Today we got off to a healthy start with a swim and gym session at the motel.  I knew the motel in Shelby, where we were spending the night, has closed their pool for renovation so there was no need to hurry there; instead we chose to make use of the facilities we had available to us before driving for the day.  We had a long drive ahead as we were detouring a good distance...

We enjoyed a slow start to our days in Mandan but Sandy and the kids would all rush out the door to work and school.  We’d enjoy breakfast with Steve and Evan and then work out our plans for the day.  On Thursday we headed into downtown Bismarck to see the Capitol Building and to meet Sandy at work.  We took a tour of the Capitol Building and the adjoining Heritage Centre. ...

Love it or hate it Halloween in America is quite an experience.  This is my third ‘real’ Hallloween; Harris and Steve’s second and Patrick’s first.  Halloween in America is a family affair and lots of fun.  Yes, it can be a little spooky for younger children but generally great care is taken to shelter little ones from anything too scary; unless of course they have older...

We set off early today as we had a long and probably not a very riveting drive to Mandan, North Dakota.  Our motel offered a basic breakfast of cereal, muffins and toast so we filled up; packed the car and hit the road.  It was cold outside, the roadside signs indicated it was -7C.  The sun was still rising as we left Regina for the USA border.  We saw numerous flocks of...

I woke up feeling like I hadn’t slept much at all after my late night of drying clothes.  We got ourselves packed; ate our free bagels for breakfast and set off for the airport.  We had to walk to Fullerton Station; get the train into town; change lines for the O’Hare line and get to terminal to check-in and do it in a hurry.  We probably should have left a good 30 minutes...

The day started early, but not as early as yesterday!  Knowing that we had a couple of hours to fill in before ‘things’ opened at 10 am meant we ate breakfast, got organised and got a train into the city to see some sites that didn’t have a time attached to them.  First stop, the Millenium Park. Check out the Cloud Gate sculpture.  It really was a cool thing to see and the...

Hi there readers.  So I can get this post out to you I am going to give you a dot point version of our first day in Chicago and show you heaps of cool photos. 

• Woke up and checked Steve’s watch.  I thought it said 7.40 am so I got ready to go for a walk.  Got dressed in my gym gear and checked his watch again.  Bugger – it was actually 3 am!!  Climbed back into bed and...

At 5.19 am I was wide awake. The iPod alarms weren’t due to go off until 6 am but I didn’t get back to sleep in that time.  When the alarms sounded I was up and ready to start the day and the final leg of our RTW adventure.  Hard to believe we had just completed 4 months of travel throughout Europe and previously 4 months of travel throughout Asia.  The boys were really...