We are sitting in a Starbucks in American Fork in Utah experiencing our first rainy day since we have left Australia... it's kind of great after all that sunny desert! Since Palm Springs we have done a heap. First stop was Las Vegas, not what we expected in our innocence... more prostitution than gambling, an amazing eye opener! Then down to Lake Mead to see the Hoover Dam. A nice receptionist at our hotel at Lake Mead directed us to a camping store that was...

It's life jim but not as we know it!!! We have now been in the US, more specifically California for a week and we have already come to a few conclusions... firstly nothing is real; teeth, food, body parts, lifestyle, even the buildings are like a movie set... secondly; Californians are some of the friendliest most trusting people on earth (where have all the crackheads & car jackers gone?). Third and most importantly, despite the endless strip malls, stores ...

Hey All We finally made it to Los Angeles! Actually we're about 100kms south at a town called Dana Point. Despite coming halfway across the world and catching 3 busses, a train and 2 planes we arrived at Dana Point to pick up our old Porsche 2 minutes earlier than predicted, amazing. This is a 1966 Porsche 912 thst we bought on ebay 2 weeks ago and happily we found that not only did the car exist but it also goes, hopefully all the way across the country to N...

We had a fast, furious and fantastic week in Sydney and Wollongong. In the space of four days we managed to... retrieve our passports (with visas!!) from the French Consulate, get a haircut, do some work for a friend, catch up with our mums, catch up with dad and Deb for the first time in four and a half years, have a night out in Sydney, see friends, have a farewell party, see familly, take Celli to her holiday home in Old Erowal Bay, check out Ricks new wareh...

It has been a year in the planning, although it sometimes has felt like a lifetime but there are now only 15 days left until we jet off on our adventure! First stop, Los Angeles USA. 60 miles (whatever that is??) south and a ninety minute ride on the airport shuttle and we will be able to pick up our wheels for a road trip across the US of A, a slight detour on route from Australia to France. Fifteen years ago I dreamed about living in France. Twelve months ...