California – San Francisco and beyond

by | Jun 22, 2012 | USA

    We enjoy the coast road to San Francisco but the GPS delivers us to the wrong end of Lombard Street.  It’s on one side of the crooked part of the street and we are on the other. The ride through the city is surprisingly easy – except a small traffic jam...

Arizona – the Overland Expo

by | Jun 14, 2012 | USA

Overland travellers and great friends The Overland Expo is a place for motorcycle riders and four wheel drivers to see the latest gadgets on offer and to catch up with friends. We were pleased to be able to introduce Brook and Lieschen to some of our old buddies....

Heading west – Texas to Arizona

by | Jun 13, 2012 | USA

    On our own again we headed west – first stop Big Bend National Park via the German town of Fredericksburg that’s claim to fame is that the town’s founders signed a treaty with the local Indians and it was never broken – a rarity in the US.    ...

Texas – Ride for the Fallen

by | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized, USA

May 5 Australia’s Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance is modelled on the Texan Ride for the Fallen. We’d planned our arrival in the States to take part in this ride.   Ian Marr even hired a Harley so he could ride and 20 NSW police flew in for the ride.  ...

Texas – our first stop in the USA

by | Jun 6, 2012 | USA

    April 28 we crossed from Nuevo Laredo Mexico to Laredo Texas. The border crossing was manic with hundreds of Mexicans crossing on foot to shop in Texas. Once we got to the Homeland Security office the paperwork didn’t take long and we were in the USA –...