Road trip USA
This is a blog of Tim, Louise, Eloise & Monica Porter on our USA road trip in 2016.
Over three and a half weeks in August 2016 we are planning to drive from Toronto to Key West down the east coast of the USA.
Along our journey we plan to travel through such places as Niagara, New York, Washington DS, Richmond, Savannah, Georgetown, Orlando, Miami to name but a few.
We’ve planned much of our trip on www.roadtrippers.com you can see our plans here.
We’ll try and keep this post up to date as we go. Hope you enjoy or journey as much as we will…
We made it!
Never believe the weather forecast. As soon as I’d finished posting my last blog the weather cleared up. We decided to explore South Beach Miami and its famous Art Deco architecture. And then as if by magic the sun was shin in again. And Lou (who’d secretly kept her swimming costume on) went for a […]
Miami in the rain
Looks like our luck with the weather has finally run out. We had our final day in Orlando and went back to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. Then we picked up our Ford Mustang convertible. Ellie got her excellent GCSE results so we took her to the mall to get her something for all her […]
Giant Mice and Gators
Today’s our last day in Orlando before we head off to Miami. We’ve had a great time in all the parks (although Davenport where we’re staying is like Milton Keynes with palm trees). The Harry Potter worlds in Universal are great. We even ended up getting a magic wand that means you can cast spells […]
Theme parks galore!
Ok we made finally made it to Florida. We stayed at Fernandina beach and then drove down the coast to St Augustine beach. The beaches were amazing and there was nobody on them. We got to our villa in Orlando and went straight out to Disney world. In the last couple of days we’ve explored […]
Cities of the South
Having left Georgetown it was only a hours drive to Charleston. What a charming old city with a massive covered craft market (which Lou thoroughly enjoyed). We had lunch in the Low Country Bistro. I great little place that does traditional food of the south. I had shrimp and grits! It was then only another […]
The Road South
After Washington we drove to Richmond the traffic was pretty bad and it took a bit longer than we thought. However we had a couple of pleasant surprises when we got there. I really nice Mexican restaurant right next to our hotel and best of all the room key didn’t work so they upgraded us […]
The Nations Capital
We picked the hire car up from La Guardia airport and then had to drive right through the centre of Manhattan during rush hour! Quite an experience. We then drove down to Philadelphia where we stopped for a Philly cheesesteak. We had a choice of Geno’s or Pat’s. After much deliberation we decided to go […]
Hot in the City!
Just about to leave New York now after a busy couple of days shopping and site seeing. Highlights include cycling around Central Park. Visiting ground zero. And best of all a twilight sailing trip to the Statue of Liberty with amazing views over Manhattan. Awesome!
The road to New York
Crossed into the USA today and picked up our Jeep Compass to drive to New York. We drove down past the finger lakes and through Ithaca where we grabbed some lunch. Although it was a seven hour drive I found it relaxing after the busy last couple of days. Until that is we got into […]
Next stop Niagara
We got a transfer from Toronto to our hotel in Niagara. We’re staying at the Great Wolf Lodge. It’s Canada’s answer to a Disney hotel. Wolf characters greet the kids, there are interactive adventures activated by magical wands (Lou wouldn’t let me buy one), and there’s the best waterpark I’ve ever seen. We decided to […]
First stop Toronto
Ok here we are in Toronto! We’re here for two nights staying in the Westin Castle hotel. Great view from the room. We went straight out for something to eat. Had a drink in the Trump tower. Nice place don’t think much of the owner though. We then had an excellent meal in The Gabardine […]
And we’re off…
Ok here we go! All the planning and waiting is over. I just hope it lives up to the hype. We took off from Heathrow Terminal 5 just after 1 on Friday. Terminal 5 is state of the art but driving around Heathrow it brought back memories of when I used to work washing up […]
Nearly ready to go…
This is a blog of Tim, Louise, Eloise & Monica Porter on our USA road trip in 2016. Over three and a half weeks in August 2016 we are planning to drive from Toronto to Key West down the east coast of the USA. Along our journey we plan to travel through such places as […]