The last leg of our road trip with a spur of the moment visit to Vegas for a couple of days before reaching the end of Route 66 on Santa Monica pier Vegas: After leaving the Grand Canyon behind we headed towards the Hoover Dam. We didn't stop as the sun was close to setting … Continue reading Route 66 (Part 3): Vegas, LA and Santa Barbara
Category: 2014
Route 66 (Part 2): Texas, New Mexico & Arizona
The second part of our Route 66 journey through the desert of the United States! Texas: As we crossed over into Texas (at a dodgy crossing) we made our way to our next stop. Driving along the I-40 into Shamrock. Being Irish, I found this cute little town interesting, and a tad strange. Everything was … Continue reading Route 66 (Part 2): Texas, New Mexico & Arizona
Route 66 (Part 1): Illinois, Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma
One day in early 2014 while chatting about our holidays one of us said "lets rent a car and drive across the US", and two hours later we had our flights booked. We were only going for two weeks so we spend a few days in Chicago and the rest of the time driving to … Continue reading Route 66 (Part 1): Illinois, Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma
Chicago
For our main holiday of 2014 we decided to take a two week road trip across the US - along Route 66. We would start of in Chicago on the 20th September and end up in Santa Barbara two weeks later. We landed in Chicago and checked into our not so fancy hotel (hotel prices in … Continue reading Chicago
The Cocktail Tourist 