California State Route 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway) covers 1,056km between Dana, just south of Los Angeles, to Leggett in northern California. It is renowned for breathtaking coastal views, particularly through Big Sur just south of San Francisco. We joined it at Los Angeles and followed this very scenic road all the way to San Francisco. We were fortunate! The […]
We were very lucky to find Miles on iOverlander (our trusty app). He has a yard just outside Chinatown in downtown LA and is willing to let international overlanders stayover whilst visiting the city. It was a great location! The number 45 bus stopped right outside (in both directions) and this conveyed us into Chinatown and on to the metro […]
Winter is certainly the best time to visit Death Valley. Like it’s name portrays, this national park is a stark and desolate place. It is both the lowest place in the United States (282ft, 86 meters below sea level) and has the hottest recorded temperature on earth (56.7 ⁰c in 1913). It is hard to believe people once survived here […]