We decided to take some time off in a second Fredericksburg, this time in Texas rather than Virginia, due to complete exhaustion and the first Motel 6 that didn’t get horrible reviews. It actually managed to get 4 out 5…
Day 90: Into the Texas Countryside
We started out by seeing Alamo Ranch, the housing development that had been recommended to us the night before. We had been looking forward to seeing new housing in Texas for a long time. We were told in Delaware in…
Day 88: Houston, Texas
We headed toward Houston when we finally heard back from the social security office in Minnesota. She was actually just calling for an update. Chris informed her about the arrival of his green card and she said he needed to…
Day 86: Lafayette, Louisiana
As our hotel was amazing, we spent the morning there swimming, blogging and doing laundry. The staff were so friendly and lovely that a) we got a 20 dollar discount on the price for booking another night and b) they…
Day 82: Memphis, Tennessee
We left our not so stellar motel in Dickson (the guy next door smoked and drank in his doorway most of the night while listening to horrible music) and had a look at Memphis, Tennessee. I was keen to find…
Day 78: Rural Florida and Alabama
We had one more dip in the gulf and then unfortunately had to carry on. I do like traveling, but this was hard to leave: Almost as soon as we left the coast, the Florida panhandle got very rural very…
Day 73: The Florida Keys
Ever since we’d discussed moving to the US, Chris has wanted to drive the whole Florida Keys road. We have finally had the chance to do it and it was actually properly amazing – a dream come true and what…
Day 72 Part 2: Southern Florida
To make better time, we had to give a few things a miss that we would have normally done, like going to NASA, but I am sure we will be back to Florida even if we don’t move here, so…
Day 72 Part 1: Daytona Beach
We woke up to a beautiful day and had another dip in both the sea and the pool. Since it was a ‘proper’ hotel, they had a bit nicer breakfast as well (hot food beyond those waffle makers). We headed…
Day 71: The Florida Atlantic Coast
We went back to Jacksonville Beach on our way out of town as it was gloriously sunny day, which was great because it was Chris’s half birthday. We don’t normally celebrate that sort of thing, but given we spent our…