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Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA   Gettysburg. Most of you will know the name. Famous for the Civil War battle and Abraham Lincoln’s subsequent 272 word speech, which gave meaning to the sacrifice of those who died. The battle between General Lee for the Confederate South and General Meade for the Union North… Read more

Monday, 22 April 2019 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA Well, dear reader, have some exciting news. After 3,500 miles of driving through the United States. Finally. I drove up a… Steep hill. I know. Exciting isn’t it. Not only that. I also drove along a… Twisty country road. It’s pure bliss. Not a straight road in sight.… Read more

Sunday, 21 April 2019 Williamsburg, Virginia, USA   Happy Easter. Had another eggcellent day full of eggciting things listening to eggsperts eggsplain and eggspresing eggstraordinary eggsamples of eggsplosive battles. No eggageration. As you will recall from yesterday’s blog, Williamsburg was the basis for leading up to American Independence. Yorktown, a few miles away on the… Read more

Saturday, 20 April 2019 Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Colonial Williamsburg. Former capital of the Virginia Colony. Founded in 1632 as Middle Plantation when the nearby Jamestown was first settled by the British in 1607. Jamestown remained as the capital until 1699 when Williamsburg took over and remained capital until 1780. The historic town has been restored… Read more

Friday, 19 April 2019 Williamsburg, Virginia, USA   Grim, grey day as I open the curtains. It was to be expected as weather forecast on my phone app showed it being rainy and cloudy. Another 500 mile drive today up to Williamsburg, Virginia. Thought it would be dull and uneventful. Weather forecast on the radio… Read more

Thursday, 18 April 2019 Charleston, South Carolina, USA   For those that remember the 1980s TV series, starring Patrick Swayze, called ‘North and South’, and for those that have seen the film ‘The Notebook’, you will be delighted to hear that a visit to Boone Hall Plantation and the Avenue of the Oaks, is well… Read more

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Charleston, South Carolina, USA Another scoot up the interstate through Georgia, which has far too many speed traps, to South Carolina. Much more temperate climate now. Gone is the sizzling heat of Florida. Sign on petrol station door says, ‘In Honor [sic] and Reverence of Easter Sunday, we will not be… Read more

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 Titusville, Florida, USA   As I have a million and one bits of admin to catch up on this is a quick entry. They say a picture paints a thousand words so look at photos below. Toured NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral. It’s brilliant. Bus tour of the launch… Read more

Monday, 15 April 2019 Titusville, Florida, USA   Roasting hot and humid even at breakfast. If it’d have been a summer’s day in the UK, the headlines would be ‘Phew, what a scorcher!’ Check out and woman asks where I’m headed. Alaska, say I. And explain am travelling from Antarctica to Alaska. She replies, “Oh,… Read more

Sunday, 14 April 2019 Key West, Florida, USA Come on then. Who can remember the American TV series from the 1960s/70s called ‘Gentle Ben’. Set in the Everglades and featuring a young boy and his ‘pet’ bear. They used to ride around on Dad’s airboat. Remember? I do. And ever since those childhood days, have… Read more