Introducing Marc and Gwendolyn

[048642]

Allow me to introduce Marc and Gwendolyn, please welcome them warmly into the Expedition Portal Community.

They are better known by the name of their website:

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/.

We spent a very pleasant evening last night meeting them and greatly enjoying their company and stories over some California wine and salmon.

They are a French pair travelling in a beautifully prepared Land Cruiser Troopie HZJ 78 diesel. They were passing through the Bay Area on their expedition that has taken them through every country in South America, up through much of Central America as they begin to visit North America.

Please visit their website as I cannot do them justice in this introduction, much of it is in French or Spanish, but you can still see tons about the expedition.

I can't wait to see a story on these guys and their rig in Overland Journal!

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[kai38]

I like what they did with the map showing their route & dates.

[zeroland]

Nice website. Thanks for posting.

They have a fab vehicle...

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-sud/fotos/el_salvador_067.jpg

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Hi there,

Thanks a lot for posting about us, what a great idea !!

We are a french couple travelling overland whith our 4WD since more than 2 years through all Americas.

After 18 months in South America, and 7 months in central america, we are now in California, in order to be next summer in Alaska.

Since almost 3 weeks we are in USA, we receive such nice welcome THANKS :coffee:

We just update our web site in french :(, you can have a look :

California - San Francisco (http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_01.htm)

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/california_sfo_4x4_27.jpg
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Bye

from SFO

[targa88]

Bienvenue parmi nous.
Si vous passez a Calgary sur votre trajet faites nous signe.

[lostworldexpedition]

What a great trip. I love the sticker on your roof box: "Jamais sans mon 4x4!" Never without my 4x4!

Bienvenue and Merci.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Bienvenue parmi nous.
Si vous passez a Calgary sur votre trajet faites nous signe.

Bonjour Targa,

Merci pour cette gentille proposition, en effet nous devons quitter les USA au 10 novembre, et nous allons nous diriger vers le Canada, :smiley_drive: donc nous serons dans les parrages après cette date, et c'est donc avec plaisir que nous ferons connaissace.

Si en BAL privé tu pouvais me donner ton cellulaire, cela serait bien ! Merci

Les Bourlingueurs depuis la "Bay Aera" de SFO

www.bourlingueurs.com

[Les Bourlingueurs]

What a great trip. I love the sticker on your roof box: "Jamais sans mon 4x4!" Never without my 4x4!

Bienvenue and Merci.

Yes it's nice, it's the slogan of one of our partner in France :victory:

[GlobalMonkey]

I passed you yesterday in Nevada on I-80 as you were climbing up on one of the passes:smiley_drive:. What a great looking truck you guys have:Wow1:. I can't wait for my girlfriend and I to hit the road the way you did... Good luck on your journey, drop me a line if you need anything, I am in Denver.

Tomas

[Overland Hadley]

Welcome guys!

If you come to Lake Superior be sure to look me up.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

I passed you yesterday in Nevada on I-80 as you were climbing up on one of the passes:smiley_drive:. What a great looking truck you guys have:Wow1:. I can't wait for my girlfriend and I to hit the road the way you did... Good luck on your journey, drop me a line if you need anything, I am in Denver.

Tomas

Hello Tomas,

How are you???

For us everything torific, from the I-80 we where heading to WY for to be in Jackson Hole, in order to visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton, and the weather is wonderfull :victory:

Of course we will be in Denver CO, because we will visit the great circle, but i can not to tell you when. The best thing to do if you are agree it's by "user CP" send me your adress and cell N° and email. Thanks and we will be very please to meet you in Denver.

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/usa_californie_yosemite_4x4_07.jpg
Yosemite NP

The Bourlingueurs from WY

www.bourlingueurs.com

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Welcome guys!

If you come to Lake Superior be sure to look me up.

Yes we also come to visit Lake Superior, but it's the same, impossible to say when ????

So if you can send us all your date will great Thank

From WY

CU

Les Bourlingueurs

[Overland Hadley]

Yes we also come to visit Lake Superior, but it's the same, impossible to say when ????

