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While celebrating our successful arrival at Flagstone almost two weeks ago we took bets on how many vehicles will be driving by the rv (parked on the edgy shoulder of a forest road) Mareli’s 3 cars a day made my 3 a week seem very conservative but as it turned out none came by during […]

Now in Terrebonne Oregon, Mareli and I plan to do a lot of climbing at Smith Rock over the next couple of weeks. It is amazing how much snow is still on the cascade volcanoes compared to the even higher mountains just South in California. Oregon had a big winter season as is evident in […]

My sister Mareli has been traveling through South America for the last 6 months. I met her and my parents - traveling from South Africa – in Los Angeles and brought them back to my campsite at the Owens Gorge. A family reunion in the Owens Valley! The last 10 days have been very busy. […]

Two Years and Two Months…. and still on the road. I have started my 3rd loop around the Western US this time slowly moving North through California before heading to Oregon and possibly Washington. Planning is futile and I prefer to keep it that way.
Life in the RV has been fantastic. I love the independence […]

The Owens Valley is notorious for strong winds which are evident in the formation of the ‘Bishop Wave’ that regularly adorn the skies around here. These mountain wave clouds or ‘Foehn waves’ as they are called in other parts of the world are quite often used by sailplane pilots to set long distance speed […]