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vanlafaxine
Jun 16, 2023
week 17: arches, fisher towers, capitol reef
moab Amy: Moab is a cute desert town and a hub for outdoor activities in eastern Utah - from rock climbing, to hiking, canyoneering and...
vanlafaxine
May 29, 2023
week 16: natural bridges, indian creek, canyonlands
horseshoe bend bill: horseshoe bend sucks. don't go there. there are so many friggin people crawling all over the place like ants, you...
vanlafaxine
May 17, 2023
week 15: grand canyon/buckskin gulch/monument valley
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...
vanlafaxine
Apr 30, 2023
week 14: fear and leading in las vegas
(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...
vanlafaxine
Apr 23, 2023
week 13: los angeles, joshua tree
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...
vanlafaxine
Apr 10, 2023
week 11+12: escapar de la baja
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...
vanlafaxine
Mar 26, 2023
week 10: baja california sur II
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...
vanlafaxine
Mar 18, 2023
week 9: baja california sur I
day 55: guerrero negro to san ignacio Amy: We started the day as dog parents watching Penny, our new friends' cute terrier they adopted...
vanlafaxine
Mar 7, 2023
week 8: baja california norte
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...
vanlafaxine
Feb 28, 2023
week 6+7: new mexico, arizona
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...
vanlafaxine
Feb 19, 2023
week 5: san antonio, big bend
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...
vanlafaxine
Feb 12, 2023
week 4: east texas
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...
vanlafaxine
Jan 31, 2023
week 3: cajun country, texas
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...
vanlafaxine
Jan 25, 2023
week 2: the deep south - tennessee, georgia, alabama, mississippi, louisiana
first, video from last week: now for the blog: day 9: chattanooga, tennessee chattanooga is one of the premier bouldering destinations in...
vanlafaxine
Jan 23, 2023
a glossary of terms
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...
vanlafaxine
Jan 15, 2023
week 1: southbound: blue ridge mountains, kentucky, nashville
bill /amy day iii/ii/i: ottawa/brockville overwhelmingly stressful days packing up our whole lives, cleaning our whole apartment, loading...
vanlafaxine
Dec 12, 2022
2 videos and map
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...
vanlafaxine
Nov 14, 2022
van renovation
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...
vanlafaxine
Oct 1, 2022
nice, alba, turin, cinqueterre
old nice everybody in nice drives a motorcycle and smokes cigarettes, my kind of place hiking to villefranche sur mere cap jean ferat...
vanlafaxine
Aug 26, 2022
jasper - scrambling cinquefoil mt, climbing in hidden valley, hiking the tonquin valley
took amy scrambling for the first time (climbing a mountain without ropes) on what was supposed to be a "moderate" route up cinquefoil...
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