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"...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The legendary Space Hopper race from Lake Issey-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Midweek brought yet another departure of a teammate, this time Caroline Wheeler. We celebrated one last time together at the Chinggis Brewery, downing far too many of their big draft beers while we recounted our favorite stories from the road. Caroline has been such an...
Lived it up for a couple of days at the posh Chingghis Khan hotel, site of the finish line, as we reveled in soft beds, hot showers, and cold beer. It was great to get to see other teams come in as we cheered them...
Here are all of our finish line Dixie Chickens: from left Sarita Mehra, Stefano de Luigi, Will Houtz, Caroline Wheeler, Pietro Grossi, Tommy Schultz, Chris Garbacz, Sarah, and Don! Not with us at the end but with us in spirit: Jan Monaghan, Dave Edwards, Amy...
Destination: Ulan Bataar Aug 15 Many months ago when Will and I sat at our kitchen table plotting various routes and distances, we set Aug 15 as the day we would arrive in UB. And now that day has come, 33 days from our UK departure...