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Coastal Road Tripping: Big Sur, and San Fran to LA…

With hangovers of varying degrees of severity debilitating the group, we treated ourselves to an impromptu and blasphemously crude game of cricket in the campsite’s car park. There was a metal pole for the bat, an empty drinks crate for … Continue reading

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Night Drives and Sledging: From 38°C in the Desert to 4°C in the Mountains in Under Twelve Hours…

In a cunning plan to save a day, we chose to drive the near-700 mile distance between Grand Canyon and Yosemite in a night-drive instead of taking a day to do so. We left the Canyon around 5ish, and with … Continue reading

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One Epic Day: Joshua Tree and Sin City…

We woke dead early (5ish) to try and catch a sunrise described by Rough Guides as ‘ethereal’, and sure enough the golden/red sky appearing behind the peaks the other side of the valley did not disappoint. The wildlife started to … Continue reading

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