Inuvik to Ushuaia
Phoenix to Tucson: SHAKEDOWN Brrrrr!
I don't think we expected the cold to follow us from Colorado, but we found out! The first day out from Phoenix was an easy day with an easy desert campsite. But the next day we got caught by the afternoon rain (and hid out in a motel). But the third day was all a gradual climb, with gradually increasing (cold) rain until we finally bailed into the desert beside the road as dusk approached. It was so cold and wet! We just huddled and tried to warm up and never did cook dinner. And in the morning I didn't ever get the courage to get up and fix the coffee like I do every morning. Nancy had to seize her role as Chief Courage Officer and get up and do all that. Finally we dragged out, and the final ride into Tucson wasn't really all that bad. But we sure hope it doesn't rain that much all the time!
To add insult to injury, I had *two* flats on the way from Oracle Junction into Tucson. That's the number of flats I had in the entire 4700 miles we rode from June to October. What's up with that?
We're enjoying a couple of fine rest days with great friends here in Tucson, and catching up on a little bit of work.
Shakedown Ride: Still kicking around Tucson
Well, here we are again, on the road again. We arrived in Tucson on Thursday of last week and here we are on Tuesday still in Tucson but we are on the southern most part. We enjoyed a wonderful stay with Caroline and Mary in their beautiful home near Sombrero Point. The stay was useful as we got to get the last last kinks worked out of gears and backs. I had to go to the chiropractor to straighten out my back and to the dentist to check out the tooth from hell which I had pulled three days before we left Denver. The visit was also wonderful to share their home and friendship. And we got to watch the Super Bowl. Go Bears! read more here... lee mas aquí... »
Into Mexico
We are in Magdelena de Kino. We rode 68 miles yesterday through - from
Patagonia through the border crossings to Imuris, Sonora, Mexico. What wonderful folks.
All sorts of people giving us waves and friendly beep and calling out from
the side of the road. The Nogales border crossing from Mexico to the
United States was had a line of semi trucks three deep and miles long waiting
to get into the USA. We got so many waves and beeps and whistle it was
almost embarrassing but I still kind of enjoyed the attention.
As evening approached we got looking for a place to camp for the evening a
guardian angle appeared. This American from Tucson stopped by the edge of
the road to say hi and ended up escorting us to his house 20 miles away.
He drove in back of us with his lights blinking and flashing. Our private
support vehicle. Bill is truly an angel. read more here... lee mas aquí... »
Camping in the Sonora Desert
Riding along the four-lane divided highway that is Highway 15 I was thinking about some of the things I like about Mexican drivers. Two things I like:
1. The Mexican drivers do their absolute best to give us some space on the road. The truck drivers try to move over as soon as they see us (and there are two lanes in each direction, so it works most of the time).
2. Mexican drivers know how to use their horns to communicate, not just to irritate. They have one honk to say "watch out" and another to say "go for it" and yet another to say "hey -what a beautiful woman!"
Camping at the rural police station
We stayed a police station last night. Evening came, and dark was nipping at our heels as we came to a intersection of two roads. The store and the gas station were the only thing around and they were both closed. The man with the little hot dog stand was closing up but had four hot dogs for sale which we gladly purchased and greedly wolfed down.
In the dark we noticed another building with a TV playing and a police car in front. We went to the door and knocked. We asked permission to camp there at the police station, a very safe place to stay.
Two of the policement asked if we needed anything.. I said yes - I would like two cans of beer. They went to the town many miles away 45 minutes later drove back with their lights flashing. The beer had arrived.
There are 5 guys who live at the station for a week to ten days, 24 hours a day. They make 100 dollars a month. Wow. read more here... lee mas aquí... »
Site Navigation - Our Various Trips
Here are links to our various trips - we've taken the links off the front page so it can concentrate on the current trip.
Our Big Trip - Arctic to Antarctic, Canada to Argentina, North Pole to South Pole
- Canada: Inuvik to Victoria (June-August 2006) blog triplog route photos
- USA West Coast (Washington, Oregon, California (August, September, October 2006) blog triplog route photos
- Mexico (starting in Arizona) (January 2007 - ???) blog triplog route photos
Older Rides: Central Mexico (2003)
blog triplogOlder Rides: Great Divide down to Copper Canyon (2003)
Older Rides: Denver to the Pacific Northwest (2004)
Older Rides: New England (2005)
Big Trip Photos: Latin America 2006-2009
- Nancy's Art or (as a slideshow).
- We also have our favorites from the trip here.
- Canada Photos - Starting from Inuvik
- USA West Coast Photos
- Mexico:
Contact Information
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Our phone number is +1 303.241.7711, but you can also call our SkypeIn number at 303-731-3611 - it's a little easier for us. Our Skype username is randyfay.
Our physical address is:
1340 Zenobia Street
Denver, Colorado 80204
USA
But we're not home right now!
Website Updates - Hope you like it
We re-did the website - Hope you like it! You can now get to lots of things on the links up on top. Some of the changes:
- Info from all of the trips is available in order if you want it that way. It's kind of hard to read everything backwards! So for example, you can choose "Canada" from the top of the screen and read about our Canadian adventures in order.
- Buttons on the top lead you to the most-commonly-requested articles.
- I added a "Contact" page in case people want to get in touch with us.
