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Las Vegas to Hollywood Road Trip

Las Vegas to Hollywood Road Trip As we depart from our Las Vegas to Hollywood road trip today, it is a really boring drive through the desert. Fun Things To Do In Las Vegas Driving Through The Desert World’s Largest Thermometer We see a sign to the world’s tallest thermometer at Baker which is the […]

Fun Things To Do In Las Vegas

Fun Things To Do In Las Vegas Top Things To Do In Las Vegas With Kids We are getting into the groove of Las Vegas (see post above) because there are lots of fun things to do in Las Vegas if you have kids.  Yes, I and my seven-year-old are having fun!  We tend to […]

Top Things To Do In Las Vegas With Kids

Top Things To Do In Las Vegas With Kids Australian Kid is in Awe in Las Vegas. You might ask what are the Top Things To Do In Las Vegas With Kids? Today we venture out onto The Strip of Las Vegas. Now many would say Vegas is not a city to take a child […]

Route 66 – Flagstaff then on to Las Vegas

Route 66 – Flagstaff then on to Las Vegas Today sees us finally hitting Route 66 again, and we discover a town named Williams. I am pretty miffed, as it is just a stunning retro town. It has been only 30 – 40 miles down the road from where we based ourselves. It is where […]

Bearizona and Meteor Crater and Winslow Arizona

Bearizona and Meteor Crater and Winslow Arizona Bearizona and Meteor Crater are two places you should not miss if you plan a road trip in this area.   This is our last day in the Flagstaff Region. We have been here for nearly a week and have loved our time here and could have spent a […]

Relaxing Road Trip To Sedona Arizona

Road Trip to Sedona The weather today is perfect as we set out on our road trip to Sedona from Flagstaff Arizona. The snow has started melting on the ground and so we have a chance to hit the road for Sedona. We pass through a lovely windy road on our way, and a spine forest can […]

Lowell Observatory At Flagstaff Arizona

Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona We discover that places like Lowell Observatory are perfect for an alternative form of schooling – here’s why, because, today was a pretty bad day for me. I kind of hit rock bottom. It is past the three-month mark and just went flat. I had all my washing done by hand and […]

Grand Canyon And Arizona Snow

Grand Canyon And Arizona Snow ©Exploramum and Explorason – gorgeous glass church sits in a bed of Arizona snow We have just had two days of Arizona snow and cold weather. We had made a quick trip to stores and did the rounds on a couple of other stores to find warm clothes for this […]

Route 66 Road Trip Laughlin to Flagstaff

Route 66 Road Trip Laughlin to Flagstaff Route 66 is one of the most famous roads in the USA and our Route 66 road trip takes us from Laughlin to Flagstaff near the Grand Canyon.  “Have you won Lotto?”. This is a comment I have just received on Facebook. My answer is “no”, I have not […]

Joshua Tree to Laughlin via Route 66

Joshua Tree to Laughlin via Route 66 We picked this trip to Joshua Tree area after some good advice from luxury travel experts as we depart, so we sadly say goodbye to Palm Springs and are on the road for our single parent travel adventure. Our faithful GPS takes us the longest and most boring way […]

Gorgeous Palm Springs Plus An Overtired Single Mum

Gorgeous Palm Springs and an overtired single Mum We leave San Diego mid-afternoon for our next family travel journey and decide to drive to Palm Springs. We arrive and it is just starting to get dark. We have no idea Gay Pride Festival is on this weekend, so most reasonable hotels are booked out. Luxury […]

SeaWorld San Diego For Kids

SeaWorld San Diego For Kids We are having a great time on our new adventure – a road trip through California and into neighboring states.  I am glad we have a pass to access SeaWorld San Diego. This is part of a City Pass we purchased for Disneyland. This is nice since park entry is about […]