her own, Will was up early, following Paul's example and we had breakfast together, before I set off into the city...
Day 174: Thursday, 14th September 2000
I felt the need to do something a bit more constructive with my day today and so instead of whiling away the hours in bookshops...
Day 175: Friday, 15th September 2000
There was a more relaxed 'Friday' feel to the house this morning. Will, Johnna and I had breakfast together and then I set off, once again, into town on the metro...
Day 176: Saturday, 16th September 2000
We had a lazy morning sitting out on the sunny deck, reading the paper and tucking in to Paul's 'special' breakfast ommelettes...
Day 177: Sunday, 17th September 2000
Wonderful lie-in this morning followed by a day catching up with jobs...
Day 178: Monday, 18th September 2000
Back into the working week for everyone else except me. In the morning, feeling very independent and empowered...
Day 179: Tuesday, 19th September 2000
A tropical storm has hit Florida and today we got its tailend, lots of rain and grey skies...
Day 180: Wednesday, 20th September 2000
A quiet day, in the morning I took a stroll into Takoma Park to sort out a few things and get some grocerys...
Day 181: Thursday, 21st September 2000
I was able to show off my newly acquired knowledge of DC this morning when Will and I went into the centre...
Day 182: Friday, 22nd September 2000
Will and I took another trip into DC this morning to get our anti-malarial medication for Asia...
Day 183: Saturday, 23rd September 2000
We've got P&J's house to ourselves this weekend as they've gone off to look for land...
Day 184: Sunday, 24th September 2000
We had planned a quiet day, enjoying having the house to ourselves and preparing for hitting the road tomorrow...
Day 185: Monday, 25th September 2000
An early start to say our goodbyes to Paul and wave him off to work, quickly pack and eat breakfast before Johnna gave us a lift to the metro station...
Day 186: Tuesday, 26th September 2000
A wet and wild day in the Big Apple, the temperature had dropped, the wind picked up and the rain was falling...
Day 187: Wednesday, 27th September 2000
We walked down to the tip of Manhattan, found the heliport and checked in with Liberty Helicopters for our "Big Apple" tour...
Day 188: Thursday, 28th September 2000
A lie in, then organised our transport to JFK airport for tomorrow morning and our LA accomodation, before eating a late breakfast...
Day 189: Friday, 29th September 2000
We were up early today and travelled through a quiet N.Y to the airport where we caught our 5 hour flight to L.A....
Day 190: Saturday, 30th September 2000
Feeling refreshed from tons of sleep we got going early, leaving our bags with the motel and venturing out into L.A suburbia...
Day 191: Sunday, 1st October 2000
We effectively lost today as we left L.A at 12.30 this morning and arrived in Hong Kong on Monday at 6 am - very confusing...