October 2008

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october 1 2008 : mineral wells, texas, usa After another day of glorious Oklahoman hospitality we loaded up the bus this morning and said our goodbyes. But before we left the Norman Transcript stopped by the house for an interview. It was just your standard run of the mill interview Who are you? … Read More

September 2008

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september 1 2008 : portland, oregon, usa We boogied right on through Canada this time, stopping only to eat and fill up. It rained pretty much right up to the border anyway. We felt like that Pigpen character who always had the dust cloud following him, only for us it … Read More

August 2008

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august 2 2008 : fairbanks, alaska, usa Deadhorse is the end of the line on the Dalton. The guidebook called it anticlimactic and they couldn’t have been more spot on. The scenery gradually went from rolling green hills full of caribou to a flat expanse of nothingness. The road itself … Read More

July 2008

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july 2 2008 : cluculz lake, b.c., canada Of course three days after giving up on Vancouver Island our readers that live there or in Vancouver write to tell us they’d love to take us out. Problem being that we’ve kept truckin’ on already. Truth is we’ve been itching to … Read More

June 2008

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june 3 2008 : portland, oregon, usa This weekend we drove out to Bend to do some camping. It was about a two hundred mile drive that somehow took Ali and I ten hours to complete. We left Portland on the same route we took to Bend the last time … Read More

May 2008

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may 4 2008 : portland, oregon, usa Today we took the bus for a little drive. We went up to Seattle for a big VW cruise. Not a show mind you, but a cruise. A few hundred buses, bugs, and even a bunch of ugly little street racers, got together … Read More

April 2008

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april 2 2008 : portland, oregon, usa This is going to sound like an April fool’s joke, but today Ali and I had to pull out of the Great Race. Yesterday we brought the car in to the mechanic to have the brakes, shocks, engine, and pretty much everything gone … Read More

March 2008

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march 3 2008 : flagstaff, arizona, usa We’ve been driving pretty hard the past few days, working on getting back to the States and getting ourselves prepared for the race. We stopped for the night about 50 miles south of the border where we had one last roadside taco stand … Read More

February 2008

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february 1 2008 : cholula, mexico, central america Ali and I have got ourselves a passenger. Actually he’s a non-paying, but very grateful and cute little guy who is sure to break our hearts in the end. It started today when we found ourselves on a busy four lane highway … Read More

January 2008

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january 2 2008 : san blas, mexico, central america Ali and I spent New Year’s Day on the beach in Mazatlán. It seemed like the right thing to do. It turned out to be an excellent beach for strange happenings. Actually, a parasailer crashing into the water a hundred yards … Read More

December 2007

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december 2 2007 : mulegé, baja california sur, mexico, central america After kicking ourselves out of our whorehouse bed in the morning we were happy to discover that despite the forecasts the sun had come out. We loaded the bus back up and went down to explore Santa Rosalia. It’s … Read More

November 2007

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november 5 2007 : portland, oregon, usa We’re packing up and getting ready to drive on, after nearly five weeks in Portland. We feel like we haven’t been in one place for so long in years and are excited about hitting the road again. We’ve been finishing things up here … Read More