California: more discoveries …

After camping and exploring 4 wonderful National Parks (Death Valley, Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon) we headed to the XPCamper factory in Grass Valley, CA. On the way we spent a couple of nights in Sacramento, California’s Capital, to regroup and do some laundry after a week of tent camping. On June 12, 2015 we drove 2…

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Descobrimos o paraíso!!!

Se alguém algum dia disser que o paraíso não existe, mostre este POST a ele… Uma linda baía, mar azul cristalino e uma cachoeira que cai na praia. Pode??? Essa cena é encontrada no Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, Califórnia, Estados Unidos. Toda essa beleza foi intensificada pela luz de final de tarde!    

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Goodbye, USA

Depois de 3 dias em Los Angeles finalmente conseguimos resolver os problemas do Godzilla e pudemos seguir viagem. Como estávamos cansados de tantas idas e vindas a Los Angeles, decidimos dirigir direto e só parar para dormir. No primeiro dia (17/06/15) rodamos quase 929 quilômetros de Los Angeles a Red Bluff (acima de Sacramento); no dia seguinte (18/06/15) rodamos mais 667 quilômetros de Red Bluff a Salem, capital do Estado do Oregon… Ler mais

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Death Valley e Inyo National Forest

No dia 28/05/15 saímos de Las Vegas e seguimos rumo ao Death Valley na fronteira entre Nevada e Califórnia. Esse lugar faz jus ao nome e sozinho é dono de 3 recordes impressionantes: o da maior temperatura já registrada (137 Fahrenheit / 57 Celsius), o do lugar mais seco da América do Norte (chove em média 60 mm por ano), e o do ponto mais baixo dos EUA (282 ft / 86… Ler mais

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Adventurous Weekends, Surprise Visits, and the Dude: Life in Studio City

I told you last time how we were leaving Venice, and our life from before the Big Adventure behind, but I had no idea how fun the next chapter was going to be. That’s why I haven’t written anything in so long! Time is funny, especially for us dogs. One moment you’re playing tug of […]

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Time zones, Mexico and the Baja Peninsula

Firstly, apologies to our readers. This post should have gone up before ‘Culture shock USA – whoops, out of sequence, slap on wrist Jim ! Day 189…30,045 kms (by Jenny) Mexico has 3 time zones. Somehow we missed that bit…

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San Diego – O Local de Nascimento da Califórnia

Os primeiros assentamentos europeus no que é hoje a Cidade de San Diego foram um presídio e uma missão fundados em 1769. Em 1821 San Diego tornou-se parte do recentemente independente Estados Unidos do México, e em 1850, após a Guerra Mexicano-Americana, tornou-se parte dos EUA. A Cidade de San Diego é hoje a segunda maior cidade da Califórnia e oitava maior cidade americana com aproximadamente 1.34 milhões de habitantes na Cidade… Ler mais

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Garota Eu Vou Pra Califórnia

Como o título da música de Lulu Santos, De repente, Califórnia! Depois do nosso pequeno problema com o Godzilla e de um divertido jantar com o Gerry e a Sandra, saímos de Phoenix hoje (08/05/15) pela manhã e seguimos para o terceiro maior estado dos EUA, logo após o Alasca e o Texas, a Califórnia.   Essa não é a primeira vez que passamos por esse estado, mas na última vez que estivemos na… Ler mais

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Jumbo Rocks – Joshua Tree National Park

Great piles of boulders are strewn across the landscape, creosote and ocotillo reach toward the clear blue sky, and spiky Joshua Trees dominate the horizon. We’re in the Jumbo Rocks Campground for one night bound for Arizona by motorcycle. California’s Joshua Tree … Continue reading →

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Van and Casa upgrades

I can’t believe Juan hasn’t posted photos of the van. Here he is, in all of his restored glory. It is pretty unbelievable how shiny and new it looks. You would never guess where it’s been! The color is pretty…
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Dogtown Daze

After we packed up and left Jason’s family behind in Oceanside, it was finally time for our triumphant return to Venice. This was the last place we called home before packing up the camper and leaving on the Big Adventure, back in the days before Maya, before border crossings, basically before everything I had known […]

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03/26/2015 – 630 days/52769 miles

After Death Valley, I headed further south to make my last stop in California…Joshua Tree.   I spent a few days hiking around the park, and another day riding around a few of the dirt tracks. Immediately after leaving the … Continue reading →

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Arizona Loop Overview

Arizona is wildly different from top to bottom, and east to west. For those who haven’t spent much time exploring the Grand Canyon State, it seems easy to sum up Arizona with the iconic canyon and a desert with Saguaro cactuses, … Continue reading →

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Reunions, Regulations, and Repairs

Our last morning in Mexico dawned cold and wet, with heavy, chilly rain pounding the roof and turning the campsite into mud. As you can imagine, all I wanted to do was huddle under the covers and wait for the sun. Victoria and Jason, however, were eager to get our last border crossing handled, so […]

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Pacific Coast Highway – Monterey to LA

This is the west coast mother-road, the one everyone talks about. On the 10th day of our Pacific Coast Road Trip, we got to the famous California Section of the Pacific Coast Highway from Monterey through LA. After an incredible trek in Yosemite and … Continue reading →

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Napa and Sonoma

with great friends!   Healdsburg seemed tough to beat, but we knew are friends were arriving in sonoma before sundown and we woke up excited to get underway.  We managed to squeeze in a coffee and an early morning wine tasting before leaving the square…but otherwise we were in a …

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North of SanFran

we’re getting close!   After the 17 mile drive, we head north toward san francisco looking for Half Moon Bay.  We had a welcome invitation a while back from Christian and Persephone, who we haven’t connected with since the Maya Rally on our way south.  Christian was actually the one who …

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Finally—Heading south like we’re supposed to!

When people enquire as to what we are doing as we aimlessly drive around the Americas we tend to respond with: ‘We’re driving from Alaska to Argentina’. Those in the know often respond with ‘Oh, so you are driving the PanAmerican Highway then?” To which we typically respond with a shifty sideways glance and say […]

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SoCal Coast

and elephant seals… We finally get the bus back together after a new clutch, a new brake line and other bits and pieces and we pull out of the mechanic sounding not much better than we started.  That said…the bus stops when we hit the brakes, which is a win.  …

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Hiking Half Dome – Yosemite National Park

We are on the rim of the immense glacier carved valley in the bright sun and wind, gripping steel cables through rubberized gloves, barely balanced on an arching back of pale granite, breathing thin air that catches in our lungs if we inhale too … Continue reading →

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