Rocks, history and how not to navigate a colonial town

After our time in Durango, we were craving a little outdoor time, some peace and quiet to enjoy the clear skies and solitude. Luckily, in Mexico, you are never far from a national park of some sort. The Sierra De Órganos National Park was a short drive south of Durango in the state of Zacatecas. As we […]

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The Copper Canyon with questionable maps. Part two.

So how far can two overland monkeys with no maps get exploring the infamously labyrinthine roads of Mexico’s Copper Canyon region? It turns out that they can make it pretty far. The Copper Canyon region actually consists of several different canyons covering an area approximately six or seven times larger than the Grand Canyon in the United […]

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El Fuerte

After a late night arrival on the Mexican mainland, we were slow to get started on the first day of the New Year. It took a quiet New Year’s Day in Los Mochis before we were ready to start thinking about the next stage in our journey.  We hadn’t actually planned on being in this area at all, […]

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Utah. Possibly another planet. Part 2.

Still not convinced that the landscapes of Utah would be more at home on another planet? Take a look at the slot canyons of Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument. These are deep, narrow canyons carved into sculptural forms by flood waters as they sweep through the canyons after heavy rainfall. In our attempt to explore some of […]

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Nevada, not just aliens and neon lights

Since we completely failed to be abducted by aliens in Nevada, we felt it was time for some adventures of a different kind.  First up was a really big dam.  I guess we expected more. It wasn’t as large as we had imagined and what we had really wanted to do was visit the old […]

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The lowest point of our trip

All trips have their low points. This journey is no exception.  Fortunately this particular low point is measured in altitude, not in how many hours we spent plotting to poison each other.  We arrived in Death Valley after the worst of the summer heat… or at least we thought we had. It was still a […]

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