We left the current capital of Oklahoma for the original historic capital Guthrie. The creation and settlement of Guthrie occurred in less than one day. Less than one month after the infamous Oklahoma Land Rush Harper’s Weekly wrote: “Unlike Rome, the city of Guthrie was built in a day. To …
We have covered some ground since I last wrote. We did visit Lubbock and Amarillo, Texas. In Lubbock we went to tour …
First things first. Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian family and friends. Changing our route to visit Carlsbad Caverns was definitely the …
After leaving Albuquerque we next stopped near a town call Las Cruces. We didn’t actually see the town. The entire area is …
Mike and I are just leaving Albuquerque and heading south. We spent almost four days in Albuquerque during their huge hot air …
What a fabulous day! We spent today driving and walking around the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It is a few …
We have just spent the last couple of days in Zion Canyon National Park and like everything else in this area it …
Bryce Canyon is gorgeous! Hoodoos are skinny towers of rock that, in Bryce Canyon, can be from 5 feet to 150 feet …
Thank-you Harold, Jim, friends in New York and everyone who told us that we should make sure to stop in Moab while …
We booked into a campground in Salt Lake City for two nights, we then extended it to three nights and again extended …
We entered Yellowstone through their north entrance. The first thing that we saw was steam coming up from the puddles on the …
Mike and I have just left Yellowstone where we have had no internet and largely no cell service for four days so …
We have been in the US for a couple of days and are just heading into Yellowstone National Park. On our first …
After 37 days travelling across Canada we are heading south into the US towards Yellowstone Park. I thought that I would write …
Well it is now Monday and I haven’t uploaded my last article yet. I will probably upload both together when I finally …
Today is catchup in my writing. I hope to get this posted sometime soon but we are in an area of no …
Disappointingly our trip to Jasper wasn’t our best day. We had originally hoped to park the RV near Jasper and then use …
We started out this trip on the August 1 long weekend and ended up spending our first night in a Walmart parking …
On Tuesday morning we left Fort McMurray for the second time. Our route had changed and we were now heading for Slave …
It is 9pm on Monday night and I am sitting alone in our RV in a parking lot in Fort McMurray. 10:30 …
Mike and I have just spent a very pleasant three days in Fort McMurray. We have family there and they did a …
OK, maybe that is a little bit of an exaggeration but anything larger than speed bumps are hills when we are on …
We have just spent a couple of days in Cold Lake, Alberta home to a Canadian Forces base. Some of you may …
Short update. Mike and I have made it into Saskatchewan. We got up this morning in Manitoba planning on going for a bike …
I am writing this on the road just leaving Winnipeg where we have spent the last three nights. Mike had to attend …
Our first week is over, eleven to go. We gave up on our plan to keep following Hwy 11 to the end. …
Well plans changed again. Isn’t that what holidays are for. Enroute to Thunder Bay we drove past a turnoff for the town …
Day 7 YEAH, I got my map working for this blog, finally. Maybe it isn’t perfect but it does what I want. …
It is day 6 and we have just left Hearst, Ontario enroute slowly to Thunder Bay. This might be another night staying …
Day 4 and 5 The campground in Swastika was very nice; quiet and peaceful. Mike and I started the day by trying …
Day 3, holiday Monday, and we are heading north. Since Mike hadn’t heard back from his friend in Sudbury we decided to …
So it is day 2 and we have just left Walmart in Wasaga Beach on our way to Sudbury. We just drove …
Day 01 Saturday August 2 We did it! We have started our trip. A few minor problems hooking up the car. I …
So after six different trips to Hitch City the car can finally be towed. Shouldn’t the word alarm mean that it goes …
Day 14 & 15 On to the Sand Dunes – Nida, Lithuania: Well Mike and I did as was strongly suggested and …
Day 11 Monday Sigulda, Latvia to Lithuania: Today went a little different than expected. We had planned to go back to Cēsis …
General Notes: I thought that I would start this time with some overall impressions so far. The first thing that we notice …
DAY 6 – Island of Saaremaa in Estonia What a lovely day this was. Probably the best preserved medieval castle in the …
I am really too tired to type this now but it is our last evening in Riga and tomorrow we start on …
Hi everyone, Here is the beginning of our Baltic Journal emails. Day 0/1 Between work and the new RV this was probably …
In September 2013 Mike and I spent 16 days in the Baltics where we rented a RV and travelled across Latvia, Estonia …
