The 5Powells USA Adventure blog

Ah, back in Australia and met by some of Australia's finest biosecurity regulators at the airport who were struggling to install a retractable barrier. You're in safe hands Australia: rest easy.

The boys were very happy bumping into Goofy today! #disneyland #goody #toontown (at Mickey's Toontown)

A nice "hidden Mickey" spotted at Gadget's Go Coaster in Disneyland. #disneyland #hiddenmickey (at Gadget's Go Coaster)

It's almost time to jump on the plane and fly home. Sitting in the departure lounge at LAX airport at the moment. We've all had a great time in California, Nevada and New York. We'll fill in the gaps in the blog once we get home as there is still lots to tell. As Dr Seuss apparently said, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." Thank you USA.

Jack Skellington all gussied up for Halloween and Christmas at the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. #disneyland #skellington (at The Haunted Mansion)

Even junior Jedi have to sleep sometimes. #starwars #Jedi #disneyland (at Hungry Bear Restaurant)

The boys with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

The boys and Lightning McQueen.

Far out, I Alex and I need a holiday to recover from taking the boys to Disneyland. Or a padded room: that would work pretty well too.

A couple of likely lads about to board the Star Tours Star Wars ride at Disneyland. #starwars #disneyland (at Disneyland)

The majestic fake peak of the Matterhorn framed quite nicely from the Alice in Wonderland tea cup ride! #disneyland (at Disneyland)

Felix with the "face of fear" at Splash Mountain in Disneyland yesterday!

I love this statue of Walt and Mickey. (at Disneyland)

The Dakota building in New York, and the John Lennon memorial (Strawberry Fields) which is immediate opposite to the Dakota in Central Park. Interestingly there are signs up on the approach to Strawberry Fields that proclaim the area as a "quiet zone" with no musical instruments allowed. But of course once you actually get to the IMAGINE mosaic there were a couple of dudes playing John Lennon and John's Beatle songs on badly out of tune acoustic guitars, which I though was hilarious!

A very happy boy at Yankee Stadium, I saw Derek Jeter play AND the Yankees won!

Part of the memorials at the site of the former World Trade Centre buildings.

A section of the 9/11 memorial at the ladder station immediately adjacent to the former World Trade Centre buildings.