Clam chowder
11 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Clam Chowder seems to be popular in Monterey (as it is in San Francisco and a few other places). But Laura and I have both never had a Clam chowder in a bread bowl, so we knew that's what we'd beЧитать далее
Monarch Butterfly
12 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Elephant Seal vista
12 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
What a chaotic day. We got up, went to the butterflies and then went to buy a new lens for the camera.
We then bought lunch and food to cook dinner. Drove to a toll road (17 mile drive?), ate ourЧитать далее
Camp #34 - Hearst San Simeon
12 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
We got to our camp spot, went to the camp host to buy some fire wood, turns out they shut at 5:30 and we got there at 5:27. Just in time.
Bought a bundle of wet wood. It really didn't burn well.Читать далее
Amazing,,, From M. Taufik Qurohman - Indonesia https://www.youtube.com/@matematikamenawanhttp://taufik-math.blogspot.com/ [Taufik]
Camp #35 - Refugio State Beach
13 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Camp #36 - Faria Beach
14 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Ventura run
15 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
A run around Ventura, followed by Laura's use of magnets and towels to get changed in the car park in privacy
Camp #37 - Leo Carrillo
15 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We rocked up here and I fitted the roof bars I ran around town looking for today.
Then we headed out, came back. Played some cards. The wind started to pick up, so we called it after one game. IЧитать далее
ПутешественникWhat do the new bars do? Replace old ones or give you extra some? If you had to close half the tent were you sleeping with very little space above you? Scary when it’s windy I imagine.
Surfboard shopping #1
15 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We left our camp site to head down the coast of Malibu to the "Catch Surf" shop.
Surfboard shopping
16 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Yesterday we went to a "Catch surf" shop to look at getting some surfboards. But they were between $450-500each for a 9ft board.
As we had to go through LA the next day, I suggested we didn't get themЧитать далее
Camp #38 - Dana point
16 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
We stayed here for two nights. Got in late from LA with the Surfboards. Setup and went to bed.
We had a homeless woman in the spot next to us shouting random things at any hour.
Oh and theЧитать далее
AutoGlass repair, AutoGlass replace
17 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A couple of days ago we were parked up and then Laura found a small crack in the windscreen. So we are here to get the crack filled in before we need to replace it. As this truck isn't sold in the US,Читать далее
Camp #39 - campland on the bay
18 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Campland on the Bay... What a terrible campsite and our last one in America!
This campsite cost $170 for 2 nights and we were essentially in a car park with a bench/table.
It's a big camp site, onЧитать далее
Bracknell to Baja on a single service.
21 ноября 2022 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Time for a service! Although all we had was the brakes looked at and freshened up and the oil changed. No fuel filter or oil filter changing. Because nobody (not even Toyota) can get the filters asЧитать далее
Trying to leave Mexico
22 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
So I didn't listen to Laura and drove straight past the little hut we needed to stop at leaving the USA to get our visitor visas for Mexico and the temporary import permit (TIP) for the truck... SoЧитать далее
A late lunch in Puerto Nuevo
22 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A load of people we've met over the past couple of weeks had recommended that we visit Peurto Nuevo for a sea food lunch. Driving into the village, it was full of restaurants with people stood outsideЧитать далее
Capital O, Hotel Rose, Ensenada
22 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
A lot of people recommended staying in Ensenada for our first night after crossing into Mexico. Just cross in and don't stop, avoid Tijuana as there's a fair bit of crime there. So we did exactlyЧитать далее
Camp #40 - Don Eddie's Landing
23 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Our first camp spot in Mexico. Cost us $15 USD (280pesos??) and we got 2 welcome beers.
Camp... Bothy?
24 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
We rocked up to a spot that people mentioned you could camp at. But due to the high winds we decided to grab a room here.
Unfortunately the was a light which stopped working as the sun went down. NoЧитать далее
Camp #41 - Campo Archelon
25 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We pulled up to a camp site at a reasonable time for once.
We walked around and found our spot, I let some air out of the tires to drive on down to the beach and we got to try out the levelling blocksЧитать далее
Camp #42 - El Padrino
28 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
200 pesos a night. A quiet little camp ground who did our washing for another 200 pesos?
The camp ground was a short walk away from the town of San Ignacio, which had a few restaurants and was reallyЧитать далее
Camp #43 - Playa Santispac
29 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We were surrounded by people who claim to live in Canada but seem to live down here (snow birds) seems like this is where all the Canadians come for winter.
200 pesos for the night.
A couple ofЧитать далее
Camp #44 - Romanita RV park
30 ноября 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Crammed into a little field! Hopefully we sleep well here before heading down to La Paz
250 pesos a night in Loreto.
Loreto was a nice little town.
This camp site wasn't the best. Working flushingЧитать далее
Swimming with Whale Sharks
2 декабря 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
One of Laura's dreams was to swim with Whale Sharks (neither Whales or Sharks) which we got to do in La Paz.
It was a great experience. We were in a group of 5 who went out, got to swim with theЧитать далее
Camp #45 - Tango Azul
4 декабря 2022 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Tango Azul. A pricer Campground at $35/night. (700 pesos) But it has flushing toilets that you're allowed to flush toilet paper down, a big palapa in the middle of the site with a 6 ring stove andЧитать далее
ПутешественникCould you eat it all? Flowers with your bill- smooze fest!