E104 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell world travels.
After delivery the Wicked Van safely back to London, we fly back to Australia for the last few motorcycle tours before our motorcycle adventure tour business is sold.
We are both on the last trip across Aust...
Ep 103 | Canals, Dunkirk and the White Cliffs of Dover, Wicked Van European Road Trip
After discovering an amazing giant guillotine lock we find another smaller lock a little further along.
We check out an interesting supermarket and buy ourselves a ‘s...
We leave Trento and head further up into the snow. Again, we find places that we had forgotten about and this brings back memories of when we used to live in Italy, when the children were little. A very nostalgic trip.
We pass through countries and find a...
We had a week up our sleeves before we had to fly back to Australia to work, so Magnus did a bit of sleuthing and found another dollar a day deal on a hire car.
So, after a wonderful experience traversing America on the Route 66 Mother Road, we leave Los ...
We hit Vegas and stay in one of the oldest establishments there, Circus Circus Casino. The RV park is in a great location at the end of the ‘strip’.
We take a 10 kilometre saunter along the strip and check out the sights and sounds.
We then continue ...
Ep 99 | Grand Canyon Boondocking, Indian Country, Arizona, Route 66 RV Road Trip USA, Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We continue our journey across America on Route 66, the Mother Road. We come across a strange phenomenon along the way, there are ...
Ep 98 | Marble Brewery Tour, Albuquerque, Route 66 USA, Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We pop into the Marble Brewery and are just in time for a tour. The brewery was on a much larger scale than our tour of the Angry Goat Brewery in Costa Rica whi...
Plenty of Route 66 icons on this stretch. We constantly felt like we were in Disneyland! We leave Texas behind and make our way to Albuquerque and a thirst quenching beer.
We sample a few ales at the Marble Brewery. Mixed reviews, but a few gooduns in the...
E96 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We left the state park and headed off to be de-winterised which appeared to be a simple operation, but, alas.
We checked out the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma and learnt more about the history o...
E95 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We kept heading west and came across an abundance of iconic spots along the way. We found Cars on Route 66 which, I believe was inspiration for the movie. We spent the night in a casino RV park and also a beautif...
E94 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
We leave Bennett Spring State Park and head along Route 66. We pull up at the Springfield Visitor Centre and meet a lovely lady who gives us the rundown on some of the iconic sites on Route 66.
Magnus gets his f...
E93 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell RV travels.
Follow us as we embark on a road trip across America on the famous Route 66. This episode covers the section from Illinois to Missouri with many highlights along the way.
On this leg, we found plenty of icons: t...
E92 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We arrive in Chicago after three flights from Tapachula, Mexico. After checking out the town we make a beeline for a well known pizza joint and brewery, The Piece and sample a few ales.
We meet our new home...
E91 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Magnus manages to wrangle a tour of Sea Shepherd which came in to the marina well after dark and frightened the lot of us who were casually enjoying far too many marguerites on a neighbouring yacht.
We get ...
E90 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Life goes on in the little town of Puerto Madero and we are getting used to the everyday routine.
We are busy in the boat yard with plenty of boat jobs to do.
Magnus make plans for the cover for the cockpi...
E89 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
More boat jobs at the boatyard. Magnus tackles the bilges and Wendy continues with removing the old varnish.
A lovely Valentine’s Dinner out in the town with unusual food!
Thank you all for watching and ...
E88 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Wendy takes a break away from the boatyard and heads up into the Mexican hills. She discovers a coffee roaster and also checks out a beautiful old building which was the house for a local coffee plantation.
...
E87 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Magnus begins the task of installing Intranet on Nutshell and in the process Wendy hoists him up the mast. Did I mention that he is very scared of heights.
Nutshell gets hauled out and moved to her position...
E86 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
It’s night time and with nowhere safe to anchor outside of the port, we have no choice but to head in. Nutshell gets pushed sideways by the surf and it is a constant battle to keep her from heading towards...
E85 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
After a rough night at sea we gently make our way towards the Mexican border, passing Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.
We encounter many pangas along the way and Magnus saves us from being wiped out by ...
E84 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We head into shore to begin the process of checking out of Costa Rica. We find iguanas on tucked away in the trees on the beach at Playa Panama.
After much toing and froing we finally manage to check out an...
Ep 83 | Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
After a relatively good landing with little Peanut on the beach, we head off to the Angry Goats Brewery to meet up with the Chief Brewer.
John shows us around the brewery which is situated under the Coc...
E82 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
We encounter horrific gale force winds of 38 knots (yes, I checked in my sailing book) so we head for Bahia Bellina for the night.
We sample a local pizza and attempt, yet again, to upload a vlog wi...
E81 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels.
Magnus tackles the never ending boat jobs and gets more of them ticked off the list.
We check out the little town of Jimenez and have our first breakfast out.
The beautiful booby birds visit us on the boat...
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