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Heading south through the central spine of the U.S., taking in geothermal Yellowstone, spectacular Mormon Utah and Cowboy Country desert.
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Guest Appearance - Janet!
International jet-setter and wilderness expert, Janet Bumpas, parachuted into Wyoming from her job at the U.N., looking for a few days of road trip R&R. Fortunately, with the top-popped our van can sleep 4! |
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Buffalo Herds of Yellowstone
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, large buffalo herds now roam the plains. As a group of these amiable beasts ambled slowly towards us, Janet showed her mettle (developed covering major war zones for the U.N.) - sprinting past us and leaping into the van screaming "save yourselves!!!". Joke: What did mummy buffalo say to baby buffalo when sending him off to school? ... Bison. Ha. Ha. Ha. |
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Old Geyser Blows his Horn!
The Old Faithful is only one of many amazing geothermal attractions at Yellowstone: fantastic sulfur pits, heated rivers and bubbling mudpots abound. Nevertheless, Magnus shed a tear that Jellystone cartoon-favourite Yogi Bear was nowhere to be seen. |
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Grand Teton
South of Yellowstone, a gorgeous alpine range cuts across the skyline like a serrated knife. The name translates from the typically romantic French to "Big Boobs!" |
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Holy House on Wheels, Batman!
The Tiny Tim of the campervan world our little VW van looks like a bug ready to be squashed by this ginormous American R.V.! |
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On Tonight's Menu - Cheryl Au Vin
Deep in conservative Utah we found the incongruously hippie Mystic Hot Springs. A Mormon also checked in next to us with his 3 wives! We broiled in these bathtubs, only needing some sage, onions (and perhaps a sprinkle of pepper) to complete a cannibal's feast. Fortunately, the owners were enlightened new-agers (and therefore vegetarian). We survived and spent the evening performing a Native American fire ceremony, banging ethnic drums and sharing our earth spirits! |
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When it works, we love our van!!!
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Hoodoo Voodoo
Across the classic western landscape of Bryce Canyon, thousands of age-old sandstone hoodoos reach skywards. |
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When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth
Southern Utah is packed with Dinosaur fossils (here the footprint of T-Rex's cousin). Sadly, housing developers have bulldozed what remains of this site, destroying who-knows what other priceless finds. Here Magnus reproduces exactly what this dinosaur would have looked like 130 million years ago. |
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A Real Page-Turner
We stopped in Page, Arizona to do our laundry only to find that Hollywood had inconsiderately taken over the laundromat, closed the street and Oscar-Winner Sean Penn was directing a film next right to us. Even more strange, they were filming the book we had just finished - Into the Wild - about one man's ill-fated trip to Denali Park, Alaska. Coinkidink? I think not! |
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