Nashville was a short trip from Minneapolis. Arrived Thursday evening and left Saturday to visit Dallas (where Karen's brother lives).

So we tried to get a lot in in a short period of time. Trev's ...

For no reason, we hadn't planned on visiting Chicago. But so many people said that we had to go. So we did. Gavin contacted his old colleague Mickie from Hong Kong TBWA days (around 2001).

She ...

We are so lucky to be able to spend time with my brother and sister-in-law Trev and Les in Minneapolis. Minneapolis is an important city in the USA and is home to five Fortune 500 companies. It is also ...

We boarded the Empire Builder train aka the Snow Piercer on Friday at 5pm. Every time I hear or think of the Empire Builder, I can't help but picture in my mind, the Snow Piercer. And having travelled ...

We dropped our luggage off at the Amtrak King Street station and then had some time to kill. Breakfast was a delicious doughnut and cappuccino. And then we got onto the Lock (not loch) tourist boat. ...

One has heard that the weather in Seattle is unpredictable, wet and often overcast. Sounds like London or even Cape Town. We have had drizzle, overcast skies, cold (but no wind) since we arrived on ...

We have this informal policy where we'll do our damnedest to visit a place that's been recommended. Karen's brother Mark recommended that we check out Multnomah ...

We arrived in Portland (via Bend) on Friday the 24th. Quite a long drive. And uninteresting except for the vast number of trucks coming down the North 97.

I wasn’t prepared for the magical beauty of Crater Lake. I knew it would be special as the visit was recommended by my nephew Keaton, who is a nature lover since forever. But the spectacular sight of ...

One of the things that really worried Karen before we set out on this trip was: how are we going to wash our clothes?

Enter The Scrubba.

We had to ...