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When In Vegas

When In Vegas

  • Day 102/103
  • 15,075 miles
  • Las Veags, NV
  • Dec 1, 2011

The city of sin let us in! Although we don’t like gambling, we don’t go clubbing, I don’t drink and Jillian doesn’t like prostitutes. Las Vegas really isn’t our type of city, but we had to go see it. But before we end up there, let me tell you about some roadside art we found [...]

Tags: Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction, Urban, Video 0

Pop Culture Friday

Pop Culture Friday

  • Day 97
  • 14,554 miles
  • Cabozon, CA
  • Nov 25, 2011

We survived the night at slab city. Today we will end up in San Diego. At Salton sea we are pretty far south and kinda close to the SD but i’,m not driving that way because the drive is along the boarder and I’m not i the mood to be stopped and searched at every [...]

Tags: Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction, Urban, Video 0

An Unconventional T-Day

An Unconventional T-Day

  • Day 96
  • 14,330 miles
  • Slab City, CA
  • Nov 24, 2011

-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 [...]

Tags: National Park, Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction, Video 2

Good Bye Red Rocks. Hello Saguaro Sunset

Good Bye Red Rocks. Hello Saguaro Sunset

  • Day 90
  • 13,707 miles
  • Sedona, AZ
  • Nov 19, 2011

First I’d like to say sorry for the wait. Its been 7 days since we our last post. That’s just irresponsible. Today, we left whats been our home for the past 5 days, we weren’t glad to see it go but we we’re glad to be moving on. On a trip like ours the excitement [...]

Tags: Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction, Scenic Drive

4 States in 1 Handstand

4 States in 1 Handstand

  • Day 81
  • 12,564 miles
  • Mesa Verde NP
  • Nov 10, 2011

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 [...]

Tags: National Park, Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction 0

Blame it on the Rain

Blame it on the Rain

  • Day 76-78
  • 12088 miles
  • Moab, UT
  • Nov 7, 2011

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 [...]

Tags: National Park, Ricky, Roadside Attraction 0

Reflective Pics Brov, Believe It!

Reflective Pics Brov, Believe It!

  • Day 71
  • 11188 miles
  • Salt Flats, UT
  • Oct 31, 2011

We are up over 10,000 Miles. Exactly 10 weeks in. Couldn’t be more comfortable. Uck, I don’t feel like writing today. What I lack in writing I’ll make up for in Pictures. This morning, before leaving Salt Lake City, we decided to go check out their main tourist attraction, the Mormon Temple. We spent most [...]

Tags: Natural Landmarks, Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction, Scenic Drive 1

Short and Sweet

Short and Sweet

  • Day 63
  • 9477 miles
  • Rapid City, SD
  • Oct 23, 2011

No, I don’t mean Jillian We shacked up in a hotel in mid afternoon and watched football. We really need to stop this recent hotel habit, it’s costing us valuable relocation money.The less we spend now the more time we buy ourselves later to find jobs and an apt. Early in the morning we hit [...]

Tags: Animals, Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction 0

Tatanka in the Black Hills

Tatanka in the Black Hills

  • Day 62
  • 9430 miles
  • Black Hills, SD
  • Oct 22, 2011

We ordered breakfast from a waitress without front teeth. Then headed north into the Black Hills of South Dakota. Custer state park is home to approx 1500 free roaming buffalo. Nothing is more american then buffalo. Traveling through land that was once owned by millions of these large beasts, we had to make seeing them [...]

Tags: Animals, Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction 0

26,000 year old Megafauna

26,000 year old Megafauna

  • Day 61
  • 9302 miles
  • Hot Sprigs, SD
  • Oct 21, 2011

We took today off and just been playing around the campsite in the rec room on the interenet. Jillian got her resume done. We are gonna need that badly once we reach our final destination. We also went to a local attraction. The Mammoth site. Its an active Paleontological dig site and fossil exhibit. This [...]

Tags: Pictures, Ricky, Roadside Attraction 0

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