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Video: 4 cool waterslides at Kalahari Waterpark, Wisconsin Dells

You’re never to old to ride a water slide. At least that’s what we told ourselves when we went to Kalahari Resorts Waterslide Park in Wisconsin Dells – a place that calls itself the water slide...

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Video: 5 things to see in The Badlands, South Dakota

I never thought erosion could be interesting… Then I went to The Badlands National park in South Dakota where the slow change brought to the earth by millions of years of wind and rain has created a...

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Video: Exploring the geysers at Yellowstone

Have you ever been somewhere that didn’t feel real? Being in Yellowstone didn’t feel real. There’s only a few places in the world to see this sight – a geyser – and Yellowstone is one of them There is...

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Video: Wild animals in Yellowstone National Park

Almost every tourist you meet in Yellowstone is armed – either with a huge can of bear spray or a massive camera. Why? Because of the wild animals in Yellowstone. It’s essential kit, or so it seems,...

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What it’s like to go to an American rodeo

What do you think an American rodeo would be like? To me, I envisioned cowboys riding bulls and lassoing animals from horseback. I wasn’t far wrong. A cowboy ready for action at the Cody rodeo Cody –...

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Video: Hiking Mt Joseph – the toughest day of travel ever

I can’t do this. I’m too tired. My legs are on fire. It’s too steep. Why did I ever agree to do this? It’s insane. That’s pretty much how my inner monologue went as I struggled to climb up a thousand...

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Video: Inside Alcatraz: America’s most infamous prison

I’ve always wanted to go to Alcatraz. I’m the kind of person that likes the reality show America’s Hardest Prisons, mainly because I get to see a side of life that I’ve never (thankfully) been exposed...

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Ready, aim, fire! Shooting guns in America

They say that “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” So when we stayed with a friend in California who serves in the US Air Force, that meant firing a gun. Our style of travel is all about doing what...

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Exploring California’s Redwood Forest

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature...

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Life on a ranch in New Mexico

The USA is the land of milk and honey. To a wide-eyed Aussie like me, more used to bone dry paddocks and water restrictions, the lush landscape from coast to coast in America is a dream come true....

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Hippies in yachts – Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Scenario – it’s the 70s and you are a hippy exploring the wonderfully verdant American state of Washington. Suddenly, you stumble upon a struggling town called Port Townsend where scores of ornate...

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Life on a Texas ranch

Driving across West Texas I could swear I had an out of body experience. One hand on the steering wheel, elbow on the window ledge, 70 miles per hour down a dead straight road with Carmen asleep in...

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Keeping Austin Weird – The Cathedral of Junk created by The Junk King

Austin prides itself on the slogan Keep Austin weird. In the left-wing city smack bang in the middle of right-wing Texas, Austin is a haven for artists, creatives and musicians. We spent a few days in...

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Review: Glenwood Hot Springs and Lodge

You’ve been hiking all day in the Colorado mountains. Or you’ve been skiing down the slopes of the nearby resorts. You’re shattered. If you feel anything like Dave and I did after this hike, then you...

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24 hours in Glenwood Springs

Where can you hike to a lake, tour caves, fly down a mountain on a alpine coaster and then soak in the world’s largest mineral hot spring – all in one day? That would be at Glenwood Springs. We...

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Video: Hiking in Arches National Park, Utah

The Arches National Park in Utah sits firmly at the top of America’s national park pile as far as I’m concerned – but until I saw it with my own eyes I had no idea it even existed. Tunnel Arch inside...

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Visiting Mardi Gras World: 21 things you didn’t know about Mardi Gras

My only regret about going to New Orleans is that we didn’t go in February. Why? Because it’s Mardi Gras at that time of year. To make up for the fact we were missing the biggest party of the year, we...

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Jumping over fear – canyoning in Dominica with Extreme Dominica

The first image that jumps into my head when I think of the Caribbean is a cocktail glass twinkling in the sunset over a glowing beach. Relax. Take it easy. You’re on island time now. Ordering our...

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4 things to do in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico, is unlike any other place in the US. In fact, it hardly feels like you’re in the US at all. Thanks to heritage council ensuring all buildings are built in the typical adobe...

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Spot the alligator: Louisiana swamp tour

I’m a fan of the TV series True Blood. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a story about vampires and other mythical creatures, based in the deep south of the USA. When we went to New Orleans at the tail end...

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