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The Phillips Family Travels

Welcome to our blog, following our family trips and holidays around the world. We live in Gloucestershire, UK but have also spent a year living in New Jersey, USA. We love using the school holidays to travel to new places and explore. Spending time with our two children, climbing mountains, splashing around in the sea on the coast or road tripping across Europe and the US. We hope you will enjoy our blogs designed to help us remember the great times we have had and hopefully provide you with helpful tips if you are following in our footsteps.

Category: North America Continent

The Sea to Sky Highway, Canada – drive from Vancouver to Whistler

On 17th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

We spent the day driving from Vancouver to Whistler. We visited Porteau Cove, Shannon Falls and Brandywine Falls on route.

Vancouver, Canada – Lynn Canyon

On 16th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

Our final day in Vancouver before heading off to Whistler. We spent the morning at Lynn Canyon and followed one of the nature trails. We also returned to Stanley Park to visit the rose garden and the second beach swimming pool

Vancouver, Canada – Gondolas to Grouse Mountain.

On 15th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

Day 2 in Vancouver and we took gondolas to the top of Grouse Mountain where we saw two grizzly bears. In the afternoon we returned to the city and visited Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens.

Vancouver, Canada – Exploring Stanley Park

On 14th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

Day 1 of our Canadian road trip. It was our first day in Vancouver and we visited some areas of Stanley Park and then drove to Lighthouse Park to see the lighthouse.

Houston Texas – 2 days visiting Kemah and the Space Centre

On 9th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

The final stop of our Texas road trip - Houston. We spent two days visiting Kemah Boardwalk and Houston Space Center before driving back to Austin for our flight back to London.

Houston, Texas – Driving from San Antonio to Houston and visiting the Painted Churches.

On 9th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 4 of our Texas road-trip. We drove from San Antonio to Houston visiting some painted churches and having a pit stop at Buc-ees!

San Antonio, Texas – A rainy day at the Japanese Tea Garden and the Missions.

On 8th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 3 of our Texas road trip. It was a very rainy day for our last day in San Antonio so we visited the Japanese tea gardens and the Missions

San Antonio, Texas – the Riverwalk, Alamo and Natural Bridge Caverns.

On 7th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 2 of our Texas road trip. We made our way from Austin to San Antonio and visited the Riverwalk and Alamo. As a storm came in we als0 spent a day at the Natural Bridge Caverns - underground and sheltering from the rain!

Austin, Texas – 2 nights in Austin exploring the Capitol and visiting the bats.

On 6th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 1 of our Texas road-trip - Austin. We spent the day in Austin visiting the State Capitol, eating at the Cheesecake factory and watching the bats fly out from under the Congress Bridge.

San Francisco, California – Golden Gate Visitor Centre and the Palace of Fine Arts

On 2nd Dec 202520th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn California, USALeave a comment

The final part of our Californian road-trip. We spent two days staying in a hotel near San Francisco airport and visited the Golden Gate Bridge Visitor Centre, the Palace of Fine Arts, Sutro Baths and Gray Whale Cove Beach

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