28 Oct Space Hopper: the Race
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The legendary Space Hopper race from Lake Issey-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
25 Oct The Dixie Chicken Chug-A-Lug Cam
From our brilliant teammate Sarita Mehra comes the Chugalug Medley! We were given two great little quadproof cameras by JVC, to be used on the rally. Leave it to the Dixie Chickens to use them to invent a new drinking game! Dixie Chickens Chugalug Cam...
11 Oct Rally Statistics
Mileage Stats Charleston, USA to Southampton, UK: 4,300 (at sea) Southampton, UK to Mamaia, Romania 2,130 (included UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania) Mamaia, Romania to Astrakhan, Russia: 1,730 (including Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia) Astrakhan, Russia to Semey, Kazakhstan: 3,100 (including Russia, Kazakhstan,...
07 Oct Fundraising Wrapup
I thought it would be a good time to do a final report on our fundraising for both Cool Earth and the Lotus Children's Centre. Our total donations for the Lotus orphanage came to $2,054 in cash. We also were very fortunate to carry with us...
11 Sep Chickens In Japan
We sent the boys and the bus to Japan in hopes they'd see a few sights, absorb some culturally significant impressions, and generally make good use of their time there. This is what they did instead: http://youtu.be/UC171PCXqMA And this: http://youtu.be/CnpvJVeP098 So maybe not, but it does look like they made...
11 Sep Vanity Fair Italy
Our talented teammates from Italy have posted their story about sharing the long journey to Mongolia with us, and we are delighted to share it. The video is especially entertaining, with snoring sound effects courtesy of Will Houtz! Vanity Fair Italia World Traveler:Highway to Mongolia Many thanks to...
05 Sep Videos from Siberia
A few of Don's On the Road video vignettes. Don's Driver Shirt http://youtu.be/E2LSwao4Hb0 More of Don's Driver Shirt http://youtu.be/Dh3kGy3i528 Final sight of Don's Driver Shirt (we hope) http://youtu.be/udqt4TGbKIE ...
05 Sep Siberia to Vladivostok
The final 2300 miles from Ulaan Baatar to the seaside city of Vladivostok were completed with a skeleton crew of chickens. Don was accompanied by Will, Tommy, and newcomer Alex, of the Vermont-based Blue Eyed Grizzly Clan rally team. We'd met Alex and his teammates...
26 Aug On to Vladivostok
The bus left Ulan Baatar on Saturday morning, August 24th. On board for the 2300 mile trip to Vladivostok are Don, Will Houtz, Tommy Schultz, and Alex Gunter (recently of the Vermont based Blue Eyed Grizzly Clan rally team). They are still using the tracker, so...
24 Aug Another goodbye in UB-Sarita
We also said goodbye this week to the best navigator on the planet (sorry Dave Edwards), Sarita Mehra. We had no idea what she'd be like when we got a request to have an independent film maker join our team. Little did we know what a...