The Grand Canyon Robert Van Den Hoven, June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 THE GRAND CANYON Our 5th visit to the Grand Canyon National Park in the last 30 years and it never fails to disappoint. BUT this would have been our first visit to the North Rim, upon arrival we were notified the Nort Rim was closed for another 3 weeks (Winter closure)… Continue Reading
Laughlin to the Grand Canyon. Robert Van Den Hoven, June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Laughlin to the Grand Canyon. After 2 weeks Las Vegas and Laughlin enjoying live entertainment, pool parties, nightclubs, and great shows it was time to settle back to overlander life. Our first stop was Needles, located on the scenic Colorado River in California, but just across the bridge where we… Continue Reading
ROUTE 66 MOVIE Robert Van Den Hoven, June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 Route 66, Movie below. Route 66 was one of the United States’ first continuous stretches of paved highway, and served as a major path for those who migrated to the West. “The Mother Road” was established on November 11, 1926, and ultimately stretched 2,448 miles (3,940 kilometers) from Chicago to Los… Continue Reading
Texas video clip Robert Van Den Hoven, June 1, 2024June 6, 2024 Route 66, Video clip Texas only Continue Reading
Las Vegas to Laughlin Robert Van Den Hoven, June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 LAS VEGAS Over the years we have been visiting Las Vegas around 10 times, staying at great resorts such as the Bellagio, Venetian, Paris Paris, and the Mandalay, throughout its 118-year history, Las Vegas has been known as the planet’s premier destination for gambling. But Sin City’s entertainment options have… Continue Reading
New Mexico to Lake Mead Robert Van Den Hoven, May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 Returning to Arizona & Nevada May 17 we were invited to present our 20 years around the world travel at the largest overlander 4×4 show in the world in Flagstaff Arizona. Last year we spent too much time in Las Vegas and R & R at Lake Havasu hence we… Continue Reading
New Mexico (Northern Region) Robert Van Den Hoven, May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 NEW MEXICO, also known as the land of enchantment. After we explored Route 66 in Central New Mexico this time we entered New Mexico from Colorado in the North to explore the Northern Part of New Mexico. New Mexico is defined by both culture and adventure and scenic landscape, New… Continue Reading
SOUTH WEST COLORADO Robert Van Den Hoven, May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 SOUTH WEST COLORADO This is our third visit to Colorado while overlanding the USA. In 2023 we covered the Northern and Southwest part of Colorado, this time 2024 we entered from Kansas in the Southeast of Colorado. Following the Highway of Legends covering the historic routes that have long been… Continue Reading
KANSAS, NOT INCLUDED ROUTE 66. Robert Van Den Hoven, May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 Kansas is located halfway between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. It also is home to the geographic centre of 48 states in the USA, near the town of Lebanon. (Not included Alaska and other outlaying states). Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado border Kansas. The State gradually rises from east to west…. Continue Reading
MISSOURI (ROUTE 66) Robert Van Den Hoven, May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 MISSOURI (ROUTE 66) Missouri is in the Central Region of the USA; Missouri played a major role in the Westward expansion of the USA. This is memorialized by the Gateway Arch in St Louis. Coming from the East, Missouri earned the nickname Gateway to the West because it served as… Continue Reading