{"id":14215,"date":"2024-02-07T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usnomadstudio.com\/usnomads\/blog\/?page_id=14215"},"modified":"2024-02-24T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T17:04:13","slug":"notes-from-the-road-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/usnomadstudio.com\/usnomads\/blog\/?page_id=14215","title":{"rendered":"Notes From the Road — January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paris: Back in the 10eme\u2026<\/h5>\n


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A favorite neighborhood\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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11 January 2024:<\/strong> Feels good to be back in a comfortable urban space with a familiarity that remains despite the inevitable changes that transform the neighborhood yet again. Somethings don’t change as much as the change is constant here. Enjoyed just getting out and exploring the old streets, seeing what’s new, and appreciating being here\u2026<\/p>\n

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8 December 2023:<\/strong> Heading “across the pond” once again, destination Paris, and glad to be on the way back to one of my favorite cities. It’s been too long. Looking forward to catching up with friends and just getting reacquainted with the City of Light (even if it IS winter and will probably be mostly gray)\u2026<\/p>\n

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NY: Winter Arrives on LI \u2026<\/h5>\n


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A little bit of snow\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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7 January 2024:<\/strong> First snowfall of the year today and feeling very wintery outside. Time to start planning the next roadtrip to someplace warmer again. \u2026<\/p>\n

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\nGetting back to a favorite city to spend some time with friends and reconnect to the international community after what seems like a “too long” absence…

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\nJoining the crew from Barlow Adventures as they present an intensive sand dune training at the Imperial Sand Dunes<\/a> in southern California. This is a seven-day driving and navigation program that focuses on moving safely and effectively through large dunefields with skills-building exercises intended to improve pace, line choice and vehicle control. There is a full classroom day of navigation instruction focused on mapping and understanding the basics of plotting and route planning on paper maps, as well as increasingly challenging in-the-field practice to develop precision map and compass navigation skills. It all culminates in a final day of “chasing checkpoints” out in the big dunes…
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\nTrail Guiding for the California 4-Wheel Drive Association’s fourth annual Death Valley Experience<\/a> fundraiser event running in March. Each day will feature a choice of runs to some famous, some infamous and some secretive points of interest within Death Valley National Park. Some of the points of interest we may visit during Death Valley Experience 2024 include Zabriskie Point (famous), Barker Ranch (infamous) and the Racetrack (learn the secret of the moving rocks). Other points of interest include Dante\u2019s View, 20 Mule Team Canyon, Artists\u2019 Drive, Chloride Cliffs, Aguereberry Point, Skidoo, Titus Canyon, and Darwin Falls. All of the trail runs are suitable for novice drivers and SUVs with high clearance and 4-wheel drive…
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\nUSnomads.org is very proud to be presenting the third edition of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally<\/a> in 2024. This is a unique kind of rally experience — a ten week event that participants can do from anywhere within the continental U.S.A. Competitors design their own routes as part of the rally, then drive it in a points-based online competition that includes optional activity tasks, quests and weekly challenges. The 2024 rally will run from 3 June – 11 August and is open to any driver within the United States who has an off-road capable vehicle — stock or modified. Registration for 2024 is currently open. For more information see the Rally website<\/a> \u2026

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