Everyone knows about the West Coast of America but you hear very little about its Atlantic cousin. North Carolina has an area of coast known as The Outer Banks. The Outer Banks are a chain of long narrow barrier islands connected to the mainland by ferry in the south and bridges in the north. Continuing on our road trip with John and Matt we crossed by ferry to Ocracoke and camped at another National Park Service site. The weather was beautiful, hot but with...

Matt and John had planned on spending a couple of nights camping in the Smoky Mountains on their way to the coast and we were more than happy with the idea! On our way out of Nashville Liann and I went to a Bass Pro and bought a cheap tent and (crap) airbeds. A bit of an expense but I saw it as an investment towards cheap accommodation in the future and after all we had just saved a lot of money on car hire! After a LONG drive across Tennessee past the very odd ...

From hotel to hostel, from blues to country; although not far from Memphis, Nashville was very different. Another Megabus journey dropped us in the heat of downtown Nashville. But connecting to a local bus to get us to our hostel was a breeze. We arrived at the bustling 'Music City Hostel' just in time, the weekend before had been absolute chaos due to Nashville annual CMA Country music festival. Now the hostels guests mainly consisted of talented start-up mus...

By the time we arrived into Memphis it was late afternoon, getting off at the Megabus stop we took the Memphis Trolly (tram) into Downtown and to our Hotel. We had struggled to find a Hostel in Memphis so had opted for a budget breaking hotel for three nights. Nothing fancy but it was right in Downtown and only a few blocks for the famous Beale Street. By pure chance we arrived in Memphis on a Saturday so Beale Street was even better than expected. The whole ...

The journey to St. Louis was our first experience of Megabus and apart from them running half an hour late it was great. Smooth and comfy and there was wifi! Awesome! Pulling into St. Louis Central Station I wondered quite how we would find my aunt Shirley (not actually my aunt but it's just easier this way) but as I looked out of the window towards the crowd of other passengers my eye was drawn to the huge cardboard sign reading 'Welcome John and Liann' being...