25 March 2023, Corpus Christi to Houston, USA – Before driving back to Houston for our final night in Texas, we paid a visit to the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier turned into a museum. We thought we could see everything in about 2 hours, but with 5 decks to explore, including the open flight […]
24 March 2023, Houston to Corpus Christi “via” Boca Chica, USA – Yesterday we began our road trip of southern Texas; leaving Houston, we drove about 300 miles south, to Corpus Christi – or more precisely, Ingleside, on the northern outskirts. This was just a repositioning day, to set us up for today. Apart from […]
22 March 2023, Houston, USA – We’re very aware that this blog is meant to chronicle our orienteering adventures, and that so far on this trip, after 6.5 weeks, we’ve done precisely no orienteering. Mostly because of a lack of suitable terrain, unless you fancy thickly vegetated swamps with no contour features but many alligators. […]
21 March 2023, Houston, USA, Galveston – Galveston, oh Galveston … the strains of Glenn Campbell’s hit song echoed in our minds as we headed to where Houstoners go on weekends. Apparently they don’t go there during the week – there was almost no traffic and very few people about, despite the fact that it’s […]
20 March 2023, Houston, USA, Johnson Space Center – Today we learned that Ground Control would never have directly communicated with Major Tom … but I’m getting ahead of myself. We were up bright and early for our much anticipated VIP Tour at Johnson Space Center – a behind-the-scenes tour for a group of just […]
19 March 2023, Houston, USA – We had no particular plans for today, other than sleeping in, getting the flat tyre repaired, and doing a bit of souvenir shopping. The tyre repair guy said he would need the car for about 3 hours, so we left it there and set off for a walk. The […]
18 March 2023, Houston, USA, Johnson Space Center – Travel days are always stressful, but this one seemed to be going relatively smoothly; pack up and check out, return the rental car, check in for the flight from Miami to Houston, fly, land, collect luggage, collect next rental car, drive to next accommodation, check in, […]
16 March 2023, Florida Keys, USA Our goal for today was to drive to the end of US 1, which runs from Nova Scotia in Canada, to Key West at the very bottom of Florida. Of course we were skipping most of it, and starting about 130 miles from the end. The Florida Keys always […]
14 March 2023, Space Coast USA, Titusville – Our final day in Orlando/Cape Canaveral – and what a day it turned out to be! Besides seeing our friends and doing all things space, we wanted to go on an airboat ride through the Florida swamps, just for the fun of it. There are operators all […]
13 March 2023, Space Coast USA, Kennedy Space Center – We were on the road in time to see an apocalyptic sunrise, thanks to the clouds that rolled in overnight. We were first in line at the entry gate at Kennedy Space Center, for our second visit. Next to us was a family from northern […]
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