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Arriving in Vegas on a Saturday night is not the most fiscally prudent move one can make but it is the most happening night of the week (and we all know how much I enjoy happening). Dora's flight arrived at…

Lake Powell straddles southern Utah and northern Arizona and I do like a straddling lake. The Powell is a curious lake not only because of its straddling qualities but also its shape. Like tentacles spreading in all directions rather than…

I awoke early at my 2 star hotel and was on the road by 6:30. I drove back through Monument Valley as the sun was rising and it was a splendid experience. I arrived at Lake Powell at what I…

So after a night on an Indian reservation albeit in a plush hotel (not a wigwam) I'm heading to Bluff, Utah which promises to be one horse short of a one-horse town. I was looking forward to the nightlife. Perhaps…

I awoke early, showered, had breakfast and decided it was time to get out of Dodge. I've been waiting ages to say that. I had a mammoth drive ahead of me. 500 miles so a mighty long day behind the…

Today I managed to drive another one of America's most scenic drives across Kansas. I'm not sure who voted it as "scenic". In fairness, the towns are the best parts of the drive. Kansas is big and flat (not as…

I decided to mooch around St. Louis before heading off as I wanted to avoid the rush hour. Now here's a thing. I would have thought that St. Louis was in the top 20 biggest cities in the US. It's…

I left Clarksville early, and I mulled the accuracy of the lyric from the Monkees song, "and I don't know if I'm ever coming back" and wondered how many others had sung that same line to themselves.  I was meant…

After the Biltmore Estate I'd planned a relatively small 370 mile drive to Clarksville in Tennessee. What was I thinking? 900 miles in two days.  The journey started out as an 8 on the pleasant scale as I drove through…

Day one of the road trip turned into quite an ordeal which has called into question my planning skills. 10.5 hours in the car covering 530 miles and I was cream crackered. I took the longer route in order to…