Tier Point Run to Inverness in Nov 2022

Time for another TP run. This time a local one up to Inverness and back twice over one weekend.

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A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Category Archive for Travel

This is the blog page. This is where we share longer articles, which aim to share important concepts and ideas. It is also the general page for showing author, category, tag and time-based archives.

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This is an archive showing all posts assigned to category: Travel.

Travel includes posts about all of our holidays, weekend visits and trips

A lovely view of Balboa Park
A lovely view of Balboa Park

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 6 – San Diego in the Afternoon

By Nige on April 23, 2022 at 9:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Holidays | San Diego | USA

After a short stay back at the hotel, we headed out again on to Balboa Park with the sun warming this up nicely.

Looking up the coast at La Jolla
Looking up the coast at La Jolla

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 6 – San Diego in the Morning

By Nige on April 23, 2022 at 7:16 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Holidays | San Diego | USA

I slept through to just after 3am which I was happy about.  Vick managed an extra hour on top of that.

Seaport village in San Diego
Seaport village in San Diego

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 5 – San Diego

By Nige on April 22, 2022 at 7:01 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | San Diego | USA

We arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn, Mission Valley at around 10am, knowing that our room would almost certainly not be ready.

Our white Mustang parked up on the way to San Diego
Our white Mustang parked up on the way to San Diego

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 5 – Rancho Mirage to San Diego

By Nige on April 22, 2022 at 10:54 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | Rancho Mirage | San Diego | USA

After checking out, we headed SE along CA-111 with the roof down.

Early morning in Rancho Mirage
Early morning in Rancho Mirage

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 5 – Rancho Mirage

By Nige on April 22, 2022 at 6:48 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | Rancho Mirage | USA

I woke before midnight and spent an hour on my laptop before getting back to sleep.  We were both awake at just after 3am.

Enjoying our ice cream in Palm Springs
Enjoying our ice cream in Palm Springs

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 4 – Rancho Mirage

By Nige on April 21, 2022 at 4:09 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Holidays | Rancho Mirage | USA

We wanted a good quality, local Thai restaurant – we had discovered quite a few in our time spent driving around America.

A Mexican lunch in Palm Springs
A Mexican lunch in Palm Springs

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 4 – Palm Springs

By Nige on April 21, 2022 at 3:55 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Holidays | Palm Springs | USA

After another shower, we drove into Palm Spring for a coffee, some t-shirt shopping and some lunch.

On the Chuckwalla Trail near Rancho Mirage
On the Chuckwalla Trail near Rancho Mirage

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 4 – Chuckwalla Trail

By Nige on April 21, 2022 at 3:44 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Chuckwalla Trail | Holidays | Rancho Mirage | USA

We drove out to City Hall and parked in the upper parking area, under a car port, which kept the car nice and cool whilst we were walking.

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