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I must admit, this is a sad one to write. As I type this, I am sitting in Keflavik airport in Iceland and the end of this particular post will be written in the UK, so the trip is over. I have my CV with several Manhattan recruitment agencies, so we will see 😉. As…

I was going to take the free hotel shuttle into to town. It has a three mile limit, which would only leave me a half mile walk to the bus station. Unfortunately when they called out that the bus was outside, a horde of geriatrics made a rush for the bus, all wanting to go…

Yes we do 🙁 , my trip is running out of days, time is up to its usual nefarious practices and is slipping away like sand through my fingers. After a great day of sightseeing and music yesterday in San Antonio , I had do some some admin this morning and then I headed off…

Woke up refreshed and ready to do a bit more sightseeing. As I said I am just a stones throw from the Alamo and the all its history, the fort and old church. On the way there I pass a couple of skeletons chilling on on a bench. I think even the Victorians and their…

I was supposed to take the car back to Oklahoma City airport today, but I have amended my booking, so that I can leave it at Dallas Love airport instead. Once I’d checked the tyre warning light was just down to the cold weather again, I was off and Texas bound. Dallas is a couple…

It’s a bit nippy, the weather app shows -11 degrees centigrade. I know now why the pioneers who came out west had it tough, not only did they encounter Native Americans, but many of them froze to death in those first early winters. The car warned me about my tyre pressures when I started her…

‘Values are like fingerprints, nobody’s are the same, but you leave ‘em all over everything you do’ – Elvis Presley. A long road today as I am heading towards Oklahoma City, which is around 500 miles west of Memphis. To get there I will need to cross the whole of Arkansas, driving past Little Rock…

‘The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams’ After a nice breakfast at the hotel, complete with English tea, which was a welcome change from coffee in the morning :), it was back in the car for the drive to Memphis.  Not before getting good use out of…

So I have hired a car and as a nod towards the ever more battered budget for my trip, I plump for an economy car. A Ford Fiesta is mentioned in my booking or even a Kia of some sort. Perhaps they have found a Lada out back with my name on it. However upon…

‘Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before’ I woke up feeling refreshed and headed out into another beautiful sunny day, cold, but otherwise perfect in every way. The vents in the road really know how to let off steam. Eat your heart out New York! Here it looks like they are having a…