Thirty six hours on trains, planes, buses, and automobiles and I find myself in Marrakech in fine shape to begin the Monkey Bike Adventure. I am staying at the Marrakesh Rouge hostel which is located down twisting alleys and side streets off of the famous...
Don is catching up on some stories from the Icarus back in October 2015 before announcing his latest plans f0r 2016. Never content to keep their ridiculous ideas on ground level, the Adventurists came up with the novel idea of a long distance paramotor race last year. ...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Though the bus is taking a well-deserved break in between adventures, Don is not resting on his driving laurels. He’s signed up for the pioneer Icarus Trophy in October, billed as the longest powered paramotor race in the world: 1200 miles from Washington to California. His...
Don has joined our good friend Dave Edwards and his Plan F team for a return trip to Mongolia. They left England on Saturday, July 19th and are currently traveling through Croatia on the southern route (ours was the so-called central route through Ukraine and...
Six am Friday morning we board the bus after saying goodbye to our Colorado hosts. Thanks to Adam and Bai Perney for a wonderful place to crash and a fantastic dinner. Great breakfast burritos for the road really saved the day once we hit the...
Wow what a ride into Canyonlands National Park. Roughly twenty five miles of amazing rocks. Mostly red with some varying shades of white and black. Once in the park we all jumped off the bus at a spot labeled The Island In The Sky. Luckily...
The past few days in Snohomish, WA we've enjoyed the incomparable hospitality of our bus babysitters, Kara and Kevin. They even threw an amazing party to say goodbye to the bus. Both are accomplished home brewers and brewery veterans, too, so the party beer was...
Launch day for Crossing America is fast approaching, and with it comes lots of planning...
With only a few weeks to go until we leave for Seattle, excitement is building. Though our beloved bus has been in the very competent care of our wonderful friend Kara, Don plans to go out a few days early to check for any needed...
Through the kindness of our fellow ralliers, the brilliant photographers of Team Detour, we are delighted to share some memories of our time in Romania. A longtime dream for us was to take the bus on the Transfaragasan Highway, deemed the "best road in the world"...