Baja California (3)
More than towna I announced, I should have said villages because of their small size. The first our route met was the well-known San Ignacio. It is a beautiful palm grove that has developed around a source maintaining a small lake year round. 1. A village squareRead More…
Baja California (2)
It continues down the Baja, along the Sea of Cortez. 1. First sun rays on Baya de Las Animas, at low tide. 2. Our campsite on the beach. 3. Read turkey vultures warming after the quite cool night. 4.Read More…
Baja California (1)
Here is the time to count the trip of Vivalavida in Baja California. We went there with Andrew, a Swiss friend already met in Geneva whoh also has a 4×4 Ford van. He came to the U.S. for a about two months and we agreed to meet at the MexicanRead More…
Arizona
Last update on the road to Baja, I crossed Arizona in one day, in some desert places where are saguaro, the giant cactus. 1. Symbol of Arizona! 2. VivaLaVida gives the scale. 3. A deep coat of fech-fech dust in this wash…Read More…
New Mexico
I’m then in New Mexico where I visited two sites even I had very few time to hit the road to the Baja. The first one is a small State Park called City of the Rocks. an area of about one mile long by half a mile large where hundredsRead More…
Last update in Texas
As I’m quite late relating the trip of VivaLaVida, I already post a new update… Leaving the Big Bend area, I went back quietly to the Northwest, taking the path of Southern California where I had to join Andrew for our trip to Baja. So I went toRead More…
Big Bend Ranch State Park (2 and end)
Some more report about Big Bend Ranch State Park. The next day, I hiked to discover the “Cinco Tinajas” and “Los Banos de la Leyva”, a long hike in several washes where walking is really hard in the soft sand. 1. Discovering the Cinco Tinajas… I took myRead More…
Big Bend Ranch State Park (1)
After the National Park, so I went to visit the almost adjoining and even wilder Big Bend Ranch State Park … Only one road leads there along the Rio Grande. So I made the diesel tank and the fridge full at Study Bute before getting deep on the slopes ofRead More…
Big Bend National Park (4) : Chisos Mountains
After Pine Canyon, I went to discover the only permanent waterfall in this region, Cattail Falls. It is not on the maps, the park administration seeking to preserve the particular and very sensitive habitat it creates, especially hummingbirds coming from spring to summer. 1. The small valley nestledRead More…
Big Bend National Park (3)
Coming out of the Baja after some adventures I will tell you soon, here is another update in Big Bend National parc. 1. Colored sunrise… The weather is still cloudy, windy and cold. I take this opportunity to introduce you to some of the desertRead More…
D5 Creation