Challis

Though they traveled the Pan-American on motorbikes, Paul and Camille have joined the Westy-nation. We followed them north to Challis Hot Springs (and no one broke down!) We did have to slow down through a cattle drive. Idaho keeps surprising me. We were happy to finally have some sunshine. And happy to make some more read more

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Smoky Mountains, Appalachia, Blue Ridge Highway and Hot Springs

The man in the uniform approached us briskly. We hesitated, thinking surely he wasn’t looking for us! But apparently he was…… “Hey, are you the slowcarfasthouse people? I’ve read some […]

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Wolves at the door

Sure, we only had a few days left on our US Visa, but it would have been poor form to leave without visiting Yellowstone National Park. So we took another detour. As it happened, this was the last weekend that many of the roads in the park were going to be open. Everything was winding down […]

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We Have Bear Spray

Dan “You have bear spray right?” asked Eric. In unison we replied that we did not, but we had a […]

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UnBoliviable

Jupapina, nr Mallasa, Bolivia [by Paula] Not for the first time, I was sorely tempted to get down on all fours and lick the ground. Could it really be a 12,000sq km blindingly-white desert of salt we saw before us? It was reminiscent of one of those movies where they try to depict...
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