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...
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...
22 Aug Final days together-Caroline
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...
20 Aug Resting in UB Mongolia
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...
16 Aug Finish Line Photo
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...
15 Aug UlaanBaatar
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...
15 Aug Mongolia!
We spent four hours crossing from Russia to Mongolia this morning, most of it spent with the Russians, who were mad that their counterparts in the hinterlands didn't give us the proper customs document when we came into the country. Sarita and Don waited patiently...
15 Aug Crossing into Mongolia
Soon come: Crossing into Mongolia Early start to our goodbye to Baikal and nice cool weather and bright sun to set us on a course for Ulan Ude and the Mongol border. Our travels took us all along the southern shore of the inland sea, making...