moab Amy: Moab is a cute desert town and a hub for outdoor activities in eastern Utah - from rock climbing, to hiking, canyoneering and...

horseshoe bend bill: horseshoe bend sucks. don't go there. there are so many friggin people crawling all over the place like ants, you...

hoover dam/arizona hot spings bill: we drove out of vegas towards grand canyon and across the hoover dam which was kind of cool, but...

(this will be a climbing-heavy entry, here is a link to the glossary of climbing terms if you need it!) mojave desert we drove through...

los angeles Amy: We’d been told by fellow travellers that Venice beach was one of the best/coolest parts of LA, so we found a quiet...

we are going to start making this blog breakdown more place-based rather than day-by-day since that is becoming a little cumbersome. here...

first, here is last week's video: day 64: san pedrito Amy: San Pedrito beach is extremely long. It starts out rocky where we're camped on...

day 55: guerrero negro to san ignacio Amy: We started the day as dog parents watching Penny, our new friends' cute terrier they adopted...

day 48: mexicali to san felipe bill: we crossed at mexicali, got searched at the border, all worked out okay except we had to pay for our...

day 37: el paso to new mexico bill: today we explored white sands national park which is very cool. the park is in the tularosa basin...

day 30: san antonio bill: san antonio has a very weird vibe. the downtown city centre is empty, devoid of human life, with the exception...

days 23-26: dallas bill: it has been snowing and freezing rain for 3 days straight and they don't have snow plows or salt trucks here, so...

day 16, louisiana: drove into the cajun country swamp outside of new orleans. stayed at a bayou area state park that turned out to be...

first, video from last week: now for the blog: day 9: chattanooga, tennessee chattanooga is one of the premier bouldering destinations in...

since i will likely be using a lot of climbing terminology in this blog, i figured making a glossary of those words would be good so...

bill /amy day iii/ii/i: ottawa/brockville overwhelmingly stressful days packing up our whole lives, cleaning our whole apartment, loading...

well, we are leaving in 3 weeks and we have finally nailed down a rough itinerary, i figured family and friends might be interested! any...

well, I have been working on the van for over a year now, but it is finally done. here are some before photos: as you can see, pretty...

old nice everybody in nice drives a motorcycle and smokes cigarettes, my kind of place hiking to villefranche sur mere cap jean ferat...

took amy scrambling for the first time (climbing a mountain without ropes) on what was supposed to be a "moderate" route up cinquefoil...