On a side trip around Puerto Peñasco Bay, Neil Johnson showed us the dunes and the long beaches along the estuary. Even his 330-horsepower buggy was tested in the soft sand. Backing back down, he made it the second try.
As the sun set over the Sea of Cortez, we watched other dune buggies and four wheelers climb Competition Hill. Neil Johnson’s 330-HP 2.5L Subaru-powered four-seater had no problem rocketing up the soft sand.
It had been many years since we visited Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, just south of the Arizona border. It has certainly grown, with hotels and condos sprouting up everywhere. We stayed with friends in the nearby community of Cholla Bay. There was a good view from Competition Hill sand dune just outside of town.
At the recent 2011 Overland Expo, Gary reunited with many of the Camel Trophy team members from years past. From left to right, Fred Monsees, (US Team Siberia), Gary Wescott, (US Team Journalist), Lea Magee, (US Team Siberia), and Andy Dacey, (UK Team Siberia). Old memories gave us all a smile, remembering winching through the […]
On the map, the blind crossing of the Freemont River looked interesting. During higher water, this entrance into the Cathedral Valley Loop trail would not be advisable. Standing on the cliffs overlooking Cathedral Valley, we could only imagine what Indian Chief might have posed for a million years as wind, rain and snow carved this […]
May 16, 2011: It’s an Exciting Day in Nevada City For the second time in a row, and this time quite by accident due to inclement weather at Lake Tahoe, Nevada City was the impromptu starting point for the annual Amgen Tour of California bicycle race. Of course, we had to walk downtown and witness […]
The Waterpocket Fold is part of the greater Capitol Reef National Park. Between 50 and 70 million years ago an ancient buried fault moved upward and the overlying rock layers were draped above the fault forming a monocline, a nearly 100-mile long warp in the Earth’s crust. The Nortom-Bullfrog road took us along its very […]
The steep trail to the base one of the largest natural bridges in the world, called Sipapu, followed narrow ledges, steps carved into the sandstone, all linked by some well placed chicken ladders. Climbing back up was literally breath taking. The magnificent natural spans in the Natural Bridges National Monument were all accessible by foot […]
While taking sunset pictures in Valley of the Gods, Utah I noticed this strange spirit following me. Was it a God? Every time I moved, it moved. Finally I gave up and took a picture of it. No tip required. Ha….
Wandering across the tortuous 21-mile dirt track through Utah’s Valley of the Gods, we remembered that we had made a waypoint on our Lowrance GPS several years back. Turning off on a well-established ranch trail, we found our exact favorite camp beneath the imposing Castle Peak. This must be one of our most memorable camps […]
