Roadtrip USA Summer 2006
In and around United States
Before being confined to the 'dusty corridors of Linklaters' as someone once put it, I have decided to escape for a while and travel round the States for 8 weeks. I will be updating this journal as often as the world of wireless internet will let me so you can follow my progress and see where I go and what I get up to...
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler claire_warren
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Day 1 - San Francisco
I departed 9 Tay Court at 8am this morning and caught the Heathrow Express to the airport as I was too lazy to bother with the tube. There is someth... Continue reading » -
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Day 2 - San Francisco
Ok so day 2 in San Francisco. I woke up bright and early at 6am – damn jet lag. By 8am I had been stared at by the resident pug throughout the durat... Continue reading » -
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Day 3 - Fresno
Well, I have made it to Fresno all by myself! I woke up hideously early again today and had a minor crisis when my laptop decided to get sick. For s... Continue reading » -
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Day 4 - Ridgecrest
I have to share something with you… Today I bought a drink called ‘Vitamin Water’. Sounded good. However, the first ingredient in it was ‘vapor dis... Continue reading » -
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Day 5 - Death Valley and Beatty
I’ve made it through Death Valley, am out the other side and none the worse for wear you will all be pleased to hear! However, on a more dour note la... Continue reading » -
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Day 6 - Las Vegas
Today I travelled across the desert to Las Vegas. The journey itself was fairly uneventful to be honest. More desert. More heat. Not many cars. E... Continue reading » -
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Day 7 - Las Vegas
Today was my first full day in Las Vegas. Jenn finally turned up last night after I had been at the airport for 4 hours. I now know Terminal 1 of Mc... Continue reading » -
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Day 8 - Las Vegas
If it’s not one piece of technology having issues, it’s another. Laptop has been behaving again – I think it just doesn’t like small towns which is w... Continue reading » -
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Day 9 - Carson City
Today Charlotte and I said goodbye to Jenn and Ron and headed off out of Vegas up to Carson City in the north of Nevada. The journey for the first 10... Continue reading » -
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Day 10 - Sacramento
We have re-entered civilisation (otherwise known as California)! This morning we left Carson City and headed to Reno for a quick look around. This t... Continue reading » -
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Day 11 - Fort Bragg
Today we drove from Sacramento, across the wine valleys to the Pacific coast. The scenery changed so much on the way it was quite amazing. We went f... Continue reading » -
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Day 12 - Redwoods and Crescent City
Today we travelled up the coast through the redwood forests. We awoke this morning in Fort Bragg to the cold and cloud. It was so much colder than w... Continue reading » -
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Day 13 - Eugene
Today we hit Oregon. And trees. Lots of them. All day. For hundreds of miles. Oregon is full of them! The forests are really amazing but do get... Continue reading » -
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Day 14 - Portland
Today we travelled further north through Oregon to Portland, via Salem. Salem is the state capital but really tiny (there seems to be a recurring the... Continue reading » -
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Day 15 - Seattle
We have arrived in Seattle. We left Portland tomorrow and travelled through Washington state (which involved many more trees – this is the ‘evergreen... Continue reading » -
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Day 16 - Seattle
Today we hit all the tourist spots of Seattle. We were up bright and early and partook in some breakfast at Starbucks (well, when in the hometown of... Continue reading » -
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Day 17 - Vancouver
Today Charlie and I made it across the border to Canada and Vancouver. We attempted to go to the first ever Starbucks for breakfast but it transpired... Continue reading » -
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Day 18 - Vancouver
Today all us girls - Lauren, Lauren, Charlotte, Thelma and myself took a trip up into the mountains to Whistler (and back again!). We set off after a... Continue reading » -
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Day 19 - Vancouver
Today we took in the cultural sights of the shopping centre at Metrotown. It is a good shopping centre and we spent a good few hours wanderin... Continue reading »
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Day 20 - Vancouver
Today we all awoke later than usual after our night out last night - it must have been at least 8.30 before we got up - crazy stuff! We took a walk d... Continue reading » -
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Day 21 - Vancouver
Today we took a trip to Hamilton hot springs which is east of Vancouver. It took us 4 hours to get there but only and hour and a half to get back on... Continue reading » -
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Day 22 - Wenatchee
Today I left Lauren’s and returned to the States. I have arrived in Wenatchee where it is 36 degrees at 7.30 which is a bit hotter than up in Vancouv... Continue reading » -
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Day 23 - Spokane
Today I have crossed further east through Washington state and am now right by the border with Idaho in Spokane, which incidentally is the largest cit... Continue reading » -
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Day 24 - Missoula
I am now officially one hour nearer home – I have entered Mountain Time so am only 7 hours behind now. I left Spokane late this morning after having... Continue reading » -
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Day 25 - Whitefish
A little warning to you all – I was watching the news this morning and am in the middle of an outbreak of West Nile disease. I don’t know what this i... Continue reading » -
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Day 26 - Great Falls
Today I returned to Glacier NP for a second day looking around. After the thunderstorm last night the weather today was not as good as yesterday and... Continue reading » -
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Day 27 - Butte
Today I travelled south to Butte which is where I am staying this evening before going across to Yellowstone NP tomorrow. As I left my motel this mor... Continue reading » -
