VivaLaVida!

A journey to meet the planet and its inhabitants...

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…

Big Bend National Park (2)

Waiting on the laundry to finish, here is an update posted from La Paz, Baja california. 😀     We continue the River Road driven by VivaLaVida in Big Bend NP.     1. Clouds are coming…       2. Survival…       3. Mountains in Mexico…  Read More…

Big Bend National Park (1) : Rio Grande river

I just have one hour before to meet Andrew to go boondocking in the Anza Borrego Desert tonight and crossing the Mexican border tomorrow.   This update is entirely devoted to Big Bend National Park which borders with Mexico 137 miles along the Rio Grande.     1. Arrival atRead More…

Still in Texas…

Here a new update, a little closer to the last one because I will normally leave Sunday for four weeks in Baja California where I likely won’t have connection possibilities. It will therefore be a small “black out” on the blog, you will not mind me… 😉 Continuing my wayRead More…

Central Texas…

Firstly, some of you may have noticed that a new page appeared in the main menu, which shows the way of Vivalavida since mid December. It’s along this line that you can find the sites of my pictures images. This line represents the path of Vivalavida but doesn’t include mountainRead More…

Texan coast and some urban…

I’m back after ten days of no man’s land in the extreme southwestern Texas and I find a Wifi to write this small update (I have a little delay, sorry… 🙂     After the episode of mosquitoes, I continued my journey on the coast of the Gulf of MexicoRead More…

Mississippi delta

After visiting the nice town of New Orléans, I spent a couple of days in the Mississippi delta, a huge wet zone and totaly flat. VivaLaVida sometimes slept on the beach it-self and I could observe many birds…     1. A nice campsite, isn’t it?       2.Read More…

Eventful way to New Orleans

My definitive papers there, I could set sail “for real”, unusual feeling of freedom ..!:-D   So I took the road to Alabama where some beautiful public forests worth a short stop on the way to Louisiana and Texas. I leaved Buford late, so I was caught in Atlanta traficRead More…