With over 5000 kilometers on the twisted compass trip odometer, I estimate that Dave and I have spent at least 75 hours in the cab of the truck together by now (taking into account the “short cuts” and less than…
After much hard work, Chester has mastered a new trick. He does a great imitation of the French Taunter from Monty Python’s Holy Grail!
We’ve been on the road for almost a month now and have had some wonderful experiences and a few so-so ones. Kristel always enjoys lists so we thought we’d pull together a few lists from our first month. Thumbs Up…
I think I can say without reservation that we are definitely starting to feel unwound. The sun came out on our way to the coast and we have spent the last few days relaxing and taking in the gorgeous weather.…
It’s been pretty quiet since our last post, so it will be just a quick update today. We left the Gorge and headed south just west of Mount Hood. Climbing over the pass we encountered driving snow and were reminded…
After leaving home in snow and sub-zero conditions, I was hoping to write a post about how the weather just kept getting better and better as we moved south (and, of course, make you all foolishly jealous of us). Unfortunately,…
We had a nice evening lounging by the fire beside Lake Chelan. The next morning we decided to head into town to enjoy the Earth Day celebrations, catch up on the internet at the public library and to explore a…
The plan to visit Vancouver Island was scrapped based on the less than encouraging weather forecast…going from snow in Edmonton to rain on the island didn’t seem like enough of a step up. Instead we headed south through wine country…
On Wednesday morning we finally hit the road! There were many strange feelings as we were starting. Longing for the friends and family we will be missing (Diane and Kristel did attempt to keep the tears to minimum, but lost…
After more than a year of planning, camper/truck preparation and alternately telling ourselves that we either were or were not crazy, departure day has finally arrived (and only a day or so later than we intended). Tomorrow, we plan to…