By: AJ This is AJ talking about some of his favorite places from month FOUR of our adventure. 🙂 [See the YouTube link located…
Category: North America
By: MJ I recall standing in the departure lounge with a few friends and family on the day I left Australia in late 2002.…
By: AJ This is AJ talking about some of his favorite places from the third month of our adventure. [See the YouTube link located…
By: MJ & PJ North and South America – September 2nd to October 1st, 2018 Month four was a turbulent month with a lot…
By: MJ + PJ On our way to NYC from Nashville, we drove through Virginia, spending a few days, then returned after visiting Baltimore…
By: MJ + PJ FIRST PASS (3 days; headed to PA/NY) Because ‘Virginia is for Lovers’, we rolled into Virginia on our wedding anniversary.…
By MJ + PJ Take a look over our ~130 photos from our time in the heartland of early American history. We saw some…
By: MJ & PJ MARYLAND After a late night at the airport in Baltimore, we made our way into the Inner Harbor area of…
By: MJ + PJ These brief but hectic few days had a lot going on in two different regions. We thought we’d put this…
By: MJ + PJ Once back in the US we camped our way towards Pittsburgh, PA over the course of two nights – once…
By: MJ + PJ Back into Canada! This time we were visiting a shared icon of the Great Lakes, but spent our time on…
By: MJ + PJ Since we had camping gear we decided to camp at a campground about two miles south of Niagara Falls. We…
By: MJ + PJ New York was a whirlwind of activity over 5 days. We did an enormous amount of walking! We saw the…
By: MJ + PJ DAY ONE in New York was mostly arrival and getting sorted, which was fairly straightforward. Even driving to the parking…
By: AJ AJ talks about his Junior Ranger experience in the USA. This is a great way to promote education and the National Park…
By: MJ + PJ Google Maps navigation welcomed us as usual to the new state, about ten minutes after being welcomed into Maryland. (We’ll…
By: MJ + PJ Lots of sweet treats and bicycles! But please mind the drivers – this being the overt advice of the roadside…
By: AJ This is AJ talking about some of his favorite places from our second month of travel. The long awaited sequel! [See the…
By: MJ + PJ These are the parting words that our friends and hosts wanted us to quote in our reflection of North Carolina…
By: MJ + PJ We stopped almost as soon as we entered Kentucky. Not for any other reason than to visit a long time…
By: MJ + PJ With a week of fun behind us we headed east towards Asheville – a place we had been longing to…
By: MJ & PJ North America – August 3rd to September 1st, 2018 In our third month we started near Nashville, TN, and then…
By: MJ + PJ Time to return to PJ’s stomping ground. While she and AJ had been back to visit in the last two…
By: MJ + PJ [We did pass thorough the corner of Illinois. Be prepared to pay TOLLS on the highways between Chicago and Cleveland!]…
By: MJ + PJ Swiss-consin, as AJ prefers to call it, is a well oiled tourism machine. From the state line rest stop information…
By: MJ + PJ We hit the top of the South where the history gets richer and the music provides identity. Our time in…
By: MJ + PJ One of MJ’s therapist friends lives in MN in a log cabin. Really freaking huge logs make up the exterior of…
By: MJ + PJ We arrived in North Dakota with a yearning for fireworks since it was the 4th of July. We had purchased…
By: MJ + PJ They don’t call this big sky country for nothing! However this only applies to the eastern region where they don’t…
By: MJ + PJ Western Canada was a delight. Everything you hear is true. This is the impression we got, but we were only…
By: MJ + PJ We spent three weeks in Ohio visiting friends and family. It was amazing to see everyone and downshift our pace.…
By: MJ & PJ North America – July 3rd to August 3rd, 2018 Our second month has been quite different to the first. We…
By: MJ + PJ See the gallery of PHOTOS: Oregon + Washington See the MAPS page for the areas we were at – zoom…
By: MJ + PJ See the gallery of PHOTOS: Oregon + Washington See the MAPS page for the areas we were at – zoom…
By: MJ + PJ See the gallery of PHOTOS: California See the MAPS page for the areas we were at – zoom for precise…
By: MJ + PJ See the gallery of PHOTOS: Utah + Nevada See the MAPS page for the areas we were at – zoom…
By: MJ + PJ See the gallery of PHOTOS: Utah + Nevada See the MAPS page for the areas we were at – zoom…
By: MJ This is the beer and brewing related photo gallery that accompanies the FERMENTATIONS: North America post. Combining the two posts would have…
By: MJ In my mission statement there was the clause “experiencing what comes to life’s fermented table”. Undoubtedly this topic will be saturated with the…
By: MJ + PJ In Canada we elected to not suffer the burden of network roaming charges. Our phones were used as GPS devices…
By: AJ This is a video AJ created talking about some of his favorite places from our first month of travel. 🙂 [See the…
By: MJ + PJ We loved our trip through Wisconsin and Indiana. So much to see and do: Jelly Belly Tour (NOTE: factory has…
By: MJ + PJ North Dakota & Minnesota were planned at a slower pace and we scheduled more time for relaxation. Friends hosted us…
By: MJ + PJ These ~80 photos are from our time in Montana & Glacier National Park. Although it was a brief stay, it…
By: MJ + PJ Occasionally your child does something to make you very proud. This is the brief story of someone else’s gesture providing…
By: MJ + PJ The second Canada Album includes our trip to a few of Canada’s beautiful national parks: Banff National Park, Kootenay National…
By: MJ + PJ The first Canada Album includes Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and our road trip along CANADA HWY 1 towards the National Parks.…
By: MJ + PJ North America – June 2nd to July 2nd, 2018 To give you an idea of the pace of the first…
By: MJ + PJ The great northwest. Beautiful landscapes and interesting places to visit. This album has ~50 photos. Copyright © 2018 cupcakesandcampfires.com, All…
By: MJ + PJ We caught the trolly from North Beach to Union Square area on our first day in San Fran. The ride…
