by Chris Steeden | Jul 25, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, Nevada
Lake Tahoe – 6,225 ft elevation, 1oth deepest lake in the world at 1,645 ft, 505 sq. meters in area, located inthe Sierra Nevadas – boring, forget the statistics. If placed along side the lakes in Switzerland it would be an equal. A playground for the rich and...
by Chris Steeden | Jul 24, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, National Parks
Leaving Yosemite at the 10,000 ft Tioga pass it was rapid descent to 5,000 ft with an equally proportional ascent in temperature. Yesterday we exited the Yosemite National Park through the west entrance, we passed over Tioga Pass which was 10,000 feet in elevation....
by Chris Steeden | Jul 23, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, National Parks
We departed Carmel, again in the cool weather, following the road north, with the the sand dunes shadowing us for a while, then we headed East. We followed the highway through lush agricultural land till the GPS ” Missy ” thought we needed to travel the backroads,...
by Chris Steeden | Jul 22, 2014 | America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” So wrote John Steinbeck, an author I first read as a teenage but for...
by Chris Steeden | Aug 26, 2009 | America, America 2009, By Mel & Chris, Featured, South Dakota
Deadwood, a town which in the 1800s was known for its lawlessness, and was a frontier Gold town. Deadwood is now the resting place of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickcock. A visit to the No 10 Saloon where Wild Bill Hickcock was shot is a must. We stayed in the...
by Chris Steeden | Aug 16, 2009 | America, America 2009, By Mel & Chris, Featured, Minnesota, South Dakota
Three hours riding south we arrived in the twin cities of St Paul / Minnesota for a day’s visit including St Paul Harley Davidson from where we have bought a lot of our accessories and clothing via mail order. We also visited the Mall of America, Chris was in seventh...
Clairview, QueenslandIn Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Queensland, Queensland
Gin Gin, Queensland – free camp / rest stopIn Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Free Camping, Free Camping Queensland, Queensland
Yangie Bay, Coffin Bay National ParkIn Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, Free / budget camping, National Parks, South Australia