Category Archives: animals

Day 20 – Driving Down The Big Sur

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Sophie Harris

Today is our last full day and night and we made it a good one. We were travelling down California’s Big Sur stopping off on the way to check out the amazing scenery. Our first stop was at McWay Waterfall … Continue reading →

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Day 14 – Strawberry Cake Eating Bears….!!

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Sophie Harris

We had our last big 8 hour drive today leaving Idaho and going across Nevada and into California at Lake Tahoe. We spent most of the day in the car catching up on some sleep and making up music playlists … Continue reading →

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Day 11 – 4th Of July Celebrations!!!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Sophie Harris

Today we are off to Jackson Hole WY to celebrate 4th of July but this morning we are finishing up in Yellowstone National Park. We went to another area this morning where they have hot pool activity where we walked … Continue reading →

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Day 10 – Wildlife spotting

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Sophie Harris

We had a second day in Yellowstone which was awesome so instead of waking early to pack everything up again and move on we used that time to get out early to a walk with the hopes of seeing some … Continue reading →

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Day 9 – Yellowstone National Park!!

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Sophie Harris

We were all pretty hung over/tired/still a bit drunk this morning so the day started slowly with a couple of people being rather sick (one even threw up out of the van haha). We got going though and picked up … Continue reading →

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Road Trip To Milwaukee

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Sophie Harris

While some of my family were out here in the states i decided that i wanted to see somewhere new with them. We thought about St Louis but after travelling through the city on the way down to Louisiana a … Continue reading →

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Alligators, Miami And Back To Chicago – Day 9+10

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Sophie Harris

Day 9: Finally we had some amazing weather … of course it’s on our last full day here but we’ll take it! We all really wanted to go and check out an alligator farm while we were down here and … Continue reading →

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A Chilly Day Out At SeaWorld – Day 5

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Sophie Harris

Well the cold front followed us from Chicago and the temperature really dropped today. We caught a bus after breakfast out to Sea World only to be told when we got there that most of the attractions were closed due … Continue reading →

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School Holiday Adventures

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Sophie Harris

What a way to break me in … when i arrived in my new family the kids were just a couple of weeks into their school holidays and still wont be going back until 22/8. This has left rather a … Continue reading →

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The Last Day …

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Sophie Harris

  The weather was not kind to us today … the rain this morning was so bad I was worried about my flight back up to Auckland. Luckily we’re all good and I’m sitting waiting to board – hope it’s … Continue reading →

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