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Spring in Southern California

(9th – 26th February, 2016)

With blue skies and a spring like 20 °C we left Las Vegas behind us and headed for the second time in the direction of California. We took the US 95 in southern Nevada heading first for the infamous area 51.  Curious, we tried very hard to see anything interesting but alas there was absolutely nothing to see except endless desert – no Aliens, UFOs, experimental Aircraft, or other strange things from all the conspiracy theories – all a big disappointment really! The only thing that even suggested at something out of the ordinary was the Alien Shop at a nearby gas station, other than that there wasn’t anything of interest to see.  Since it was close to dusk we drove a bit off the road in search of an out-of-the-way spot to camp for the night in the hope of at least seeing a UFO… though sadly we saw nothing but the twinkling of the night sky above us.

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Auto Insurance – Drama Continued

We actually found a solution for the troubles described in Auto Insurance – What a Fricken Drama although it didn’t quite turn out how we thought it would…  Read more

Auto Insurance – What a Fricken Drama!

Intro

This trip must be somehow very important, I mean it is important to us, but it must, in some way be important on a completely unknown level of consciousness, why else would there be so many stones set in our path that we need to navigate around?  I’m beginning to feel like the “Matrix” doesn’t want us to take this trip, perhaps this trip will free us from its grip and it’s doing everything in its power to discourage us from doing it.

Or perhaps shit happens, and in this it’s just happening and happening some more…

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Long Term Vacations – Travel Insurance

There are a whole different set of things to worry about when you are planning long term vacations. When most of the vacations taken are between 2 and 3 weeks things like travel insurance and such tend not to be considered; your insurance plan covers you while on holiday (for the most part).  Things tend to get a bit more complicated when your trip goes over the 1 month mark and continues to get more complicated when over 12 months.  Read more