Crowne Plaza Hotel Mexicali, Baja Calfornia, Mexi

... way street and ran an Alto sign in front of not just one, but two police cars. Neither of them pulled me over.

We then ended up asking a police for help, although my Spanish is poor.

"Hablo ingles?" I asked, meaning "do you speak English?" That is the extent of my Spanish language knowledge. OK, well, I know a bit more than that, but only enough to get my by. Pretty much you can add an "o" or "a" to any word and it will ...

After my class I left at 9:00 a.m. for Price, my hometown, which is where my brother Logan lives with my mom.  It's about two hours away, so I stopped in Price to get him, pack some camping gear, eat lunch, and we went on our way.  We drove about 10 hours to Imperial Sand Dunes and camped there that night.  Just a lot of driving.  Nothing too exciting about that!  

 I will always remember my very first trip I ever took. I was 14 and I went to Mexico with a group of people from Mill Creek Foursquare church on a mission trip to help out in some orphanages. I just loved seeing a different culture and way of life! It's when I knew I had to see the world. I wanted to experience it all. 

 The people in Mexico that I met were all so kind and seemed to love ...

... the hotel claims that male guests who sleep in room 12 always seem to wake happy (we are once again in the straw drawing mode). One more footnote about this hotel, Lawrence negotiated the rooms for an amazing rate (3 rooms for 2 nights for $400) with a guy named Patrick. When Lawrence called the hotel this past Thursday to confirm the reservation and discuss an early entry into the rooms, he was ...

... and knew we would soon lose all sense of anything temperate. Blake is always raring to go on this annual trip. For me, it's harder to leave ... our home, our routine, our animal companions, our work, the familiar and the fond. Nonetheless, we peel ourselves away from what we know and love and head off for an adventure. Now I must be honest, when I say "we" I really mean "Blake" ... for it is Blake that is the adventurer, the ...

... motorcycle and all of our gear from Hermosa Beach, California to the Panama Canal....and back! Our route will take us through Baja California, hugging the Sea of Cortez all the way down to La Paz. From there we will take the ferry to Mazatlan, and continue down the Pacific coast more or less to Panama. Our return route north will be along the Caribbean coast up through Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula, and back up through El ...

... I went to Denny's for dinner. It's the best I could do at the places I had to stop. Physically, I fell pretty good, except for my right knee which started to hurt at about 100 miles in. I plan to take it easy tomorrow to keep it from becoming a problem. I have posted more pics, but I can't get them to appear where I want them. Hopefully, you will be able to poke around and find them. That's it for now...

Had an interesting adventure with faulty MapQuest directions. We got close to the border, pulled a U-Turn so we wouldn't cross the border. We then got pulled over by the border patrol for an "illegal entry". After looking at our directions and finding out we were on our way to a school, we were let off without a ticket. Just a warning suggestion we stay away from the border-crossing. Praise God we made it in time to do the special chapel service.

... something similar..didn't want to push too hard). Said he'd had a rough time of it not speaking English at the time but learny damed fast (maybe thats how I could learn Spanish quickly..just a thought). He kept telling me how much more fun the Economy train was a and especially the capital city of the state Chihuahua which I'm not going to (****! Ay Chihuahua!). I'm a big fan of train jourrneys, always have been. Not in a trainspotting sense but just the ride: watching different ...

... and feeling like an overweight turtle. Tomorrow starts with the quick ride up the coast to Los Angeles on the Surfliner train. The flight has a stopover in Toyko(1hour) and then on to Sinapore. I leave at 3pm on Tues and get to Singapore on Thursday in the very early morning. About 18 hours of total travel time. I will update once I have caught up on my sleep.