Harris Beach State Park, Oregon
Neither of us got much sleep last night as the wind came up and shook us and our tent all night long! Hmmmm … maybe there are some negative aspects to rooftop tents, such as – you’re a lot higher off the ground, therefore it gets more windy up there!! We headed off early travelling [...]
Nehalem Bay, Oregon
We planned to travel through the USA and hit Mexico fairly quickly so as not to spend too much money in the states ($1 US goes a lot further in Central America than in the US). We travelled through Washington, picking up groceries along the way (we have set ourselves a goal of spending only [...]
Puerto Santo Tomas and Ej Erendira, BC Norte
We headed into Mexico in the late morning – see our next post to read about our border crossing experience. After messing around in the large border town, Tijuana, for a few hours (mostly trying to find a bank at which to cash traveller’s cheques – we were unsucessful by the way, since the foreign [...]
San Onofre State Beach, California
We headed off into California, through the Redwood Forest and the Napa Valley vineyard area watching large eagles circling overhead (oh where oh where is my bird book?). The sun has come out and it’s quite hot. Believe it or not, we’re having a hard time finding out about state parks in California – i.e. [...]
Seattle, Washington
We spent 2 nights with Rose and Pat Miller (Robin’s sister and brother-in-law) in Seattle and had a great time. Rose and Pat always make us feel very welcome in their home, and it was good to see their garden at a decent time of year (rather than the middle of winter when we visited [...]
USA to Mexico Border Crossing
This crossing from USA to Tijuana was quite simple, though it caught us a bit by surprise. After all the messing about, the whole process took us about 2 hours. From San Diego on the I-5 South, you start seeing border signs about 2 miles prior. All of a sudden, the border appears. Expecting to [...]