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Day 28 - Yellowstone NP
Today I left Butte (which is pronounced Bewt, not Butt – which I prefer!) and headed south east to Yellowstone NP. The scenery was slightly more inte... Continue reading » -
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Day 29 - Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs
Ok, I am in the middle of nowhere somewhere in Wyoming. Well, technically I am in a town. One that has a population of 962 – woo, massive! My motel... Continue reading » -
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Day 30 - Salt Lake City
Today I left my motel in the middle of nowhere and drove south through Wyoming to Salt Lake City in Utah. Wyoming is one empty state! Almost as empt... Continue reading » -
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Day 31 - Salt Lake City
Today I embarked on a walking tour of Salt Lake City. The blocks and streets here are really wide, so although my motel is only 6 blocks from Temple... Continue reading » -
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Day 32 - Cedar City
Firstly, apologies for the lack of entries over the past few days but I haven’t had any access to the internet to be able to upload them. However, th... Continue reading » -
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Day 33 - Torrey
Today I have been pretty hardcore and have visited not one, but two National Parks – look at me go, I’m just too crazy!! I also seem to have done a l... Continue reading » -
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Day 34 - Moab
Today I left my motel in the middle of nowhere and drove through nowhere until I reached Moab which is where I am now. I am here for 3 nights visitin... Continue reading » -
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Day 35 - Moab
Today I visited Arches NP which is just outside Moab. It was really hot today so I made sure that I took lots of water with me. The main feature of... Continue reading » -
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Day 36 - Moab
Today I visited Canyonlands NP which is nearby to where I am staying at the moment in Moab. It was one of the parks that I was really looking forward... Continue reading » -
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Day 37 - Cortez
Today I left Utah and travelled further east to Colorado and Cortez which is where I am staying this evening. The drive over here was fairly uneventf... Continue reading » -
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Day 38 - Montrose
Today I left Cortez and travelled north through the San Juan Mountains to Montrose. I thought I was going to have a bit of a boring day to be honest... Continue reading » -
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Day 39 - Leadville
Today I travelled further north-east through the Rockies to Leadville which is where I am staying this evening. It is my last night in a motel – yay!... Continue reading » -
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Day 40 - Denver
I have left my final motel – yay! It was quite a cathartic experience throwing away the motel directories I have accumulated for all the different ch... Continue reading » -
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Day 41 - Denver
This morning I woke up bright and early after my early night last night and was rather disappointed to notice that it was still raining. After visiti... Continue reading » -
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Day 42 - Chicago
I got up horrendously early this morning to get to Chicago. I had to return Thelma to the Alamo people and then navigate the ‘heightened security’ me... Continue reading » -
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Day 43 - Chicago
Oh my god, I have re-entered civilisation!!! I had an emotional moment yesterday evening when I went out for a wander. I firstly passed a champagne... Continue reading » -
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Day 44 - Chicago
The weather in Chicago has improved, but only marginally. It is still raining, but not as hard and is a bit on and off. However, it means that it is... Continue reading » -
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Day 45 - Chicago
The weather has improved – yay!! There was even some sun and blue sky today which was rather revolutionary! The windy city also lived up to its name... Continue reading » -
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Day 46 - Boston
Well, I have made it across America and have arrived on the Atlantic coast. This morning, true to form, as I left my hotel to get to the airport, the... Continue reading » -
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Day 47 - Boston
I’m liking Boston. It’s a lot like London – the streets aren’t ordered in blocks which makes a change!, the buildings aren’t too tall or too short, l... Continue reading » -
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Day 48 - Boston
Today the weather was distinctly worse than yesterday, but it hasn’t rained as yet so at least I could wander around which was good. I walked around... Continue reading » -
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Day 49 - Boston
Have very little to report today I’m afraid. The weather has been rubbish. Boston is just like London now – grey and lots of fine rain all day. The... Continue reading » -
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Day 50 - New York
I have arrived in New York on a bright sunny day. Typically, as I left Boston there were clear blue skies, just like in Chicago – I’m not destined to... Continue reading » -
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Day 51 - New York
Well today I had my first full day in New York and true to form the weather has been awful. It has rained all afternoon and I was caught in the middl... Continue reading » -
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Day 52 - New York
After saying a little prayer to the god of musicals last night in the words of Annie ‘the sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar…’ I awoke... Continue reading » -
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Day 53 - New York
Today was another sunny day which was nice, although half the time you can’t tell in New York anyway because the buildings are so tall that the street... Continue reading » -
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Day 54 - New York
Today’s shopping took us to Midtown, seeing as we had covered SoHo yesterday. The weather was pretty hot again so it was nice to be in the air-condit... Continue reading » -
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Day 55 - New York
This morning I went out fairly early on the hunt for a bag. I never found the bag but have walked all over Manhattan in search of it. I have walked... Continue reading »
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