Hotel Lucerna Mexicali

... We started driving toward that and realized we didn't know whether to go right or left. I still remember him yelling at us "LEFT! LEFT!" And we went on our way.

Finally we were on the right highway toward Tijuana. I've had bad experiences before with not having cash on me, as many countries outside the USA don't accept credits cards as widely as we do and ATM's aren't as available. Not only have I had past bad experiences with ...

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!  

... even though they did not have much. It made me feel guilty for stressing over the smallest problems back home. I learned so much about myself on that trip. It was the first time I realized how different people were all around the world. I was fascinated with all the colors of the cities, how different it all was from Bothell, Washigton. I also enjoyed the strange foods they had, I actually tried ...

Friends, Family, and Co-workers Well it's 9:00 AM and we are currently driving through Yuma looking for an Auto shop. No, we don't need a lube job on the bikes, but we do have a second car in the caravan that has dashboard flashing red warning lights. With today's technology you often can't distinguish between a warning that your windshield wiper fluid is low, or that three of the four bolts holding ...

... us flying by on a road near you ... we'll be the big yellow streak. And now, back by popular demand, today's Full Tank and Flat Tire Reflections: - Blake Flat Tire for the day is the heat! - Blake's Full Tank for the day was the ride down the coast. - Giovanna's Flat Tire for the day was leaving Sophia, Cooper, Molly and Hobbes. - Giovanna's Full Tank getting to see the last night of the Democratic National Convention in English!

... have to wait until Baja for those temperatures...but we were wrong. Riding down from Ventura to our friends' house in Hermosa Beach we found ourselves on the 405 and the outside temp gauge showed 114 degrees!! Jess is used to desert racing and is fine with those temperatures, for me however it was a pretty rude awakening to things to come. The drive from Hermosa to El Centro was beautiful but hot. I think the gauge showed ...

... behind me, but it was much slower going than I had thought it would be. For those of you who haven't taken the backroads through the desert before, believe me when I tell you there is a whole lot of nothing in some parts of this world. I was way past the point where the hoot owls were hookin up with the chickens. In my last 50 miles before I got into town, I was passed by 2 cars. Roads were pretty ...

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.

... flash past, the toot of the trains whistle and the regular rattle and roll. It was a really great journey going through flat grasslands with small local villages, then rolling hills with small waterfalls every 15 minutes, next was rocky hills with big waterfalls every 10 minutes and rivers flowing beside the tracks and finally going 2500 metres up into the mountains with indiginous peoples wearing colourful costumes. The only dampner on the whole thing was the train went ...

May 22- night before I leave. Still packing and repacking suitcase, trying to get everything to fit. Not much room for souvenirs, and this is my new "bigger" backpack/roller suitcase. Just put it on a scale- 55lbs for two months of travel. Sometime during this adventure I know that I am going to fall down with my backpack/suitcase on my back. Then I will be the one ...