Enroute to Jasper – NOT!

We started out this trip on the August 1 long weekend and ended up spending our first night in a Walmart parking …

Long Slow Day

On Tuesday morning we left Fort McMurray for the second time.  Our route had changed and we were now heading for Slave …

Rubber on the Road

It is 9pm on Monday night and I am sitting alone in our RV in a parking lot in Fort McMurray.  10:30 …

Speed Bumps are Hills

OK, maybe that is a little bit of an exaggeration but anything larger than speed bumps are hills when we are on …

Hornets, Lakes and Campers

We have just spent a couple of days in Cold Lake, Alberta home to a Canadian Forces base.  Some of you may …

Winnipeg and Folklorama 2014

I am writing this on the road just leaving Winnipeg where we have spent the last three nights.  Mike had to attend …

Week One is Over

Our first week is over, eleven to go.  We gave up on our plan to keep following Hwy 11 to the end.  …

Red Rock Folk Festival

Well plans changed again.  Isn’t that what holidays are for.  Enroute to Thunder Bay we drove past a turnoff for the town …

Bits and Pieces

It is day 6 and we have just left Hearst, Ontario enroute slowly to Thunder Bay. This might be another night staying …

Day 3 to Swastika, Ontario

Day 3, holiday Monday, and we are heading north. Since Mike hadn’t heard back from his friend in Sudbury we decided to …

Day 2 to North Bay

So it is day 2 and we have just left Walmart in Wasaga Beach on our way to Sudbury.  We just drove …

On the Road (to Walmart)

Day 01  Saturday August 2 We did it!  We have started our trip.  A few minor problems hooking up the car.  I …

Last Minute Actions

So after six different trips to Hitch City the car can finally be towed. Shouldn’t the word alarm mean that it goes …

To Tow or Not To Tow?

Whether we are in a campground for a few days or in an area where the terrain is unfriendly to large motorhomes …

Travel a Different Way

So you are going to travel.  Well you can always book into the nearest Hilton and see the sites from there.  Quite …

Narva & Tartu, Estonia Day 9-10

General Notes: I thought that I would start this time with some overall impressions so far.  The first thing that we notice …

Latvia & Estonia Day 3-5

I am really too tired to type this now but it is our last evening in Riga and tomorrow we start on …

Riga, Latvia Day 0-2

Hi everyone,  Here is the beginning of our Baltic Journal emails. Day 0/1 Between work and the new RV this was probably …