The final few days of our journey could be characterized by dramatic extremes. From the  neon lights and glitz of Las Vegas to the intense barrenness of the Mojave desert. […]

The area of Arizona north of the Grand Canyon is known as the Arizona Strip and is sparsely visited. Of course, this might in part be due to access to […]

Saguaro National Park:  loop ride (East border of Tucson city) Myths about southern Arizona abound. These popularly include:  it’s brown and flat, scattered with cacti, filled with seniors, golf courses […]

Rather than retracing our steps through the San Diego area, we headed east and took the new toll road that parallels the border and goes through Mexicali, where we re-loaded;(Costco) […]

  Ahhh, New Mexico…a state that kinda defies description. It embodies some of the independence of Texas, a strong Mexican influence (50% of the state speaks Spanish), and the artistic […]

While we visited the Amarillo area during the Route 66 part of our eastward trek, we have spent the past 2.5 weeks exploring several other regions of this vast state […]

On our way to a winery in the hills near Comfort, Texas, we inadvertently also drove by the massive site of the future cryogenics village (aka “timeship”) that intends to […]