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We left San Diego Monday morning and made our way up a very busy Highway 101 to Los Angeles, a quick stop in Hollywood to get a photo of the iconic sign before heading to Malibu Creek National Park for a nights camping. A couple of things struck me, first Hollywood wasn’t as glamorous as I thought it would be…
It’s been an interesting week for us. The sunshine that welcomed us back to the northwest was simply too good to hold true for long. Last week it was replaced by somewhat a reminder of portland weather- grey and overcast all week. Now it’s just plain cold on top of it and were it not for warm clothing donations from…
We did not plan to drive the Sonora pass. After visiting Yosemite, we thought the Sonora pass was not open yet and we thought we had to drive the CA88 to get to the Eastern side of the Sierra Mountains. We decided to camp at a Wallmart, where after a few minutes a car stopped with a very nice…
Once again this year, we headed southwest to Newport, Oregon and South Beach State Park for the Rogue Brewery’s Memorial Ale Fest. Brewer was the beloved Rogue black lab mascot who worked his way up to CEO. After his death the brewery began throwing an annual doggie brew fest in his memory. South Beach State Park, quite frankly, is…
We have always wanted to spend a month in New York City and with the onset of the rainy season in Central America we had the perfect excuse to spend May there. Arriving there on May 1 it was on a spectacular spring day. To be honest the scariest thing that has happened to us since we left Vancouver and…
We left Santa Rosalia and had quite a long day through the Baja desert to Rosita, including a 200 mile stint with no gas, however we were told in Catavina we could buy petrol at the side of the road, that was correct so we got a gallon each fom the roadside vendor which kept us going to Rosita. All…
15th May 2013 N48° 24.598’ W123° 19.869’ After Medford we wanted to drop by at Crater Lake, about 100 kms NW of Medford along the appropriately named Crater Lake Highway. Everyone who knew that part of Oregon told us it was perhaps the most beautiful lake in north America and definitely worth the trip. But being quite high up in…
2013 brought another year of the Delameter’s dashing for charity at the Oregon Humane Society’s Doggie dash. Over the years we’ve dashed with Sophie, Maddy, and this year our new dogkids Porter & Aspen. Prior to the event they spent their time getting lots of rest in preparation for the sensory overload of coming into contact with over 3000…
Everyone warned us that 2 weeks home and we would be done… That we’d be annoyed with modern society and itching to return to the bus. Maybe because we’re twice as slow as everyone else, but it currently seems like that might take a few more weeks?? Certainly we struggle with some things. Every meal or happy hour with friends…
Last year as we traversed the Southern states of Louisiana and Texas we met up with some wonderful people. Even though we wrote about them here on our blog, for some reason we could not post videos. Well persistence has paid off and we have found a way to get it done. Please watch, share and enjoy our encounter with…
I am not the kind of person that will tell you exactly what kind of gear we bring, right down to the kind of underwear we brought. However, we do want to share those type of gear that we think is either very handy, or not at all. Gear that we use every day or that we threw out. We…
And so it begins… On Sunday Gaila and I uneventfully (for the most part) crossed the Mexican border back into our wonderful homeland – good old U.S. of A. Despite my concerns the US border guards were pleasant and efficient, if not welcoming. Once we turned the corner and started our pleasant ride down the twisty Hwy 94 towards San…
North America-II The Niagara Falls From New York it was for us on towards Canada, the place where our American tour will end. On 13 November 2011, we started our tour on the American continent and now after 546 days we leave it again. It’s a big part of our journey to end. A little melancholy, but also looking…
We LOVED Yosemite National Park. Yosemite is a beautiful, peaceful park, with mountains, rivers, falls and meadows. It made us think about the Austrian Alps a bit, but so much more beautiful. We camped in one of the campgrounds and as it turned out were very lucky to get a site. We arrived at about noon and got the very…
Maybe the best weekend ever. For a couple trying to soak up friends after a long period of time away, a sunny weekend comprised of two “holidays” might be as good as it gets. “Sunny” being the key word, especially after a week spent freezing in our new apartment. Our place is on the north side of the building, which…
