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Welcome to Phase 5 of our 2-Year North America Road Trip, 2015-2016. This was the next leg of our epic adventure, a time of huge change for me and a fresh chapter for Mia, Caius, and me. We’ve [...]

We drove for hours and hours, through a flat landscape that felt like the furthest point from civilisation. Just a long straight road, a speed limit of 80 mph (129 km/h), and our four wheels. It [...]

Perhaps you thought of stopping in Rapid City, South Dakota, for a night on your family attractions road trip, just enough time to see Mount Rushmore, as did we. But when Rapid City suggested we [...]

There is plenty to keep the kids occupied at America’s largest mall. The kids and I were making our way around the US on a massive 2-year road trip. On the way from Idaho to New York the weather [...]

I have eaten in many malls, all over the world and if you’re expecting me to list all 50 of the restaurants located in 2,779,242 million feet of retail space then I’m sorry to disappoint. I [...]

What is it about shopping malls that get me so excited? I mean like any female I can shop till I drop. And I have. Back in 2013, I spent 3 days discovering the world’s largest mall, Dubai Mall. [...]

I expected live music, country songs, honky-tonks, and bars. I expected to lose my bra in a saloon, only to find a pair of cowboy boots on the side of the street. I expected a city playground for [...]

July on Travelocity! Every month I use my 20 years of travel experience to write for aggregator giant, Travelocity. They call us the Gnational Gnomads. These are excerpts of those stories. This [...]