Cradled By Giants
Last night we left SF at 3pm. We wanted to cut the 6-7 hour drive to Redwood National Park in half. For the first time we got up close and personal with Sf biggest and baddest landmark, the beautiful Golden Gate. We crossed it heading north, and didn’t take anytime to really take it in. [...]
Big Concrete Titties
Just outside of Death Valley, on the Nevada boarder, is the old town of Rhyolite. It was once a booming gold town in the early 20th century. Like most gold towns after the ore was expended so was the town. 20 years after its rise is was empty. A ghost town. Thats where we went [...]
An Unconventional T-Day
-Today wasn’t like any holiday i’ve ever experienced. We hiked in the desert among yucca brevifolia, drove to an accidental sea, a forgotten ex resort wasteland, ate fast-food tacos for thanksgiving dinner, saw a mountain covered in 100,000 galloons of paint in Gods honor, and slept amongst other nomads in a the last free place [...]
In This Adventure… Slight Miscalculations OR The King of Poop.
As we got off the plane in Phoenix I realized I forgot my jacket under the seat in front of me. The steward, fearing my salmon like approach to its retrieval would cause certain mayhem with the other exiting passengers, went back and got it for me, with my new black winter coat back in [...]
A Hike-Up Hiccup
Finally, the Grand Canyon. Ricky and I had a slight fear that by the time we actually reached this world wonder we would be too jaded to truly appreciate it. But honestly, even after 3 months of traveling and experiencing the most amazing natural beauty that this country has to offer, we were still blown [...]
250 Million Year Old Lumber!
Whats the American road trip without Route 66? On our journey zigzagging all over the country we managed to pretty much avoid it. Which is a shame, but we gotta follow where the attractions lead us. I originally didn’t think we would get to drive on this iconic highway. I knew we would pass over [...]
4 States in 1 Handstand
The first half of the day was dedicated to writing blogs inside the van at a Walmart then posting them at a Mcdonalds. Where would we be without these two establishments? This afternoon took us Southwest through Colorado and into Arizona. We hit up 2 spots on the way, Mesa Verde and Four Corners. Mesa [...]
The Last of the Arches
Today we finished up the rest of our site seeing in Arches national park. We tackled a 7 mile hike called Devil’s Garden and got to see 8 of the park’s Arches, including Landscape Arch which is one of the most famous. In 1991 a HUGE chunk of landscape arch cracked off and tumbled down [...]
Sun up to Sun Down
Got up at the crack of dawn and made our way into Canyonlands under a moonless, star filled sky. The kind you only get when the closest major city is 250 miles away. We hiked the short 1 mile hike to the mesa arch for the sunrise. It was a crisp 20 degrees out and [...]
Blame it on the Rain
So we had our first rain day, well rainy weekend, well It wasn’t raining so bad that we couldn’t do anything, just shitty enough that we didn’t want too. On day 76 we drove across the state in search of a Walmart, we needed supplies and I was due for an oil change, we needed [...]