From virtually zero civilisation down in the canyon we once again hit up the bright lights of Las Vegas. Neither of us are really into gambling, but when you consider the fact that you can get a hotel room in Vegas for less than the price of camping it was a case of ‘why not’. […]

After a quick one night stop over in Vegas (no report yet as we make a return trip so you’ll just have to wait) we drove further into the desert. Past the Hoover Dam and into Arizona we went, still fascinated by the stark landscape and impressed with the sunshine and warm weather. We spent […]

We left Meadow Vista and headed to Lake Tahoe. Winding up and up the mountain to reach the snow line, stopping in the small town of Truckee to gather lunch supplies. From there we drove all the way down the west side of Lake Tahoe. The only problem here was our inability to get close […]

We crossed the state line into California with a quick stop to for officers to ask if we were carrying any fresh fruit or firewood. Having neither in our possession we were very quickly waved on. Unfortunately the sky did not change from its dull grey as we’d hoped and so far it wasn’t ‘sunny […]

Once back in America we headed down past Seattle and Olympia to Millersylvania State Park. It was a little chilly and getting dark so we did a quick set up with the stove inside the tent (a project we sorted whilst in Mongolia). Upon completion it started to rain a little. Thinking we had timed […]

After collecting Maggie we were back on the road. First stop, strangely enough was to head north. Not ideal camping weather but we needed to collect some belongings we had left in Canada and even more strange was the desire to again sleep in the tent! We camped in a small campground by the beach […]