A little bit of writing.....

Introduction

Aelisa, Blue and I at
The Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Hi, my name is Liam McEvilly, I am British born and currently live in Vacaville, Northern California, USA with my American wife, Aelisa, who is in the U.S. Air Force and our Beagle, Blue.  

I have previously visited these shores on a backpacking trip in 2004 seeing California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New York, 3 consecutive summers teaching children how to kick a football (the round, leather one) in a straight line at a prestigious summer camp in New Hampshire and spent most of my student loan and University holidays over here visiting Aelisa in Texas Delaware, Virginia and Maryland. After we were married we drove 3000 miles (where can you end up if you drive for this long in England? More later) from East coast to West to start our married life living together here in California, where Aelisa is currently stationed for her job with the Air Force. The trip took us through Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and eventually California, taking almost 2 weeks to complete.

When I moved across the Atlantic people back home in Redditch, Worcestershire thought that I would not encounter many differences in living here compared to living in the land of blighty. They were wrong…..

This is a written account of my experiences with all things American during my visits and living here. These may or may not include cars driving themselves, toilets with too much water in the bowl and Ranch dressing.