So if you can send us all your date will great Thank

From WY

CU

Les Bourlingueurs

Sending you a PM.

[RMP&O]

I am hosting Marc & Gwendolyn this evening and looking forward to some great conversation!

[RMP&O]

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[AFSOC]

Great website! I will spend a few hours tonight following your travels.

[FLYFISHEXPERT]

We invited Marc and Gwendolyn over for dinner this week and listened to their incredible story. It was wonderful listening to them recount the places they have been and the people they have met. We were able to ask them questions about South America, as our next big trip is to Chile, and they graciously provided pointers and information regarding the region we will be in. If you are afforded the opportunity, sit down with these two as you won't be disappointed.

Here are some more pictures!
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[nwoods]

I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Marc and Gwendolyn at Mono Lake last month. They certainly get around!

[Les Bourlingueurs]

We invited Marc and Gwendolyn over for dinner this week and listened to their incredible story. It was wonderful listening to them recount the places they have been and the people they have met. We were able to ask them questions about South America, as our next big trip is to Chile, and they graciously provided pointers and information regarding the region we will be in. If you are afforded the opportunity, sit down with these two as you won't be disappointed.

Here are some more pictures!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_01hTZvejNog/TKQM16WhpvI/AAAAAAAABlg/t3MU8dpPp6g/s400/DSC_0334.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_01hTZvejNog/TKQM7Leu3vI/AAAAAAAABl0/bjIl9b6A9aU/s400/DSC_0339.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_01hTZvejNog/TKQNAfQX7LI/AAAAAAAABmM/F-aX8TxXZpY/s400/DSC_0345.JPG

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Hello to Everybody

Thanks Beau et Christa, to offer us this great opportunity to meet both of you. We spend a very nice evening on their compagny. :)

Beau it's a :chef: we had a wonderfull diner, BBQ salmon from Alaska (where we will be next year) :smiley_drive:

If you want I did up date the web site, sorry it's in french but whith Google you can have a rough idea of what we talk about :wings:

Yellowstone & Grand Teton NP (http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_03.htm)

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/usa_yellowstone_mammoth_hot_spring_17.jpg
YELLOWSTONE NP - WYOMING

Bye

The "Bourlingueurs" from SLT City UT

The Bourlingueur's web site (http://www.bourlingueurs.com)

[Les Bourlingueurs]

I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Marc and Gwendolyn at Mono Lake last month. They certainly get around!

Yeeeeeeees I remember how are you ???

We are in SLT and you ?

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/usa_californie_mono_lake_26.jpg
MONO LAKE

CU

[trailsurfer]

Yeeeeeeees I remember how are you ???

We are in SLT and you ?

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/usa_californie_mono_lake_26.jpg
MONO LAKE

CU


Please let me know if you all are headed down to the Durango/Silverton area. We would love to host you or visit if our schedules match up.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Hi Trailsurfer,

Tomorrow, we will leave SLT city and heading to Brice, Zion, Arche, Mesa verde..... So I have to look at the map to see where is Durango, it's in Colorado ???

I went on the map and it's really possible we come to visit you, THANKS :victory:

So please could you give your cell & adress by private message please.

We will be very please to meet "really" and much longer :coffee:

the French overlanders from SLT city

[nwoods]

Yeeeeeeees I remember how are you ???

We are in SLT and you ?

We are back home in Orange County (southern) California. Our vacation time is like the blink of an eye compared to your travels.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Please let me know if you all are headed down to the Durango/Silverton area. We would love to host you or visit if our schedules match up.

Hi Trailsurfer,

Thanks for your message, we will be very pleased to come at your home in Durango.
We leave Spanish Fork to-morrow for south of Utah (Las Vegas, Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands, ...) then Mesa Verde.
So, we should be in Durango in about 2 weeks.

You can join us by mail (it will be easier than with the forum) :
marc@bourlingueurs.com
We also have an us phone : 619 928 8314

Can you give us your adress and phone ?

See You very soon
Marc and Gwendolyn
www.bourlingueurs.com

[trailsurfer]

Hi Trailsurfer,

Thanks for your message, we will be very pleased to come at your home in Durango.
We leave Spanish Fork to-morrow for south of Utah (Las Vegas, Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands, ...) then Mesa Verde.
So, we should be in Durango in about 2 weeks.

