Friends and family, 6 months ago today we sold all our earthly belongings, left our home in California and moved into our cozy new home: our trusty steed, the tight quartered Landcruiser. In the last 17,500 miles and 6 months we have grown to love the Landcruiser and its dependable diesel engine even more than [...]
This post will have a bit of everything and a lot of photos… To be perfectly honest the coast of Sinaloa and Nayarit is beautiful, but so far nothing quite compares to what we saw in Baja. Sorry Edmundo. Don’t get me wrong there are awesome places all along the coast, but not quite there [...]
After the long and arduous drive down to Urique it was necessary to sit back and enjoy the amazing views of the towering mountains that stand above the town. The lush tree covered hillsides and big rock slabs jutting out of the top of the mountains are incredibly awe inspiring. We found a great place to stay [...]
We took a fairly nice dirt back-road from Basaseachic to Creel, which is only a few hours away. Creel is, for most, the starting point for trips to the Copper Canyon and is perhaps most famous as being one of the main stops of the famous Chihuahua al Pacifico train (El Chepe). Most of the [...]
With slight fear of being berated, I (Luis) must say I am not a big fan of ferries… there I said it. Most people seem to lay back and enjoy the ride, but I am usually seasick and fairly immobile throughout the ride. In order to leave Baja California and continue our trip through Mexico [...]
We love food (maybe Luis more than Lacey) and a great deal of this little experiment in travels is for us to experience the regional foods of all the places we visit. We make it a point to eat what the locals eat. We will, on occasion post recipes for any who want to try, [...]
After an uneventful border crossing we visited our friends at BajaRack in Ensenada. A few months ago we attended an event dedicated to like minded vehicle based travelers called Overland Expo. At the Expo we camped next to the BajaRack exhibit and after our four day stay Sergio, the owner of BajaRack was kind enough [...]
Some of you may remember the August 16th post in which Luis recounted his “running out of gas when in reality he had a full tank of gas incident.” Well, this post revolves around a series of similar incidents that have happened/ been caused by Luis… First and foremost is the “near expedition killer”: while [...]
After our whirlwind tour of southern Utah and the Grand Canyon we spent a night in the very touristy town of Sedona. It is an interesting town (when you leave the touristy areas) in a beautiful setting. It is funny how a place that is renowned for its beautiful scenery winds up having all the [...]
From New Mexico we entered the state that claims to have everything bigger: Texas, Tejas… Man it sure seems bigger in all respects especially size! We drove and drove for what seemed like days to make it to our Lone Star destination: Austin. At Austin we continued our new tradition of crashing at friends houses, [...]
