...that draws us back so often?
I am asked this question often, and not surprisingly, when we are about to set off again to explore that big country, less than three months from our last visit.
We enjoy the variety and vastness of the landscape, the friendliness of the people, the long concrete highways umbrellad by the bleached blue sky, the beautifully kept National Parks, the bucolic permanence of rural America. And to be honest, the outlet malls and gas guzzling cars and trucks!
This time we are connecting through Los Angeles to Albuquerque, where we'll hire a car and drive to Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument, Durango, Mesa Verde, Page, Antelope Canyon, Zion National Park, Page, Las Vegas, Death Valley, and Los Angeles.
That's the plan. However, we have only booked the first night and last nights' accommodation, so anything could happen! I am not a huge fan of 'winging' an international holiday, but there are definitely times when this relaxed approach is warranted.
We are between seasons so we shouldn't run the risk of places being closed due to Winter, or fully booked due to high Summer.
Check in was a breeze, thanks to the (somewhat hard to identify) Qantas Club lane. Pleasant staff checked us all the way through to Albuquerque, despite me booking the tickets separately. Swiftly through immigration, and into the Qantas Club for a coffee, where we sat next to the entire Queensland Reds rugby team, enroute to New Zealand for a weekend match.
It's a lovely day here in Brisbane. The plane is here and we're boarding soon. Farewell. News from the other side.
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