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My trip to the US in photos

So the story is ....
Four weeks traveling the USA.
 Brilliant.
 Amazing.
 Mindboggling.
 We loved it.
 Here a few photos to share my newly found love for the US.

This is only a very small fraction of our photos - but I hope you'll enjoy them.
 And by all means, feel free to comment. I always love reading them!

 
 Disney Land - Of course! For the girls.
 
Matt Goss in Las Vegas! 

Grand Canyon - Impressive!

Temple in Salt Lake City.
 

Driving from East to West Oregon. Interesting to say the least.

Bench at a RV Park near Sisters/Bend. Loved that place. Loved the bench.

Information Centre at Crater Lake. And yes, we did have to use the tunnel, due to approx. two meters of snow. Walking through "the tunnel" was eerie. Girls loved the snow fight. Their first time ever to experience snow.

 Fighter Jets at Klamath Falls. Woohoo that was one crazy experience.
 
Snow storm in Oregon on our way to the coast.

Yeah !!!!

Great "zoo" in Oregon.

"Mystery Trails" at the norther Californian Coast. Going up the mountain in a Cable Car. Eeek!

One mysterious Building in Eureka.
Wikipedia:
The Carson Mansion is a large Victorian house located in Old Town, Eureka, California. Regarded as one of the highest executions of American Queen Anne Style architecture, the home is "considered the most grand Victorian home in America." It is one of the most written about and photographed Victorian houses in California, and perhaps, in the United States. Originally the home of one of Northern California's first major lumber barons, it has housed the Ingomar Club, a private members-only club, since 1950. Although the front and south-side elevations may be viewed easily from the public street and sidewalk, the home and grounds are never open to the general public.
Northern California Coast.

The amazing Golden Gate Bridge!


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The stunning Yosemite!
 
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With little Squirrels everywhere!

Little treat near the caravan park close to Monterey - A car race track! Laguna Seca 
 
 
    
Love the police cars over there :-)

Big Sur.
 
It's so windy at the coast, the trees/bushes have no chance to grow "straight up".
 
According to Hubby - one VERY expensive car.
 
Four Weeks in the US coming to an End.
I loved it.
There are heaps of people to thank and if I started I'd only forget someone
BUT
Thanks to Marisa Babjak, my wonderful friend who was more than generous her time and presents - the girls love you!
Thanks to fellow Astraea Press author, the wonderful Leah Sanders. 
Thanks to all we met during our travels, to those who helped us, talked to us and those who just in a very friendly manner smiled at us.
THANKS AMERICA.
 
 
 
 
 


 

Carly Phillips - Lucky Streak


Publisher: Mass Market Paperback Original

ISBN-13: 9780373773756

My rating: 2/5

Long ago, as revenge on a Corwin who stole her son’s fiancee, a witch proclaimed an eternal curse that every Corwin male who married for love would be destined to lose his love and his fortune …

The good news is that Mike, a police officer, awakens after some hard partying in Vegas $100,000 richer and married to Amber, the gorgeous woman he met the night before. The bad news: His last name is Corwin. The really bad news is that Amber’s a consummate con who took his money and ran. Seems the family curse has finally hit him.
But to Amber, Mike isn’t business as usual. Something about her new husband softens her steely heart, even as she betrays him. And Mike, first hell-bent on divorce, welcomes a second chance to defy the curse… and turn his run of bad fortune into a lucky streak (http://www.carlyphillips.com/)

 
My thougths
 
I finished this book a few days back and I still don't really know what to think. I think I'm going with: Yeah .... NO!

This was one of the books when I should've stopped reading when my "eye rolling" didn't stop. Gist is: Girl (Amber) living in Las Vegas meets Cop (Mike) from Boston who's in town for his friend's wedding, they win big time and get married - AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN DRUNK! Next morning she's gone and so is the money. But Amber follows him to Boston to make this marriage work.

I just couldn't get into the story, which was in itself a good idea, but in my humble opinion lacked depth. There's a lot of repetition - I got annoyed after a while how often I had to read about Amber's thoughts to make this marriage work and how important it was to her life; as well as the constant (and I mean constant!) reminder of the curse, no matter how important it is to the story.

All in all - not my cup of tea! Sorry, Carly.