You can join us by mail (it will be easier than with the forum) :
marc@bourlingueurs.com
We also have an us phone : 619 928 8314

Can you give us your adress and phone ?

See You very soon
Marc and Gwendolyn
www.bourlingueurs.com

Just say my PM, sorry for the delay getting back with you. I will call you tomorrow. Be safe!

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Just say my PM, sorry for the delay getting back with you. I will call you tomorrow. Be safe!

Hi Trailsurfer, I don't know if you tried to call us. To-morrow (Sunday), we will be on the road from Las Vegas to Cedar City, you can try to call us, but it will be easier by mail, because I'm not sure we can use the phone on the roads (Monday we go to Bryce, then Arches, ...).
Our mail : marc@bourlingueurs.com
See You
Marc and Gwendolyn

[Jean-Seb]

Welcome to North America ! Great to have you here. :D


Bonne continuation !
Jean-Sébastien de Canmore, Alberta.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Welcome to North America ! Great to have you here. :D


Bonne continuation !
Jean-Sébastien de Canmore, Alberta.


Hello Jean-Sebastien,
Merci pour votre message, nous profitons pleinement de l'Amérique du Nord.
Nous serons dans environ un mois dans l'Alberta (nous devons quitter les USA au plus tard le 10 novembre), nous serions ravis de vous rencontrer.
A bientôt
Marc et Gwendolyn ... à Cedar City (Utah)
www.bourlingueurs.com

[stankfoot]

if you make it to the east coast (virginia) you are welcome to stay in our guest room. we are 30 mins from williamsburg and 1.5 hours from virginia beach.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

if you make it to the east coast (virginia) you are welcome to stay in our guest room. we are 30 mins from williamsburg and 1.5 hours from virginia beach.

Hi Stankfoot, thanks for your invitation, we will come with pleasure ! We don't know when we will be in Virginia, I think it will be this winter.
Can you give us your adress and phone number, by private message ?
Thanks and see you soon.
Marc and Gwendolyn ... soon in Bryce Canyon and Moab
www.bourlingueurs.com

PS : are there Expedition Portal members in Moab ?

[alia176]

Sent you a PM.

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Hi everyone,

After Wyoming, we had some great moments in Las Vegas and in Utah.
The story of these three weeks is so rich that we split into two pages.

First, Las Vegas, the city of all excesses, ... prudish souls refrain :Wow1: :
Las Vegas (http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_04.htm)

Then, the great National Parks of Utah, from Bryce Canyon to Arches :clapsmile :
Utah National Park (http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_05.htm)

We are now in Kalispell - Montana :REOutCampFire03:

Between two updates of our website, you can also follow us on our Facebook
page :
Bourlingueur's FaceBook page ( http://www.facebook.com/bourlingueurs)

CU soon:wings:

Marc and Gwendolyn, the french overlanders :smiley_drive:

Web Site (http://www.bourlingueurs.com)

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Welcome to North America ! Great to have you here. :D


Bonne continuation !
Jean-Sébastien de Canmore, Alberta.

Hello Jean-Sébastien,
Our arrival in Canada approach, we will be in the midle of next week in Calgary.
We may see you.
Marc and Gwendolyn

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Hi everyone,

After the wonderful landscape of Utah, we had an idea of the winter in north US, Colorado, north Wyoming, and Montana :
MONTANA et WYOMING (http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_06.htm)

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/4x4_montana_14.jpg
MONTANA

We are for a few days in Canada, in Calgary, with 12 inches of snow, and temperatures between - 4° and 14° Fahrenheit!
We plan to drive south and spend the winter in south US, so to get a warmer weather.


Between two updates of our website, you can also follow us on our Facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/bourlingueurs

See You Soon
Marc and Gwendolyn from Calgary - Canada

[nwoods]

I hope someone has informed you that Wyoming and Montana have some of the coldest weather we experience here in the States. Arizona, that's where you want to be!

