01/19/2015 – 564 days/49882 miles

My time in New Zealand has come to an end. My bike is crated up and ready to be loaded on a boat, bound for Vancouver. While I’m waiting for it to arrive there, I’ll fly back to the US … Continue reading →

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Rather a long way from home

The Sign Post Forest in Watson Lake started in 1942 when Private Carl K. Lindley placed a sign pointing to his hometown of Danville, Illinois. The idea caught on, the ‘forest’ has grown and when we added our little sign (12,681 km to Christchurch, New Zealand) they numbered close to 80,000.  

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Three Years ago

Three years ago, our PanAmerican road trip was just an idea that we hadn’t really made any progress on planning for. But three years ago we were given a big kick in the pants by a devastating earthquake wreaking havoc on our previously peaceful home town. Many people lost loved ones, homes, livelihoods and had their […]

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Three years ago

Three years ago, we were sitting looking over Machu Picchu. Sick of shuffling around like we were in a busy shopping mall, we had opted for hiding from the morning crowds in the quarry. We sat down and scoffed our Snickers bars we had carried with us for just such an occasion. After four days...
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“Georgia on my Mind…”

We have spent a wonderful few days in Brunswick, visiting friends, meeting and making plenty of new ones, and seeing some of the interesting historical sites in the area. Modern day Georgia, acted as a buffer between the English and Spanish settlers in days of yore, when the English controlled...
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Searching for Lamb – South Island, New Zealand

STOP! I think I can get this one! Jim slammed on the brakes as we rounded the bend, startled by my outburst. I leaped from the van, camera in hand, in what proved to be yet another failed attempt to … Continue reading → Searching for Lamb – South Island, New Zealand is a post...
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