Jun 25, 2015
On the road again. LA to NYC! 3573 miles, 7 more States and 14 days to do it 😀 starting July 1.No #mightymaxine this time #catancar
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On the road again. LA to NYC! 3573 miles, 7 more States and 14 days to do it 😀 starting July 1.No #mightymaxine this time #catancar
And then we finished. After five months of living and working on the road, travelling 14000 miles, going to 3 countries and 25 states we have settled into our new home in Los Angeles. I’ll miss the unexpected variety of the road but it sure is nice to be home. For now.
Using what's left of #mightymaxine shocks on the back roads of #joshuatree. (at Joshua Tree National Park)
The Final Leg! This is it. We've gone 13000 miles, have been to 24 states and 3 countries. Maxine has chugged up to 8900 feet, gone off-road several times, been on 3 ferries and countless mechanics.
The last stops include: Phoenix, Painted Rocks Petroglyphs, another run into Mexico, Algadones Desert, Salton Sea, Palm Springs and finally Joshua Tree National Park!
We were pioneers
For three nights Emily and I were pioneers. We stayed at a rustic, back country cabin deep, deep in the Nantahala National Forest. I was a bit worried about #mightymaxine making it in as the roads were mostly dirt and muddy in spots for 15 miles.
When we arrived we unpacked, setup the site and gathered some firewood. Luckily the last folks left of plenty of cut wood so really all that was needed were smaller logs I could cut with the worlds dullest axe (thanks again Coleman).
It was cold at night! We scooched the beds (rope beds) together in the main room right in front of the fire and piled all of our blankets together to stay warm. When the fire goes out you'll wake up soon enough.
We had some visitors. They showed us a local map and gave us a bit of history of the area.
The grass fields was completely uprooted by hogs apparently.
We were well stocked for food at least and ate very well, cooking most dinners over the campfire.
There was no fresh water but a stream nearby. Another bad Coleman product, the 5 gallon foldable water jug. *replaced at REI a few weeks later.
It was a hard but fun four days spent in the back country.
I am so far behind on my posts (this was last month!) but trying to catch up this week.