Our Trip is Over :-(

Was our trip great – absolutely it was phenomenal! Mike and I had a really, really super time and neither of us …

Final Days

Now our trip is basically about getting home via a scenic drive around the southern side of Lake Erie. We intended to …

Sore Anatomy

I am writing this sitting on one very sore, probably black and blue bum. Mike and I drove to the Cuyahoga Valley …

Cleveland

Mike and I left St. Louis Missouri and then drove through Indiana enroute to Cleveland Ohio. Somewhere we went from central to …

Missouri the “Show-Me” state

Missouri doesn’t score really high marks for its uniqueness of town names.  The other night we stayed in Lebanon.  We have either …

Route 66

We left the current capital of Oklahoma for the original historic capital Guthrie.  The creation and settlement of Guthrie occurred in less …

Monuments and Memorials

We have covered some ground since I last wrote.  We did visit Lubbock and Amarillo, Texas.  In Lubbock we went to tour …

The Bat Caves

First things first.  Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian family and friends. Changing our route to visit Carlsbad Caverns was definitely the …

“C” for Cotton and Chalk

After leaving Albuquerque we next stopped near a town call Las Cruces.  We didn’t actually see the town.  The entire area is …

Balloon Fiesta

Mike and I are just leaving Albuquerque and heading south.  We spent almost four days in Albuquerque during their huge hot air …

Fabulous Day

What a fabulous day! We spent today driving and walking around the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It is a few …

Scale is Everything!

We have just spent the last couple of days in Zion Canyon National Park and like everything else in this area it …

Gorgeous Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon is gorgeous!   Hoodoos are skinny towers of rock that, in Bryce Canyon, can be from 5 feet to 150 feet …

Moab, Utah – Great Area

Thank-you Harold, Jim, friends in New York and everyone who told us that we should make sure to stop in Moab while …

Photo Gallery finally created

As promised I have uploaded some photos to give an idea of what we have seen throughout our trip.  I will be …

Salt Lake City

We booked into a campground in Salt Lake City for two nights, we then extended it to three nights and again extended …

Yellowstone National Park

We entered Yellowstone through their north entrance.  The first thing that we saw was steam coming up from the puddles on the …

Big Sky Country

We have been in the US for a couple of days and are just heading into Yellowstone National Park.   On our first …

Leaving Canada

After 37 days travelling across Canada we are heading south into the US towards Yellowstone Park.  I thought that I would write …

Memory Lane, Southern BC

Well it is now Monday and I haven’t uploaded my last article yet.  I will probably upload both together when I finally …

Jasper in the clouds

Disappointingly our trip to Jasper wasn’t our best day.  We had originally hoped to park the RV near Jasper and then use …

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 …