North & Central America

This is the first part of our adventures travelling around the world. This trip is in our Toyota 76 series LandCruiser. Lue lisää

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Casa Sánchez 2 - dinner
7. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
It turns out that Leadville is busy on a Friday night. So no tables at our first choice restaurant, so we opted for Mexican instead. Although we both had enchiladas which I'm pretty sure aren't traditional Mexican, but more Tex-Mex. But it was still really good. Oh and a free shot of tequila at the end!Lue lisää
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Motel - Columbine Inn
7. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
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Laundry again
8. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Exciting times!
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MatkaajaIs that a Spanish fabric conditioner I can see?
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Leadville
8. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
The highest town in the USA
Some say leadville (like leed or weed) and the correct ones of us pronounce it led-ville
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MatkaajaI favour leed ville personally.
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MatkaajaExactly Dad! James can't even pronounce Yosemite
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MatkaajaLol…well that’s one’s so easy!?
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Matkaajathere's a lot I can't pronounce
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Continental divide
9. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
At this spot, all rivers on one side of you (depending which way you face) run into the Atlantic ocean and the other side, the Pacific ocean.
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Camp #19 - Big B's cider orchard
9. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Whilst looking for campsites, I (James) stumbled upon a working cider orchard/farm that you can camp on. So of course I booked that for tonight's stay!
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MatkaajaThat's my boy x
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MatkaajaHow could you not!
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Hungover? Nah, just coffee...
10. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Morning coffee stop before we hit the road after drinking a little to much at the apple orchard.
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP
10. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We wouldn't recommend visiting this national park. It was cool in passing, but not a lot to see.
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Camp #20 - 4J+1+1 rv park
10. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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Ouray hot springs
10. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
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Silverton
11. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
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Mountain Village to Telluride
11. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
We took a gondola from mountain village into Telluride
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Camp #21 - Alta Lake
11. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Another free camp ground. This one we had to take a 4 mile off road track to get too!
It got cold, around minus 5c at 7am. The off road track to get to/from the camp ground was very sketchy. You really needed a 4x4 with high clearance to get there (which of course we do) but it was a bit bum clenching at times. So big steep drops and large cambers.Lue lisää
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Matkaajalooks stunning though!
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Matkaajaoh it was worth it. although the drive was scary in both directions 😂
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Matkaaja😂😂
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Camp #22 - Sun camp in Moab
12. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Sun campground in Moab. This is a chain with 4 camp grounds around town. It had a pool but we didn't use it.
It was an expensive site at around $60 for the night.
Frustratingly we were woken up at 6am by the bin collection and it was on a main road so we could hear cars all night.

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James knocked his drink everywhere.
12. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
I knocked my glass of water all over me and the waiter...
The burgers were good though. The hostess was terrible.
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MatkaajaBut most importantly, you missed the 🍔 x
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Mountain biking - Falcon flow
13. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
We rented bikes from a shop called Bike Fiend and got a lift up to ride down the trail Falcon flow. It's very different to any mountain biking I've done in the UK. More up and down and a lot less "flow" than the title of the trail would imply.Lue lisää
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Camp #23 - Upper drinks Moab
13. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After our biking adventure we headed to find a camp spot as it's first come first serve at most camp sites here. We (Laura) we smart for us to do this! As all night people have been turning up from both directions trying to find a camp spot and there are none left!

We got here, setup our tent and a couple of camp chairs to hold our spot and make it clear we are here. We paid the fee and then headed back into town.

This spot is along the Colorado River and was a nice spot for the evening. We're next to the main road within this park, but considering how loud last nights camp spot was, this will be much better and I'm sure the traffic will quieten down as the night goes on and people finish their hikes

Oh I also bought a new gas bottle today. This is a refillable one. We've been using small disposable ones. This one holds 11x the amount of gas and costs as much as 1 small bottle for 11x the gas. Plus we're less likely to run out so that's good!

After returning to camp, I cleaned the solar panels and popped up half the tent to get the last of the sun on them to charge up the batteries before sunset.Lue lisää
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MatkaajaSo practical James!
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Stealing showers (kinda)
13. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After our mountain bike session this morning we both really wanted a shower. Unfortunately our new caml spot doesn't have any showers, so knowing the code for the shower blocks at the old camp site, we headed into town to use their showers and freshen up before settling down for the night at the new camp ground.
Basically I'm just using the shower I didn't use yesterday right?

Oh and we used their flushing toilets as well!Lue lisää
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MatkaajaLuxury!
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Laundry in Moab
13. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Not only did we to back to the camp site for a shower, but we also used their laundry room (I mean, I did pay for the laundry, they just had the facilities, so no one loses here)
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Testing a new gas bottle!
13. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Before we left the UK, I ordered this custom gas bottle holder from a guy we met at the Overland show. But I haven't been able to buy a gas bottle up until now.
In this camping and outdoor shop, they had a couple of options. I tried two out. The one I wanted was the smaller 5lb bottle, but it was too small for our holder, so ended up with the larger 11lb bottle.
For reference we've been using these disposable/single use gas cylinders which only hold 1lb of gas.
We've only used a few so far, but now we can hopefully just refill this up when we need too, and it's much cheaper.
11lb of gas was $10.50
Where as its around $8 for a 1lb gas cylinder.Lue lisää
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Dead Horse state Park
14. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Another Park we visited.
It was alright 😂 I wouldn't make a trip here especially for it.
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Car wash!
15. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Finally washed our home

How long will she stay clean for?
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MatkaajaNot long if you are in dusty Arizona 😂
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Camp #24 - Needles Outpost Campground
15. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Home for the night. On the outskirts of the national park. So Internet or phone service. Quiet!
Although I flew the drone which really wasn't quiet, so may have annoyed a few happy campers
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Matkaaja Lovely photo 😊
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Matkaajawe've been blessed with some great sunsets 😁
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MatkaajaYou have - I love a sunset - but yours have been pretty spectacular out in the wild! X
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Store - Gearheads
16. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
There's a little outdoor gear store in Moab called Gearheads. This is where I got my 11lb propane cylinder from, but they also do free water refills which I thought was pretty neat.
The guys at the store were really helpful and let me open up some boxes and take stuff out of the store to try different gas bottles out until I find one I liked. Really helpful, super trusting and all round, just thankful for the store and the free water!Lue lisää
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Camp #25 - Gooseberry
16. lokakuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Gooseberry camp ground. With 14 spots and a group camp site, we rocked up and are the only ones here! Well except the cows.
It got cold quickly though, so diésel heater setup around 7, a few laps around site to get some steps in for today and then into the lovely warm tent around 8ish to look at some photos taken on the camera on the ipad.
The cows quickly disappeared when Laura started cooking the burgers though.
Oh and Laura found some mice in the toilet late at night. But by the time I got there to help they had gone.Lue lisää
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