We're just over two weeks away from leaving on the trip now and I thought this was a great time to set up the blog, so that it's raring to go once we actually set off.
The trip summary is as follows:
We fly into Los Angeles and head out to Anaheim. We've got a day and a bit checking out Disneyland and California Adventure, and then another day at Six Flags.
We then drive out to Las Vegas and join in with our Contiki tour. This allows to still do our own thing but also meet some other travelers and get free entry and drinks for New Years in Vegas. On our final day we do a huge drive out the Grand Canyon and back, before seeing a Cirque de Soliel show.
From Vegas we're back to LA, this time staying out at Santa Monica. Here we can explore on foot a bit, as well as having a day at Universal Studios. We're also going to check out a LA derby, the Lakers v Clippers (basketball for those that don't know/care).
Then we jump on a plane and fly right across the country to New York, where we spend 4 and a bit days enjoying the sights. This includes catching a showing of Wicked, which Kathryn is very much looking forward to.
From New York we fly up to Calgary, jump on a bus and make our way into the Canadian Rockies for some epic snowboarding. We're at Banff for about 9 days, and then up to Jasper for a few more. We bus out to Edmonton and fly over Vancouver, before busing up to Whistler after a major day's travelling.
We're in Whistler for about a week and then we head back to Vancouver for a day of sightseeing before jumping on the plane back home to Wellington.
We're still making a couple of adjustments to minor details so I had yet another 45 minutes in the travel agent's yesterday, but Mary-Anne from House of Travel is doing a great job putting up with my pedantic planning and we should be all locked in this week. As a bonus we haven't had to make the final payment yet, despite leaving in two weeks!
Anyway, there probably won't be many if any updates until leaving day as not much will be going on, but I'll try to keep on top of this once we're on our way. This blog is mainly so that we can record our memories of the trip but hopefully you enjoy keeping up with us as well.
Cheers,
Rob
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