Southwest USA climbing and hiking! Escalades et marches en montagnes Sud-Ouest Etat-Unis

Next we head off on our own again to Zion, Snowy Canyon Provincial Park (by St-Georges Utah), Red Rocks by Las Vegas and Alabama Hills, California.

Back to trailer livin'! It is tight but we do sleep well in there!

Horseshoe Canyon in between Grand Canyon and Zion. Beautiful!

Flowers growing in harsh conditions!

Zion National Park: breathtaking!

Long tunnel under the rocks!

Some people have big rigs and some not so much... does size really matter?

 Zion Zion Zion!

Snowy Canyon Utah. Walking on petrified sand dunes!

Red Rocks Climbing

Our climbing friend: Mr. Shenkins

Crossing Death Valley. 

Americana:

Camping and climbing in the Alabama Hills, eastern sierras, at the foot of Mount Whitney.

we spent 9 days here, wilderness camping, no toilets, no showers...

some people were so keen to climb, they did it straight from the trailer window!

Rick/Heather/Liam and Ellery and the Grand Canyon

Back in the USA!
De retour au Etat-Unis!

First thing we do is go to eat mexican food and in the process Gareth ate the spiciest Chile Rellenos ever made! Fiiire!

We head straight up to Flagstaff for a couple days to re-group and re-sort our gear. Surfboards and KiteSurf equipment go at the back of the truck box and climbing/hiking gear come to the front.

Premiere chose que l'on fait en arrivant au EU est d'aller a un resto mexicain. Gareth a mangé un Chile Rellenos tellement epicé!!!!
Ensuite, direction Flagstaff pour 2 jours pour re-pacter notre camion. Surfboards et equipement de Kite Surf vont au fond de la boite a camion et cordes, souliers et harnais d'escalade a l'avant!

We meet up with our dear dear friends Heather and Rick at the Grand Canyon! It is sooo much fun to spend time with them and their two kids Liam and Ellery.

Haven't laid on grass for 3 months! ca fait longtemps qu'on ne s'est pas couché sur le gazon!

 a javelina! little wild pig!

the money shot!

our kids are a good fit!!! play play play!

lovely exposed hikes!

two beauties inside and out!

 re-creating a picture from NZ 115 years ago

walking down first and then up. la descente avant et la remontée pour finir.

the whole gang together! toute la gagne ensemble!

Going back up the Baja Peninsula/ La remontée de la peninsule de Baja.

First stop: Conejo beach. Amazing surf, scenery, dunes and tranquility.
Premier arret: plage Conejo. Belles vagues, paysage, dunes et tranquilité.
However there was a ride tide, some sort of red coloured seaweed that is not good to swim in. Gareth surfed anyways but the boys didn't.

Gareth and I are getting along fine! we are great travel partners!

Then, thanks to Gareth's spontaneity, we ended up taking this road leading to nowhere (or so we thought) to end up in a EcoAdventure of a lifetime! San Ignacio Bay is a long drive through desolate salt beds and low tide muddy bog but it was worth it! We got to see grey whale mamas and their babies frolicking in the bay and coming right up to us in the boats! Best experience ever!

a beach like not other.../une plage pas comme les autres...

 with unique seashells!/avec coquillages uniques!

 en route vers San Ignacio/ en route to San Ignacio

 here comes a whale from under the boat/ voici une baleine d'en dessous du bateau!

elles aiment se faire eclabousser/ they like to get splashed

 on est tous tres emus et contents!/ we are all touched and so happy

 a bit slimy to the touch, i won't lie/ un peu gluant au toucher

Last but not least camping a Papa Fernandez/ dernier stop avant les USA camping chez Papa Fernandez sur la mer de Cortez.

the road was better through Coco's Corner than on the way down!

this is an unusual stop and 

Annie et Noa et nos derniers jours a La Ventana/ Visit from Annie and Noa and last days in La Ventana

Our last days in La Ventana were lovely. we changed casas yet again but discovered our favorite: Casa Baloncillo.
Annie and Noa came down with their friend Linda and we had lots of fun with them!

Nos derniers jours a La Ventana ont ete supers! nous avons changé de maison une derniere fois, cette fois-ci a Casa Baloncillo, notre petite maison preferée.
Annie et Noa de Rossland etaient ici durant notre derniere semaine et on s'est bien amuseé avec eux!

Casa Baloncillo (le nom d'un petit oiseau)

 porte patio en coin/ corner patio glass door

 belle marche sur le bord de la mer de Cortez avec Annie et Noa/ lovely walk on the sea of Cortez side with Annie and Noa

 Noa vient avec nous au centre de rescousse des chiens/Noa comes with us to the rescue dog shelter. il y a des nouveaux chiots de type pitbull/ there is a new little of puppies pitty style.

 Our favorite dog Melon, we are sad we cannot take him with us/ notre petit chiot preferé Melon. On est triste de lui dire aurevoir et de ne pas le prendre avec nous.

Aurevoir La Ventana, a la prochaine! peut etre semaines de relache 2019?
See you later La Ventana maybe spring break 2019?