Travels
Cruzin around the World with Geoff & Susan
You are more than welcome to take a look into our lives as Geoff and Susan travel around Australia and the world.
New York, New York
Tuesday 30th September Spent the morning touring New York. Visited a number of great landmarks including Times Square, Grand Central Station, Chrysler Building, Soho, World Trade Centre Memorial, Wall Street, Central Park, Empire State Building, Meat Packing District, Broadway and 5th Avenue before boarding a ferry for a cruise of
Philadelphia to New York
Monday 29th September Off to a flying start to beat the Monday morning Washington traffic. Travelled up to Philadelphia for a very quick look at this city with a population of 4.5 million. Took a wander down a quaint cobblestoned street – Elfreth’s Alley, which was really the size of
Washington DC Day 2
It was an unusually warm Fall day for Washington, about 27C, so after applying plenty of sunscreen it was time to explore. The White House was the first port of call as it is only 2 blocks from the hotel and then onto Arlington Cemetery. It takes up an area
Washington DC
Saturday 27th September We drove into The Mall – it is home to the Smithsonian Institute e.g. the Air & Space Museum, American Indian Museum, Natural History Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Castle, Museum of African Art, Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery to name just some of them.
Back to the USA
It was an early start to cross the border back into the US. It still took over an hour. We made a couple of stops before arriving in Lancaster. There is a large population of the Amish (pronounced “armish”) People here. The faith originated in Europe with members immigrating to
Niagara Falls
Thursday 25th September. It was all about Niagara Falls today. It certainly lived up to all my expectations. The WOW factor is certainly front and centre. Just like the Grand Canyon it can be explored “any which way”. Helicopter flight Walking behind the Falls Dining overlooking the Falls Turning spotlights
Day 5 Missouri to Oklahoma City
Another fine day and a blast for 417km to “Brick Town”. Oklahoma City is big and has a few centuries of clay brick construction to show it. Most of the new buildings are concrete and steel.
Day 4 (Janis) Joplin for my birthday
A long day 7.30am to 5pm for 462km. Thankfully the weather has cooled to be Tshirt comfortable instead of T shirt sweaty. A lot of bike riders are wearing “beach” shirts and a little miffed at the need for a full face helmet. Mind you the real Harley riders don’t
Day 3 show me the way to St Louis
A hot day…even on the bikes. We pulled out of Springfield around 8am, a routine we are now used to and thundered off on a contorted series of over passes, wobbling our front wheels between streams of traffic and “filtered” 14 bikes through the mayhem, 45 minutes later we passed
Day 2 Picking up the HARDLY Davidson i.e. BMW
Just outside Chicago there is a place that looks like Harley Heaven. About an acre of bikes and riding apparel. I resisted the urge to buy anything with HD on it. Contracts for hiring are frightening, I signed away my retirement funds and any inheritance that Sean and Liam thought
Toronto Day 2
Toronto is a busy city with plenty happening, especially lots of road and rail construction as well as condominiums going up everywhere. There are currently 116 condo projects. Had a guided tour of the city and checked out the different areas of Toronto. It is divided up into about 8
Toronto
After checking out the Art Deco inspired Lord Elgin Hotel we hit the road for an all day but very easy drive to Toronto. A few stops along the way proved that some of those really corny American TV shows are quite true. They are such a consumer society. Traveling
Ottawa
22nd September 2014 Easy drive (2 hours) to Ottawa today, the capital of Canada with about 800,000 people living there. It is on the St Lawrence River. The hotel, Lord Elgin is right in the heart of the city. It is a compact city and very easy to navigate
Montreal
It was only a couple of hours by road from Quebec to Montreal. Montreal is on an island and was host to the 1976 Olympic Games. Much of that infrastructure was still evident as we drove onto the island across the bridge. Today Montreal has a population of
Quebec
Saturday 20th September. A spectacular blood red sunrise managed to peek through a tiny opening on the horizon on what turned out to be a heavily overcast morning that eventually turned to drizzle by lunch time. We spent 2 hours touring the city by bus before being set free to