Hi all! We're off on another trip - this one to the USA and Canada, cruising, visiting friends and hopefully achieving our aim of having visited all 50 US states - we've got 10 more to go!
Our itinerary is roughly this:
3 Sept Brisbane to Los Angeles to Vancouver
7 Sept Leave Seattle on the Carnival Spirit for a 7 day cruise to Alaska (state #1)
14 Sept Leave Vancouver on the Carnival Spirit for a 12 day cruise to Hawaii and around the Hawaiian islands (same stateroom - no packing - yeah!) (state # 2)
26 Sept Leave Honolulu (Carnival Spirit again) for another 12 day cruise, around the islands again, then across the Pacific to Mexico and San Diego
8 Oct - 13 Oct Visit 3 lots of friends in California (hire car)
14 Oct Travel on Amtrak California Zephyr to Chicago through Salt Lake City & Denver (and Nebraska - state #3)
16 Oct Arrive Chicago, transfer to the Cardinal to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through Ohio, West Virginia, Washington DC (West Virginia is state #4)
18 Oct - 1 Nov Visit two friends in Pennsylvania - lots of talk and autumn leaves!
1 Nov Travel by Amtrak through New York to Albany NY, hire car
2 Nov - 13 Nov Drive around New England (Vermont - state #5; New Hampshire - state#6; Maine - state #7; Massachussets - state #8; Rhode Island - state #9; Connecticut - state #10!)
14 Nov By train to Montreal, Canada
16-17 Nov Prince Edward Island (known by all who've read Anne of Green Gables)
18-19 Nov Nova Scotia (island on Canada's east coast)
21 - 22 Nov Ottawa
23 - 27 Nov Train Ottawa - Toronto - Winnipeg etc to Vancouver
29 November Fly via Los Angeles and Sydney, arriving home on 1 December

Whew! We're exhausted just thinking about it!
Hope to blog every 2-3 days, if we get computer access .. do come along with us, for the virtual ride!