Our journey home began with a 7:30am flight from Austin and we decided it would be a good idea to not bother sleeping the night before…
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March 23, 2009
We’re tough and we’re Texan…
It was beautifully warm when we arrived at midnight in Austin. Rachel, our host was waiting for us at the bottom of the escalators in a Garden State kind of affair holding a sign. We went back to her pink, tiger-print (on the outside) block of flats in the “ghetto” of town. Her flat was [...]
March 18, 2009
In the streets of San Francisco…
We arrived at almost midnight because the couple we’re staying with – Wes and Brandi – were both working late. They live in the Sunset area of San Francisco with their little dog Maus, who’s the liveliest little thing you’ve ever seen. She bounded about with her toys throughout our stay here, looking for anyone [...]
March 15, 2009
Santa Cruz you’re not that far…
Our stop here was a short’n, but a good’n. We stayed with Jacob Hauge, who summoned his friend Emily over to dance to ‘80s classics with us on the night we arrived. We wrung the towel of Santa Cruz dry and drank every drop in the short amount of time we had there.
March 14, 2009
Gathered in Los Angeles…
While in LA we stayed in Santa Monica with a guy called Mike. However, we didn’t know he was called Mike until we met him in person because he went under Vladducantes on his couch surfing profile and I’d spent all of our phone conversations bypassing his name. On his profile it stated that he [...]
March 10, 2009
Viva Las Vegas…
Hoover Dam was the first stop on our Vegas itinerary. It’s not as big as we thought it was going to be. In fact, we were a little under whelmed, so when Fin went on the tour of the power plant I read for a couple of hours in the sun.
March 9, 2009
On the road…
We arrived around 5pm, paid our $25 for entry and decided to set up our $20 Walmart tent for the evening. The camping was supposed to be $18, but the office was closed when we got there so we bunked the charge by leaving before it opened up again the next morning. We watched the [...]
March 7, 2009
From Tucson, Arizona…
When we set off from San Diego we hit Interstate 8 and drove along the Mexico border. We went through two border controls and were stopped at one because Fin didn’t realise he had to stop. We sat in the sweltering heat while they set the dog on the car and checked our passports. It [...]
March 4, 2009
San Diego…
Having taken two planes and changed in Atlanta, GA we finally landed (late) at the warm and pleasant San Diego airport last Thursday. Valentin (pronounced Valenteen), our host was there to meet us and we drove to get some Mexican food before heading to his. We had tacos and burritos from a hole-in-the-wall restaurant and [...]
March 1, 2009
C’mon take me to the Mardi Gras…
We missed a lot of Mardi Gras because we arrived at 5pm on the day of celebrations rather than 5pm the day before. Fin had to nap, but I’d slept on the train so I took a walk to find a supermarket. The first place I found was a liquor store that mirrored the scene [...]
