| Oct 14 2012: The Hottest Place on Earth We're about 200 feet below sea level. Death Valley is so hot because of the natural basin created by the high valley walls that trap the heated desert air, allowing no outside circulation.
— in Death Valley National Park, California, United States
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| Oct 12 2012: Giants and Yosemite Before the current Highway 101 was built, the wider trucks would graze the edges of the Redwood trees on the Avenue of the Giants, because the road was built so close to the trees. It was easier to build the road around some of the largest trees than cut them down!
— in Yosemite National Park, California, United States
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| Oct 10 2012: The Kindness of Strangers Even though we've been offered accommodations and meals and plenty more while we're on the road, I always marvel at how generous people are to virtual strangers. We made sure we didn't remains strangers, sharing our travel stories with Jean and Don, and learning a bit about their lives and family.
— in Port Orford, Oregon, United States
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| Oct 08 2012: Thanksgiving at Stonehenge! It's Canadian Thanksgiving and to commemorate our ex-pat holiday, we eat a turkey sandwich at Stonehenge! We've been keeping in touch with family and friends over the Internet and social media but it's just not the same as being there with them in person, especially during the holidays!
— in Mount Rainier, Washington, United States
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| Oct 02 2012: Pacific Northwest Vampires We spend the night at a campsite just outside of Forks, and I keep a tent-stake under my sleeping bag in case one of those sun-sparkly vampires mistakes me for a whiny 17-year-old girl named Bella...
— in Forks, Washington, United States
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| Sep 29 2012: RideDOT.com Riders: Seattle Chapter Yaw and Hélène were perfect ambassadors for their city, taking us riding around all of their favorite spots in Seattle, and we ended up eating dripping Cuban sandwiches from Paseo's on the shores of the Golden Gardens beach, watching the sun set over the waters of Puget Sound.
— in Seattle, Washington, United States
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| Sep 27 2012: Farewell Canada, Hello US! US Border Patrol: "So let me get this straight: you don't have a place of residence in Canada, no jobs and you want to come into the United States *and* you can't tell me when you're going to return?!?!"
— in Fort Ebey State Park, Washington, United States
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| Sep 21 2012: Cupcakes and shoes in Vancouver Kevin showed me Gangnam Style on YouTube and told me this was probably the most important thing that's happened in the last couple of months. What... The...?
— in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| Sep 18 2012: Sleepy GSes on the Cache Creek back roads Around the bend I see Neda standing over her sleeping GS. The road switches back on itself as it steeply ascends one of the mountains and the inside line that Neda's taken is full of sand. Her recumbent bike becomes a cautionary tale and I take the outside line...
— in Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada
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| Sep 13 2012: Hot Springs, Buffalo and Crashes The Liard Hot Springs is the second-largest hot springs in Canada. It's still pretty cold out, about 10C, but the waters are 42C in the "cold" pool, and the 52C in the hot one, the constant steam rising providing an eerie backdrop against the bathers in the springs.
— in Liard Hot Spring, British Columbia, Canada
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| Sep 11 2012: Out of Gas in the Yukon All the gas stations are closed and when you're empty, 3L doesn't give you a lot more range, as the gauges on our bikes have barely budged at all after refueling! Then again, GS fuel gauges are notoriously inaccurate. Mine came with a sticker below the gauge reading, "For Entertainment Purposes Only"...
— in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, Canada
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| Sep 09 2012: Chased out of Alaska As we arrive at the campsite, a couple of Eastern Europeans hop out of a rental car at the gas station and ask what kind of tires we were running. Strange question. They told us that it was snowing heavily just an hour east at Destruction Bay! We assured them we were staying put for the night.
— in Beaver Creek, Yukon Territories, Canada
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Jan 25 2018 to Feb 20 2018
South Africa
Lesotho
Japan
Canada
Croatia
Cambodia
Thailand
Ireland
Wales
France
Italy
Scotland
United Kingdom
Isle of Man
Northern Ireland
Austria
Luxembourg
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Montenegro
Albania
Malaysia
Singapore
Laos
Germany
Switzerland
Slovenia
Norway
Finland
Russia
Estonia
Poland
Czech Republic
Belgium
Denmark
Sweden
The Netherlands
Morocco
Spain
Portugal
Peru
San Marino
Ecuador
Colombia
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Guatemala
El Salvador
Cuba
Mexico
Belize
Jamaica
United States
Jan 25 2018 to Feb 20 2018
