Monthly Archives: September 2009

Red Bull Soapbox Races in LA.

The last few days have been pretty easy-going. I have been hanging out with Evan and Andrew at Evan’s beach pad at Hollywood Beach in Oxnard. Evan has had a lot of work to do, and can be seen suffering through a tough day at the office below. He still manages to find time to […]

Goal 59 – ten out of ten!

From Las Vegas I spent a long hot day on Saturday driving down to Los Angeles, where I turned up at my friend Evan’s house, in a lovely location right by the beach, about 50 miles north of the city. I first “met” Evan when he helped out with some of the online publicity for […]

Poker in Las Vegas – Day 3 – Goal 58 achieved!

What an evening! I am quite drained by my time at the poker table tonight. This evening’s game certainly took me well outside of my comfort zone. After a lazy afternoon by the pool I took the 4.30pm shuttle into town, and made my way to my chosen game at The Wynn. The walk from […]

Poker in Las Vegas – Day 2.

Day 2 didn’t start so well. I took the shuttle bus from Sam’s Town RV Park to The Strip, and walked to The Rio in good time for the start of the noon tournament, but was dismayed to find that the tournament now started at 11am, and I was too late to enter. The next […]

Poker in Las Vegas – Day 1.

I left Justin’s place on the west side of the city shortly after he went to work, and after doing a bit of grocery shopping, headed in towards The Strip. At the Sahara it was quite obvious that the RV was not going to get into the low clearance parking garage, but the valet parking […]

Gambling in Las Vegas.

From Zion I drove down yesterday afternoon to Mesquite, just inside the Nevada border, and at the Nevada Welcome Center there I found a free wireless internet connection. I decided to stop there for the evening to update the blog and attend to my much-neglected email. Once the computer battery went flat, I went for […]

Zion National Park.

I set off from the Grand Canyon late in the afternoon, and found another great camping spot for the night up a country road just before the entrance to Zion National Park. In the morning I was up before first light, and entered via the east gate, through a very impressive old tunnel completed in […]

Grand Canyon – East Rim.

I had planned to be up before sunrise and make my way back into the National Park to see dawn break over the canyon, but when the alarm went off I really did not feel like getting up, so turned over and went back to sleep. When I did finally wake I decided to remain […]

Old river….

After leaving Monument Valley I crossed the border into Arizona, and drove about twenty miles south to Kayenda, where I finally turned west again, with the North Rim of the Grand Canyon as my destination for this evening. However, once again, there are many points along the road worth stopping and looking at, and plans […]

Monumental landscapes.

Just as I crossed into the Navajo Tribal Lands, a dust storm turned the horizon a gloomy orange, and in the distance the spires of Monument Valley could just be seen shrouded in the dust clouds. The winds came up, and the RV battled a little with a strong headwind, but I eventually made it […]

Arches and Moab.

I had set my alarm for 6am, and after a quick cup of tea I made my way back to Arches National Park to see sunrise at Balanced Rock. I then made my way to The Windows area of the park, which was beautiful too, and took the deserted trail around behind the North and […]

Arches National Park, Utah.

It was mid-morning before we got organised and left Eric and Jackie’s house. I think Dylan and I playing Star Wars on the PlayStation did nothing to help ensure an early departure. Eric had decided to take the day off work, and bring the family along to do some sight-seeing. We headed along in convoy, […]

Picnic at Hanging Lake.

I set off late afternoon from Colorado Springs and drove westward for a few hours, across the spectacular I-70, which at one point climbs to over 11,000′. The RV did well, and all was going to plan as I pulled up at my intended destination at Hanging Lake Rest Area in the stunning Glenwood Canyon. […]

7 peaks – day 7 – Goal 57 finally achieved!

We didn’t quite get the early start we had hoped for, but were still on the trail towards South Colony Lake at the foot of the Crestones before the sun came up. Once again it looked like the weather was going to be kind to us, and we would have a full week of perfect […]