United States Hotels

Friday, 8/1 - Well, after many months of planning, the day has finally arrived! I can't believe that we're actually driving across the US! It's something I've always wanted to do. Our drive will take us from Connecticut to California and back, going through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, then back through IL, IN, OH, PA, and NY and back home to CT. We left the house at exactly 4:44pm and got on the road. We took I-84 West until we ...

A factoid about Quantas (besides the fact that per Rainman, it's the world's safest airline) is this: When Cyclone Tracy devastated the town of Darwin at Christmas 1974, Qantas established a world record for the most people ever embarked on a single aircraft when they evacuated 673 people on a single Boeing 747 flight. Gee, I hope they have forgotten or at least forgiven me! Due to a series of screwups at my bank, my ATM card was convienently place on RESTRICTION because of activity outside of the US. This, despite the fact that I called them beforehand to let them know I would be out of ...

Packed seven bodies into the minivan - me, my wife, my three kids and my parents - and started our journey East towards the Nation's Capitol at 8:30am. We chose to leave the day before Thanksgiving so that we could make it a leisurely trip and not have to worry about arriving in time for a nice dinner. Great decision! Not only did it make the trip stress-free, but it also gave us an extra day in DC, which we could not have done without. With stops, the 7-1/2 hour drive was more like 9 hours, and we arrived shortly before 6:00pm. After checking-in and settling-in at our hotel, the Embassy ...