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JFK
This is where JFK was assassinated. Lee Harvey Oswald killed him from the second to top corner window on the sixth floor of this building. The entire sixth floor has been turned into a museum and is...
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Dallas Arboretum
The Dallas Arboretum is around 10 minutes from the city centre and are the top ranked attraction on Trip Advisor. 66 hectares of them, and they even have a trolley cart service to get you around. She...
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Hope
Left Dallas to drive to Hope and then Little Rock. Had lunch at a cafe on the way and was amused to have business cards for bails bondsmen on the cafe counter. Also found amusing that the road named...
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Clinton to Sun Studio
Both being political geeks, we of course had to visit the Clinton Presidential Centre and Library. Is easy to get to, next to the Arkansas River. The car used as Clinton’s car during his terms as...
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Memphis Zoo
The Memphis Zoo was ranked No 1 zoo in America in 2008, so decided to give it a visit. Definitely worth visiting, if you are into zoos. Good variety of animals, and most (not all) in fairly spacious...
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Graceland
If you are in Memphis, you have to see Graceland of course. If there is one word to sum up the mansion Elvis used to live in, it would be tacky. In fact it may be the most tacky place I’e ever seen....
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The National Civil Rights Museum
The Lorraine Motel is the site of the assassination of Martin Luther King. In many ways I find segregation and its associated racism harder to fathom than slavery. Don’t get me wrong – slavery is by...
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New Orleans
After Memphis we had a great drive down to New Orleans – a very scenic drive. As you head into Lousiana, you travel for a dozen miles or so on bridges over their waterways We had a hotel in the French...
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Bourbon Street
How do I describe Bourbon Street? It may be the most depraved, sordid street I have ever visited. So naturally I loved it, and had a great time! From early evening to early morning it goes off, and is...
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The National WWII Museum
New Orleans is also home to the National WWII Museum. It’s a huge complex, and takes a good three hours to get around. Around a 25 minute walk from the French quarter. Highlights were an 11 minute...
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Laguna Beach
We were planning to go to Atlanta after New Orleans but the hotel barman, JT, told us we should go to South Walton in West Florida as they have incredible beaches there. It took him around 90 seconds...
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Charleston
On Monday, we had our biggest driving day, doing over 700 miles from West Florida up to Florence, South Carolina. To break up the day we thought we would detour to Charleston and have dinner there. A...
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Monticello
Tuesday (US time) saw us head up from South Carolina through North Carolina into Virginia, where we decided to visit Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a hero of mine. He wrote the...
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Washington DC
Stayed on Tuesday night in Virginia, around 30 miles from DC at the Bull Run Regional Park. It is the closest park to the Cruise America depot where we dropped the RC off on Wednesday morning. Then...
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New York
Took the Acela Express from DC to New York. So much better the flying. Total travel time of two hours 45 minutes is around the same, when you include airport transfers and queues – but you spend all of...
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Central Park
Spent most of Friday (Sat NZT) at Central Park cycling around it, and then walking much of it also. Was a sunny hot day, so spent most of it there, deciding to leave museums for a more cloudy or rainy...
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Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon tickets are sold out almost up to a year in advance, unless you pay around US$450 a ticket for premium tickets. On our first day in New York we checked the theatre out and by chance they...
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The High Line
In 1929 New York constructed a 13 mile elevated train line, which was used to remove freight trains from 105 street level crossings (which had awful fatality records), so the trains could run above the...
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New York wrap up
Happened to walk past Erin Brady, who happens to be the current Miss USA. She is a financial accountant, as well as a model. Enjoying a drink in Times Square a few hours before the flight home. Had a...
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My US route
For those interested, this is the route we drove during our US road trip holiday. Was over 4,000 miles or 7,000 kms. We also traveled to New York, but took the train up to there. Texas is a very big...
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