Monument Valley / Mexican Hat / Valley of the Gods We saw Monument Valley from the main road as Big Bertha was too big for the track that threaded through the buttes (flat topped isolated hills) on reservation land. It was very atmospheric and reminded us of the countless times we have seen it on the TV. Further along the […]
Kwaaymii Point We entered the US at Tecate – a small Mexican Pueblo Magico border town. We chose this border as people had told us it was a lot calmer that Tiajuana. Once in the US we headed to Kwaaymii Point and camped the night on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. BLM land covers large swathes of the countryside […]
Given it was winter (late December) when we crossed into the USA from Mexico we decided to tour the southwest rather than head north, and into the snow, too quickly. This proved to be a good decision because, although cold, we’ve had mostly sunny weather. We tried to pick a route that would take us through the ‘headline’ national parks […]
We always knew the USA was going to be easy; we just didn’t realise how easy. Getting in was a breeze – no Spanish Inquisition and we quickly has a six month stamp in our passport. We chose a quiet border crossing at Tecate and they clearly weren’t used to expedition trucks coming through. It was quite disorganised – we […]