We left Lorella Springs just after 8 am and headed for Cape Crawford located at the intersection of the Carpentaria and Tablelands highways. Here we refuelled and headed south to the Barkly Homestead where we thought we might have to spend the night. However we made good progress on the onelane sealed Tablelands Highway and it was only 3 pm when we got to the Homestead so after a brief stop
Day 11 Trinidad CA to Coburg OR
Dressed in full leathers again this morning. Not much sightseeing today other than what we saw from the bike which was quite a bit. We finished up the ride up the California coast and saw the last of the Redwood Forest. On the way we went through elk country they was about 50 mostly does on one sideof the road just grazing right. As we went a bit further saw two big bucks grazing on the ed
Burnt shoulders and big grins.
So here we are sitting in Riohacha in part of the northern most region of Colombia burnt hot but smiling. Wow there has been much adventure since I last wrote in Bogota and we have travelled quite a way. We caught a bus that was meant to be 8 hours but was closer to 12 to Bucaramanga not arriving until about 10pm. This was probably not the best idea we holed up in the closest hostel we coul
Coconutty
So for those of you following along we had just left Taganga to make our way to Parque Nacional Tayrona The entry was surprisingly gruelling after two bus rides we arrived at the gate. The guide book said it was about a 3km walk to get in so we decided to skip the taxi and walk it ourselves. The first 3km was quite easy just walking along a smooth flat road although slightly uphill. It was ho
The Starting Line
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday and today the first day of my 23rd year of life I began walking... A LOTI started at KMo's place off of Campus Court in Abilene. She had been letting me sleep on her couch for weeks. I put on my pack and started to walk to a few key points in Abilene before I left. Starting with ACU right across the street to get a new school ID. Then to the Bank of Americ
Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas I spent the Friday with Daniel in the historic city center watching the parade for easter. We also went up to the Panecillo and in the rain down. We had to hurry to get the bus to Esmeraldas. We all slept in the bus but we arrived at 1am in the night to Esmeraldas so I was damn tired. We took a taxi from the terminal which got stopped by the police because it went to fast on a roa
James Masha Steve and Josh
Waking up in Merkel was pretty easy. I didn't want to TRY to sleep anymore so I was dressed packed and on the road at about 7. The morning was a wonderful temperature to start hiking and I made a lot of distance by 11ish am I'd guestimate 2025 miles west on I20 toward Sweetwater.Then a white dodge pick up drove past and the driver gave me a goofy look. He looked familiar so I watched
Cuzco and the Sacred Valley
Monday 28.6.2010 day 257Cuzco and the Sacred ValleyWe had a very early flight so we got up at 230am and got the taxi to the airport at 3am. When our flight was ready to leave they announced that the flight was delayed due to bad weather. Our flight eventually left 2 and half hours late. We had sent an email for a taxi pick up but they said they did not read it till it was too late. So we got a ca
Birds Snakes Armadillos
Josh dropped me off at a WalMart that was kind of close to I27 around 845 am. He was already late to work so it was the best he could do. I went in and bought some supplies and food. After a eating a hearty breakfast that consisted of a fuji apple 2 yogurts and 2 kashi bars I started making my way through Lubbock to I27.Once on I27 I hiked to New Deal and took notice of all the dead ani
Day 6 Cambria CA San Francisco Petaluma CA
Happpy Canada DayToday was a very long day of riding and most challenging. We left paradise moonstone beach this morning and started to work our way up the coast highway I say work because it seems like a workout with all the twists and turns and gearing up and gearing down. My wrist is sore from working the clutch today. We stopped at Ragged Point for an early morning latte and had some
Frontgaurd and Disc Golf
I didn't do any traveling today. My legs and feet need rest and it was Cole's day off so we started the day going to walmart so I could buy flea shampoo. On the way back Cole bought me a really good breakfast burrito from his favorite place in town Oscar's. It was yummy but a little weak on the amount of bacon... jus sayin'...I threw all my clothes and sleeping bag into the washer with a li
Grand Tetons and Great Wildlife
Gena and Bob fixed us all a hearty breakfast of sweet rolls bacon and scrambled eggs with sausage. What a feast After breakfast we set out to see Grand Teton National Park. Our first stop was Willow Flats where last night we caught our first glimpse of elk in the distance. This morning nothing so we went on.We turned onto Teton Park Road and stopped by the Jackson Lake dam where we watc
S har vi prvet det med
I dag har vi testet Peters kreegenskaber og bilens. Vi er ogs sikre p at ingen af os 4 har tendens til kresyge. Vi fik ret tidligt p dagens rute mulighed for at kre ind p U.S. Route no 1. Det var vi nd til at prve. Vi var bare ikke klar over at de frste mange miles af ruten bestod af bjergkrsel i hrnlesving. Det var spndende og det gik rigtig godt ikke hurtigt men godtEfter h
Komodo Benidorm
Let op er zijn 2 pagina's voor foto's.Waar waren we gebleven Na de overwinning van oranje tegen Japan zijn we direct aan boord gestapt van de Parama boot deze slowboot met aan boord jonge kinderen en Fransen... dit volkje trekt elkaar aan als vliegen op stront en je vind jezelf niet snel tussen een groep Fransen terwijl je lachend over de grond rolt van de gemoedelijke saamhorigheid. De Frans
Sac Dam
Just a quick update for the Sac trip today. The level was still high although a bit lower than last week. We had a pretty big group 18 all told with a bunch of new people getting their R1s today. They all seemed pretty enthusiastic so hopefully we'll see them out on the rivers again. I took my open canoe up and paddled it a bit. Peel outs worked fairly well in the OC and I was successful
From 107 degrees to 49…
Wow what an astounding couple of days I felt Jodys' summary of our time in Las Vegas was a little depressing so I might need to add a little to it . It truly is a sinful place but it was beautiful. After all if sin presented itself as ugly who would want to participate in it That being said it was unbelievable the hotels and casinos were so ornately built and furnished it was like be
Well I’m Never Going to Be a Fashion Designer but I love sleeping on boats
HOI ANWell this town is the main place that everyone talks about getting all of these crazy amazing clothes made.. from scratch or from random pictures printed off the internet. Christina made these amazing shoes from the depths of her creative mind Becky made this beautiful dress for her cousin's wedding and Jade made a pair of leggings and a lacey black dress. Jade was the only one that walk
Week 5 Dunedin Queenstown
Week five in New Zealand started with a tour of the Cadbury's Dunedin Chocolate Factory. We turned up at the factory and luckily managed to avoid the coach load of japanese tourists complete with oversized camera lenses and tripods who went in just before us Our tour guide for the day was the lovely Debbie or ''Debbie does Dunedin'' as we named her We had to wear lovely hair nets and also bea
six days to go
Well i wrote that i wouldnt write until we set off from vancouver on our bikes but that would be a mighty shame because vancouver deserves writing about it really does. After my last post i headed out into the city hoping to meet up with my old freind Al...... I met him and it was beautifull we hung at his place played songs for each other and then went for a stroll on the beach and a beer
Leaving
Bittersweet adj. bitersweet pleasure mingled with pain or regretWoW today is finally here. We are officially on our one year off. We left Spruce Grove today at 200 pm and are here in McBride B.C. Today is bittersweet in that this day is finally here but another important day for us and many others is also here or it is imminent. Today marks an exciting day for both of