Photos - Los Angeles to the mountains

Arriving in L.A. we were picked up by a less than angelic russian 'dude' and dumped at this hostel

Rob bought his bike from 'Europa bicycle centre' and we put it on one of those Groovy calafornian buses

Our friends from Sheffield waved us goodbye from L.A.

Mexicans have a culinary skill unsurpassed; blending the delights of beans and cheese in ever more mouth watering combinations BUT WATCH OUT!

Jim juggles out side the Chinese theartre in Hollywood in front of a lot of stingy people!

We confront The Enemy

A pretty modest and ecconomical American touring vehicle

Rob on the Pacific bike route

Ken the self proclaimed double genius of both art (look for the painting!) and tennis

We have been sailing pretty close to the wind considering they still have the death penalty here in California

The joker and the thief at a state park campsite

One of the many hills next to the Pacific

Rob and a vary brave British lady called Lois

You thought they had abolished slave labour out here? Mexicans are still being bussed out to the fields

Jim 'n' Robs excellent adventure

There are alot of people in Calafornia who don't like Bush!

Up near San Francisco they regularly experience the fog

Rob and I were keen to enter into the spirit of The States so we put San Fransisco up for sale

Our fist experience of San Fransisco's famous Street life

Later that day we met these three beautiful ladies

Since arriving on the west coast I have been feeling very 'Gangster'

Rob on the streets of S.F.

very en vogue! Good luck boys!

We break on to The dark isle

Glad I kept that ferry ticket!

A One man tent becomes a whole lot bigger

Jim takes a toke of freedom

Tor's house was a solar paradise!

Jim and Rob get denied at a t drive through NO BIKES ALLOWED!

They had the right idea back in the day . . .

One of Don's mates makes an industrial spud cannon to shoot at speeding boats!

Rob hangs out in Sacremento

Moving house

We found out where all those gay cowboys came from!

We met this dude on his mighty foot trek - from Mexico to Canada Good luck Matt!

Billy-bob surveys the pass; looking out for bandits!

Lakes were swum in

The doomed parachute experiment, don't talk to me about unwinding string from bike wheels!

Altitudes look alot more impressive when measured in feet!

The Nevada border

Jim does his impression of Dirty Harry. Shame about the 'save the rainforest' T-shirt

Cleatus-bob picks himself a couple of new shooters there!

With all that sunshine about this is a Criminal waste!

Cycling across continents requires strength, stamina, determination and 100 percent commitment!

This bike is wack! Where's the gears, suspension, brakes and street cred?!

Cleatus-bob checks himself out a new pick-up

What a vulgar street!

Billy-bob's jail break was foiled at the final hurdle!

Jim finds a spot of shade

The bob twins look puzzled where are the Antelopes?

A wild west Opera house?!

An operatic event

Night riding proved a lot cooler

Billy-bob streches his legs

"There's gold in them there hills" muses Cleatus

Christ catches some Zs in the sand

A 90 minute tour of the caves is too long to hold on!

Nevada - tick!

We averaged 70 miles to the Gallon! (27km to the litre)

"The weather will be mostly boiling hot, with no clouds and a good chance of heatstoke . . . this concludes the forcast for the next 3 months"

The Bob twins get heatstroke

A downmarket Gynecologist looks to offer a rudimentary service!

Jim learns a trick or two

The Circus was class!

Some people get all the good jobs!

A massive organ inside the Tabernackle S.L.C.