[Jean-Seb]

Hi ! Welcome to winter ! haha. ;)

Sorry I haven't been on for a while. If I could go south for the winter, I would too. Good decision. :costumed-smiley-007

[CanuckMariner]

Casa Grande, AZ is nice this time of year, but then so is El Paso, TX - enjoying some great trailing with friends.:costumed-smiley-007

[Les Bourlingueurs]

And we are just back in SFO for a couple of weeks, and after we will go to San Diego for january

Bye CU

The french overlanders from the Bay Aera

www.bourlingueurs.com

[AKcruiser]

Marc & Gwendolyn - When you get up to Alaska you are most welcome to stay with us. We are right at the end of the Alaska Highway in Delta Junction - a good place to stop, rest and repair. I don't know your routing, but we are located right at the junction of Richardson and Alaska Highways. If interested you can email us from our website at www.travelswithtroopy.com. We are familiar with all the highways and roads in Alaska, including the Dalton up to Prudhoe Bay and Deadhorse. Please let us know if we can help. From a fellow Troopy owner - Bon Voyage! Jeff

[DiploStrat]

Soyez les bienvenus aux États-Unis. Si jamais vous arriviez a Washington, Envoyez nous un e-mail ou un PM, il y a de la place !

[jmccandless]

Welcome back to San Francisco!

I'm just a newbie to the site and overlanding in general, but if there is anything I can do for you in the city, send me a note. From your pics it looks like you covered SF pretty well in your first visit but glad to help if I can. Restaurant recs., neighborhoods/sights to see, Toyota resources, etc. Also, might be able to get you garage access if the need were to arise.

Safe travels,
Jason
87 FJ60

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Hello,

So from Tecate (BC) in Mexico, for everyone :

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/voeux/voeux-2010.jpg

CU soon we back to san diego for the next WE

www.bourlingueurs.com

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Hi everyone,

After Christmas in Utah, we joined the California coast from San Diego to Los Angeles, where we finally find some warmer weather :

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_08.htm

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/4x4_californie_joshua_tree_07.jpg
JOSHUA TREE NP - CALIFORNIE

Between two updates of our website, you can also follow us on our Facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/bourlingueurs

See You Soon

Marc and Gwendolyn

[X-plorenow]

Hi everyone,

After Christmas in Utah, we joined the California coast from San Diego to Los Angeles, where we finally find some warmer weather :

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/page_08.htm

http://www.bourlingueurs.com/amerique-du-nord/fotos/4x4_californie_joshua_tree_07.jpg
JOSHUA TREE NP - CALIFORNIE

Between two updates of our website, you can also follow us on our Facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/bourlingueurs

See You Soon

Marc and Gwendolyn

Wow, I am so Jealous. Good luck to both of you. I hope that you appreicate what you are able to do...I can only hope that I can one day as well. :smiley_drive:

[Les Bourlingueurs]

Yes of course we appreciate it very much what we are doing. But it's not a question of luck, is a matter of individual will. Each of us has the same opportunity, but they do not open themselves to this choice :coffee:

We wish you that you make this lifestyle as choice :)

The Bourlingueurs who have made Earth their homeland, and humanity their families :victory:

From de Grand Canyon AZ

[stankfoot]

Hosted Marc and Damayanti over the weekend. the visit was to short but they have places to see. it was incredible to see the pictures and hear the stories.
looking forward to seeing them again. hopefully one day soon it will be in France, in July, eating some cheese and watching Le Tour:)

Kris, TJ and I wish you safe travels and anytime you are in Virginia you know you have a place to stay.

[RMP&O]

Yes of course we appreciate it very much what we are doing. But it's not a question of luck, is a matter of individual will. Each of us has the same opportunity, but they do not open themselves to this choice :coffee:

We wish you that you make this lifestyle as choice :)

The Bourlingueurs who have made Earth their homeland, and humanity their families :victory:

From de Grand Canyon AZ

so very well said.....

:clapsmile

You two are truely inspiring!

[stainless40/45]

Happy to have them in me casa. Excellent stories and really neat landcruiser.
Glad they could visit for a few days.


James and lynn and the killer dog Charlie