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From Grants NM past Albuquerque and into Amarillo Texas

Day 4 driving Route 66 to the Big Texan Steak Ranch


We weren’t that enamoured with the KOA in Grants – there seemed to be an atmosphere of using this site as a stop over on your way somewhere else. Leaving Grants, a former Uranium mining town, we set off for the Rio Grande and Albuquerque – the largest city in New Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »

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Leaving AZ and onto the arrow straight roads of New Mexico – day 3 of our Route 66 trip

Route 66 from AZ to New Mexico


Route 66 – sometimes called the Mother Road of America is one of the original US Highways spanning over 2000 miles from Chicago to LA. Here we travel from Flagstaff Arizona to Grants in New Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »

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Roadkill cafe, a broken down Campervan and a wonder of the world

Route 66 – Day 2 The Grand Canyon


One of the wonders of the world – The Grand Canyon. Difficult to describe the shear size or scale of this land formation – you have to see it to believe it. breathtaking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Camping across America in a Westfalia you bought on the internet

Route 66 in a VW Camper – Day 1


Want to see some awesome parts of America – this is how we bought a VW Camper near Vegas and proceeded to drive it across the middle of America to (eventually) North Carolina. Some highlights and pictures from this trip – including the challenges in a 40yr old VW. Read the rest of this entry »

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Lowlight Bay Window Campervans are getting very desirable – this is ours

Havasu – our latest project – a 71 Westfalia VW Campervan


A pop top Campervan from Westfalia cemented Volkswagens postion in the recreational marketplace and here we take on perhaps one of the most popular of versions – a 1971 Westfalia Campervan or Campmobile. In this latest series of blogs we look at the purchase, our drive across America along Route 66 and our subsequent repair series of features on this EarlyBay Van. Read the rest of this entry »

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