At Miami international Airport
The hard stand at Miami International is Busy
Miami International airport is an interesting and vast place
The Departure and arrivals screen at Orlando
The rear deck and boat house at Jill and Bill Ovens home in Lady Lake Florida
Silver Springs is the location of many underwater classic TV series of the 60's to the 80's
The bird life in silver springs is enormous, a sanctuary and at Xmas has a very big light display
The uppy downy whirly gig thing at Silver Springs. Great view of lights from up top.
Us in the whirly gig
View over Silver Springs
Bird Sanctuary in the Springs
Bill Ovens; 3rd from left and his tennis buddies at Lady Lake Country Club
The ovens home at Lady Lake
s decorations on a Lady Lake street
A very chilly morning at the Ovens
Icey Shrubs
icles on the Plants minus 2 degree morning
he Salesman handing over Rocinantes keys to Noel at Leesburg Florida
Bill and Jill on the patio
he patio
The deck out to the boathouse
Noel and Jill at the front of home
Rocinante parked in next doors driveway
Bill beside the Rv
Noel about to depart on the adventure
Noel at his office place on board
Gary and carol tripp, old mates from 1975 at Delray Beach Florida
Gary and Noel
Coming into Miami Beach
Miami Beach on the road.
Cruise Boats in Miami
Lunch spot in the middle of Miami
On the way to Key Biscayne
Rocinante at Key Biscayne. the mosteasterly and southern point of my adventure
Key Biscayne Light
Fromm the top of the light
Rocinante in the carpark from the light
he biggest and grandest Lexus display room I have ever seen
Rocinante at a coffee stop going through the Everglades
Rum and Tonic and her Ownewrs; old mates Toby and Marlena
The Rum and Tonic Corporation
At Naples pier
Sunrise over Rum and Tonics Stern
The gang in the Chickee Bar at the Cove Inn 20 metres from Rum and Tonics berth
captain Toby down below
Rum and Tonic is in the middle
On a sunset cruise in Rum and Tonic
The race is on
Marlena overtakes us in her charter yacht
The moment the sun disappeared below the horizon on the Gulf of Mexico
The old crew at the helm
Rocinnate bids farewell to Rum and Tonic
A collection of travellers at the National parks Station midway across the everglades
Alligators wild in the Everglades
A chanel beside the Highway 77 from Naples with alligators
Joe the Airboat operator. On an Indian Reservation on Everglades
The walkway in a grass island within the Everglades
Our airboat at anchor
A local beside the grass island
Across the Everglades at 45kph
Rocinante in Key Largo RV Park.
Big rigs here for 4 months
Big bridge looking over to Smugglers Cove
Home at Smugglers Cove
The noisy bridge next door opens for Boat traffic
On towards Key West
The old bridge on the side
Fisher persons on the old bridge
Fishers camped here for 3 days!
To Key West
One of the old bridges
The old rail bridge of Baha Honda Key
Key West by night
Key West
Some "girls" on the sidewalk
Key west memorial to Sailors
Key West by Night
Grand Home
Street Scene
Looking back to shore from Key West Pier
The old Key West Fort
The down and outers in their overnight accomodation
One of the most Southern Homes in the US
Tourist "train"
Noel at the most southern point of the US
Bantams everywhere
Court House
Rock solid
On the way back up the Keys, a rest spot for a day
A great spot
Back at Smugglers Cove
All of a sudden we are at Kennedy Space Centre
KSC Entrance
The Space Centre tour is in coaches, over 50 of them
The tour leader
The Launch buildings on the horizon
At the 500 foot high assembly building
The launch site No 2
Launch site 1 with the shuttle ready to go in 7 days
Noel and Shuttle
Close up of Launch station 2
Noel at the Assembly Building
The giant appolo Launch vehicles
The Moon vehicle
A shuttle in retirement
The shuttle cockpit
Old re-entry vehicle
Rent a car in Leesburg
Noel at Daytona
Rose , daytona guide
Noel on Victory Lane daytona
The Daytona Experience
Daytona Nascar
Noel with daytona porsche
Rocinante just Labelled
Fort Blanding midway across Florida to the west
New Orleans and madi Gras Time
Fort Blanding Museum even had an Oz made 303
A lot of cute stuff at fort Blanding
Fort Blanding
Mayo, a cute town in noirthern central Florida
On the highway west
Clarabella Harbour
Beepa looking out at Clarabella Harbour
Clarabella Harbour and the Heritage Lightouse nearby
On towards panama City florida
Panama City
Stubby holder having a good time at Panama City
Into Pensacola
Pensacola
Biloxi casino
The bcoastal Highway west bfrom Biloxi. The eastbound pavement was lifted by Cyclone Katrina and deposited on the far side of the other road on top of nthe homes that were there!!
Katrina Destruction
Katrina Destruction was so bad, Beepa turned his backside to it
Katrina Destruction put this about 100M inland
Master and DSog having morning tea
Betwen Biloxi and New Orleans
Another long bridge on the way into New Orleans from the east
The railway briudge is "up"
Great Sign
New Orleans Mississippi Bridge
Marina for fishing Boats near my RV Park camp site
Fisher woman and Crawdads and crabs
New Orleans suburbs
Mardi Gras Parade in Algiers Section
THe Mardi Gras celebrators with their booty!!