We spent the past week in “active bear country” as it was indicated on postings all over the parks. We have been in Sequoia National Park and Forest, in Kings Canyon and Yosemite. Like in all other national parks we were given a little newspaper about the parks at the entrance. Unlike the other parks, a large portion of these…
Ahhh Portland, we have missed you. You are delightfully weird, can be incredibly cheap (unless in contrast to mexico and central america…not counting costa rica), and your aesthetic familiarity feels good. Your streets are filled with beautiful and strange and interesting people, and there are about a zillion places, old and new, that we want to experience within your city.…
We absolutely loved Zion National Park. We came in from the East Entrance and drove through until the campsites at the South Entrance. By that it had gotten a bit cloudy and we could not see all of the mountains. We decided to stay in one of the campsites in the park so that we could go back the next…
Das “One World Trade Center” Jens: Auf dem Blue Ridge Parkway sind wir weiter den Verlauf der Appalachen gefolgt – grandiose Aussichten, Kurven und Natur. Dann kamen jedoch die Städte: Washington und New York. Eigentlich wollten wir uns das nicht antun, aber wir konnten auch nicht widerstehen. Es hat uns nicht geschadet und wir haben es überlebt. Wir haben…
Story: Bobby “The Dogg” Miller / Photos: Bailey Masters You’re damn right I did! The Delaware Water Gap is home to some of the best waterfalls in the Mid-Atlantic and is always an exciting destination to visit. The Water Gap gained popularity around the turn of the century when Hornbecks and Raymondskill Creeks were featured in the highly acclaimed, Oscar…
MEDFORD, OREGON, USA 27th April 2013 N42° 19.410’ W122° 52.155’ No, we didn’t drive over a cliff into the Pacific, the cops didn’t arrest us and lock us up, and so far at least we haven’t suffered any crippling medical emergency. The reason we have been remiss in not getting our latest blog entry out sooner is quite simple. For…
At the time when we visited the Grand Canyon, only the south rim was open. We found a nice advice on the internet to camp just outside of the small village of Tusayan, a few miles south of the Grand Canyon. If you drive up the FR 302, just south of the village, you can camp for free for a…
Barren. The landscape before me is apocalyptically empty en route to Moab. A flash of colour from a hill lures me to trek and discover a crafted flower and a jellyfish fossil. The wasteland undulates lazily into the distance. I foresee a long, unremarkable ride ahead. I love it when I’m wrong. Adjectives begin to fail me as unimagined geographical…
Schräg geht es zur Sache in den Smoky’s Jens: Wir machen uns auf den Weg von Nachtez/Mississippi nach Asheville/North Carolina und sehen mehr von der amerikanischen Geschichte und Kultur als wir erwartet haben. Von der Zeit vor Christoph Kolumbus über die kriegerische Zeit der Besiedlung bis hin zu den Stars des letzten Jahrtausends, der Gegenwart und wohl auch Zukunft.…
Heavenly is one of the largest ski resorts in the USA covering 4,800 acres, with 97 trails, and 3,500′ vertical accessed by 29 lifts, 9 of which are high-speed. The resort averages 360″ snow and 300 bluebird days per year! With huge snow making capabilities Heavenly has a long season with lots of quality snow. With 45% of the mountain…
Depois de conhecer Boston, nosso destino era cruzar a fronteira para o Canadá. Mas esse não foi um planejamento fácil. Pra falar a verdade, foi uma das logísticas que mais deu trabalho! Apesar de Boston ser uma cidade grande, não há muitas opções de transporte para o Canadá. Nós tínhamos três opções: avião, trem ou ônibus. As passagens estavam…
Nós não somos de ferro. Depois de um mês comendo meio mal, abri uma exceção e pagamos um pouco mais para comer bem. Na verdade, para o Luiz comer bem… já que eu não sou fã de lagosta. Ele ama! Como estávamos fazendo a Freedom Trail (que contei no último post), aproveitamos a parada que fizemos no Faneuil Market. …
White sands is a National Park in New Mexico, near to Las Cruces, in the very south of the state. It consists of white sanded dunes where you can drive around in (unfortunately not actually in the dunes, but on a road) and you can hike various trails. On the day we were there, it was very hot and in…
While driving around the United States we camped in many different National Parks, but Bryce is one of our favorites. Set in one of the most amazing natural settings in the world, Bryce Canyon is an outdoormans dream come true. The camping and hiking are out of this world and evenings in camp, watching the astonishing sky show of stars,…
We were interviewed for local Junction newspaper..…