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Successful US border crossing and suburban park downtime.
Failed US border crossing attempt and chicken feast.
A fond “mata ne” to our farm host family.
Last full day on the farm, laundry, home dinner, and bonfire.
Dropping our friend at Fulford Harbour ferry.
Farm work day and birthday celebration.
Yasue Farm work day.
Met friend in Vancouver, then ferry to Salt Spring. First night at the farm.
Reached Bellingham, short visit, then drive to Vancouver.
Departing Haines on the Alaska Marine Highway.
The beginning of our journey back to San Francisco.
Full day in Seward, dinner, acquarium, and camping back at Moose Pass.
Back for seconds at Seward.
Travel day from Homer to Moose Pass.
Boat trip and hiking in Kachemak State Wilderness.
Productive day in Homer.
First full day in Homer.
Travel day with a bit of exploration.
Leaving Denali, stopover in Anchorage.
Last full day in Denali National Park.
Regenerative day in Denali.
Travel day from Anchorage to Denali.
Picking up NEPHRITE from the airport.
City day. Hair cut, dog walk, errands.
Bumming around town.
Morning hike and back to the city for tire repair.
Tire blowout en route to Denali National Park.
Fairbanks to Chena Wilderness for a lakeside aurora.
Errands, cinema, hiking, and boondocking in Whitehorse.
Terrestrial stopover near state preserve and lake.
Leaving the bourgeois ski town.
Travel day to the ski town of Whistler.
Rest day in Vancouver.
Reaching the northwestern-most point in the lower 49.
Rest and refill at a state campground.
Entering Oregon state.
Short travel day toward the Oregon border.
Visiting a friend’s homestead near Humboldt.
Beautiful drive along the pacific coast.
Visiting friends in Sebastopol.
Back to the bay area.
Heading to Vietnam for a wedding.
Intercepting nomadic friends in Cambria.
Border crossing and picked up Starlink dish.
Slow progress to the north on difficult roads.
Dropping ARTURO at La Paz airport.
Morning beach reflection and continuing toward Cabo Pulmo.
We retrieve MOKU’s body and cremate them ourselves at the beach.
With MOKU in Saint Diego’s hands and no way to help, we try to enjoy the day.
MOKU escaped our rental and was attacked by a dog on New Years Eve.
We meet ARTURO and take a short trip to San Jose Del Cabo before moving into our Todos Santos rental.
Heading south to meet our inbound friend, ARTURO.
Christmas eve festivities with our beach camp neighbors.
Border crossing and rescued from a sand pit.
Bidding adieu to family.
From friends to family.
Arriving at a friend’s in Tempe.
Slow progress and evening at a rest area.
Relaxing day and bizarre evening.
Near death experience in Santa Fe National Forest.
Running errands and a bit of cafe time.
Bidding farewell to the earthships.
Bouncing around town and a visit to the longest continuously inhabited pueblo.
Into the land of art and pueblos.
Relaxing campground day.
Exceedingly boring drive through the north of Texas.
Back on the road. Bypassing Tulsa.
Heading to Fayetteville for some van repairs.
🎶 Walking in Memphis 🎶
🎶 Driving to Memphis 🎶
Approaching the Ocoee River.
Journey to the West.
Rolling the credits of Richmond, Act 2.
The return of MOKU. Driving to Richmond.
Peppering the neighborhood with “Lost Cat” flyers.
Vacation rental, MOKU disappearance.
Detour to deal with a minor health issue.
Crashing near the interstate, evaluating a potential health issue.
Staking out on our own again.
Visiting family at a childhood home.
Beach walk and processing with mom after grandma’s passing.
Beach day with family.
Back to Florida for more family time.
Traveling on the anniversary of the WTC attacks.
Short trip to Paris.
Flight to the island.
Heading to Greece with a stopover in Atlanta.
Reconnecting with family.
Making extensive use of the air conditioner.
Kicking it in New Hampshire.
Heading back to nature.
Finally, a permanent licence plate!
Resuming our quest for permanent licence plates.
Visiting family and catching up with the Mormons.
Spending a night outside of Mammoth.
Headed to Mammoth for hotel night.
Cruising into the Sierra Nevadas.
Leaving our forest home.
Day trip to Hetch Hetchy reservoir.
Hidden Treasure.
Finally leaving the San Francisco bay area.
Visiting friends near BART.
Back to Base Camp.
Back to the Sunset.
Back to Pacific Heights.
Back to the city.
Father/son camping trip with MOKU.
Heading for the suburbs!
Moving to the Sunset.
Moving to Potrero Hill.
Back to Albany base camp at Chez ARTURO.
Visiting our friend and her pup in Fremont.
Weekend trip to SLO.
Back to the city for some Page Street boondocking.
Moving to east bay Base Camp.
Settling into the Richmond district.
Crashing with our close friend in Pacific Heights.
Moving from Buena Vista to Central Richmond.
Morning walk to Alamo Square Park and storage runs.
Storage run and Sunset hang.
Multiple storage unit and donation runs.
Didn’t leave the apartment.
Back to our San Francisco apartment.
Travel day, then dinner with brother in Las Vegas.
First night sleeping in the van.
Delays and cruise control issues keep us in Denver for an extra night.