Algiers Section home is New Orleans on southern side of trhe River
T shirt!
Downtown Mardi Gras Procession in New Orleans
Downtown Mardi Gras Procession in New Orleans. All the Police chiefs walking at the head of tyhe procession!!
New Orleans Downtown. harrahs Casino
Downtown New Orleans from the Algiers Ferry side of the Mississippi
On a Paddle Steamer on the Mississippi
Looking at the Natchez from across the Mississippi on Algiers Ferry
The captain of thre Natchez leaving the dock
Big cathedral in Old Quarter of New Orleans
Looking back over the paddle wheel of The Natchez
Half of the steam engine in the natchez
Mississippi shoreine
A Paddler at mooring
The new Mississippi Bridge in New Orleans
Cigar maker at work in Old Quarter
Old Quarter
Presevation Hall and Liz
A negro Jazz band on the Street
Rocinanta in the State Park Campsite on the Bayou Segnetti New Orleans
Liz modelling the latest new Orleans chapeau
Rocinante in Walmart carpark in Hanrahan New Orleans
Giving a truckie a souvernir
How trucks come into being!!!!
The semis fly by when I was doing 65mph!!!
Sunset in Alabama
Anniston camp site in Library carpark
Mayor Chip Howell in Anniston. He knocked on Rocinante's door on Monday morning.
Anniston Library people check out the old City Prospectus
Noel displaying the Prospectus
Anniston Library Alabama Room
Counciller, Mayor Chip, Noel and Liz. Noel accepting Key to City
The handover of the Prospectus
David; Manager of Berman Collection in Anniston
Noel in Anniston Room
Bonney; Library CEO and Noel
One of the original homes featured in the Prospectus
On top of Cheaha Mountain
Fred, Alice and Noel. Ed McCalls daughter
Natural Arch and it was very cool
The home in which Elvis Presley was born
Holley Park State Park
Holley Springs State Park campsite
Noel in Memphis
Liz outside Gracelands
Noel in Front of the Gracelands Front door
In the Museum
Elvis Presley Grave
Entering Mississippi again from Tenessee
Which way????
Jim Reeves Memorial
En Route towards San Antonio
Entering The Travellers RV Park San Antonio
An old Mission in San ANtonio
San Antonio's marvellous river Walk
The spot where David Crocket and died at The Alamo
The Alamo
Spectacular old skyscraper from the San Antonio river loop
Garner State Park in Texas
The Mexican border at Cuidad Acuna and Del Rio USA
Mexican streetscape
The Pecos River in southern Texas
Judge Roy Bean dealt out "justice" from this very bar room in the late 1880's
A pretty classy 5th wheeler. Note mini Kenworth Prime mover
Judge Roy Bean presided in Langtry Texas, apart from the State park buildings and a couple of souvernir shops, the rest looks like this.
Small towns in southern Texas always have grand County Offices. Must have been a lot busier in days gone by!
Miles J Davis is riding from NYC; where he is a High School Teacher, to los Angeles. He is near El Paso in this pix.
El Paso residences are built around the massive single range that comes towards the Rio Grande from the north
Jurarez Mexico, aross the Rio Grande from El Paso
Peppers for sale in Jurarez
A new footpath would not go astray here in Jurarez
Lunch was really very good, and no after effects
Into Arizona from New Mexico
Tombstone and the OK Corral
Tombstone Saloon
The famous AND original Bird Cage Theatre
Travellers having a cooling drink in a Tombstome Bar
Rocinante in the Wells Fargo RV Park in Tombstone, behind the red 5th wheeler prime mover.
The Bird Cage Theatre, unchanged in 120 years
Doc Hollidays original dentist's chair from when he was the Dentist in Tombstone
The table where the 8 year poker game was held. NOTHING altered
Not your usual poker player
Where the results of the little dispute at OK Corral ended up.
Charles and Noel in Patagonia Arizona
Coming into beautiful Tucson Arizona.
Sunset over Tucson
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum just west of Tucson
Jahavelina, a native of the desert regions of US
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Terry Gibbons and Noel reunion after 32 years
Rocinante in Maxine jackson's Driveway
Noel, Maxine Jackson and Debbie Gibbons
Maxines Home
On the highway out of Tucson
Arizona Highway
Towards Phoenix
Montezuma's Castle National Monument
Close to Flagstaff, fairly cool
Snow covered fields
Humphrey's Peak 12000 feet
Fladstaff Civic Building
Flagstaff RV Park. Minus 4 degrees
Snow covered fields in Grand Canyon
Coyote in Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon with snow
deer in Grand canyon National Park
Noel at Sunset
Hotels
Rocinante in The Grand Canyon RV Campsite, Very nice.
Williams Arizona Rail Station with original engines from early 1900's
Approaching nthe Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam from the southern approach
Hoover Dam
The artists impression of the new bridge being built.
the new bridge being built and due to be finished in 2010
The Stratoshere Casino in Las Vegas
Our Courtesy Car in Circus Circus Casino RV Park
Rocinante in Circus Circus RV Park
The Little Chapel in Las Vegas
Newly married
The old Downtown Area
The Freemont Experience
MGM Grand
Bellagio Forecourt
