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Day 231: White Houses and Cricket on the Mall

Day 231: White Houses and Cricket on the Mall

The White House, the Pentagon, the Capitol, the Mall, the Memorials, the Monuments.  In DC there is enough architecture, sculptures and buildings to keep anyone’s head spinning.  Our original plan to come to the nations capital went from a simple meeting with The Roy Castle Foundation’s sister charity, The Lung Cancer Alliance, to a full blown extravaganza including a tour of the fireman’s museum, a bath for Martha, cricket on the Mall right in front of the Capitol, photos in front of the White House and a generous free lunch from the manager of the Fireman’s museum.

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Day 226 : Navigational errors and meal miscalculations

Day 226 : Navigational errors and meal miscalculations

“It is somewhere around two years now,” Steve told me when I asked him how long ago it was when he first contacted me. I could not believe it. Time flies quite fast when you are not packing your days full of wild escapades all over the globe. Since my return home from The World by Road Expedition in July of 2009, time has certainly flown by and it was a true shock to hear Steve tell me that nearly 2 years have passed since his first email. Read more →