Tracing South
Imagine a protected, forested, 2-lane parkway that spans 715 km between Nashville, Tennessee and Natchez, Mississippi. With virtually free camping. Away from the interstate highways. A route that was first […]
Category Archives: Van Gogh
Seriously…
Having sourced out this small theatre in the artsy Marigny neighbourhood of New Orleans, we felt honoured to be supporting Standing Rock while being entertained by some incredibly talented musicians […]
Southern Fun
A strange thing happened as we started heading south through Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee…it got cold. Nights approached or reached freezing and we found ourselves using the heater in the […]
Getting our kicks…
…on Route 66, as per the old slogan. The “Main Street of America” (aka the Mother Road – John Steinbeck) was one of the first U.S. highways opened in […]
Stuart’s Birthday Adventure Game
Following is a series of photos. Your job is to tell us where we were on November 13th, AND, which picture made the penny drop… 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. […]
On Deserts, Red Rocks, and a Really Big Hole
The Desert (aka Joshua Tree National Park, California): This is the living desert. We camped on the North Side and hiked to a panoramic ridge; we camped (actually boondocked) on […]
Alta California Impressions
According to Wikipedia, there are more than 500 songs with “California” in the title. As we were driving towards Big Sur (while we still had radio), a most appropriate song […]
All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey…
Day 4 as we are about to leave Oregon. To this point, we passed through the fall foliage of Washington, the wet of Portland, and the coastal misty skies punctuated […]
On the Road, again
As we prepare for an upcoming road trip with our bikes strapped to our camper van (“Van Gogh”), we are reactivating this blog as a way of inviting our family […]
Never a Dull Moment 