We jammed north, breaking up long driving days with brief visits to friends and family in Portland OR and Vancouver BC. We camped for a few days at a former airstrip on the side of a mountain (below) near Whistler Village with a glacier view, allowing us to dine with Steven’s lovely neice Samantha, who Continue Reading »
WHERE ARE WE? In the tradition of Click and Clack of Car Talk/NPR, we have a puzzle for you. Look at the feature image taken yesterday of our Roadtrek and note the following clues: 1) the blue truck is on Hwy #97, the Alaskan-Canadian Highway, AKA: the “Al-Can”; 2) there are glaciers in the background; Continue Reading »
We visited Athens, Georgia last year, so why not Athens, Greece this year? We just completed a 5 day trip to Athens to handle Steven’s Greek family business. We relied heavily on our niece Mel, a Greek attorney and MBA (below) to help translate for us during a 5 hour appearance before the Supreme Court Continue Reading »
As “City” and “Outskirts” dwellers, we really appreciate visits to our extended families who live in the country. It gives us an opportunity to hike, shop, and eat in small town settings and spend more time outdoors. Oroville sits on a plateau at the junction of the Sierra Nevada Range, the Central Valley, and the Continue Reading »
“RHODA”, our 2000 Roadtrek 170 Popular has been our home for 13 months of cross-country and Canadian travel, and several week-long West Coast road trips. We love that this small Canadian motor home was small enough to park in all standard city-marked parking spaces, even with 2 bikes and a tire mounted on the back, Continue Reading »
On the houseboat in Mission Creek, we have been residing in one of the denser parts of San Francisco: SOMA, or “South of Market”. It is where most of the new housing has been built, where most of the new technology businesses have been established, and where most of the City’s bicycle and pedestrian deaths Continue Reading »
We returned home October 1st, 2013 after 13 months, and 40,000 miles of travel in our 17 ft. Roadtrek. After a great month at home in Albany, we moved across the Bay to San Francisco for two months…to live on one of the 20 San Francisco houseboats (“Floating Homes”). Sally’s brother is a cruise ship Continue Reading »
This week we had to euthanize our sidekick, our baby, our great traveling companion, our gorgeous girl, Lety. We are so very sad; she was only 7 years old. Complications of Canine Typhus from tick bites I had her treated for in Mexico 4 years ago, caused her mental state to deteriorate. Instead of staying Continue Reading »
We didn’t really recognize our travel fatigue until we got home to our 350 sq. ft. studio apartment in Albany, CA. We love our little town (about 1 mile square), our neighbors and merchants. Even cleaning up our overgrown back yard is a welcome task. Sleeping in our Queen size bed is so-o-o-o-o delightful after Continue Reading »
We have been traveling the U.S. and Canada in our 17 foot RV for 13 months, trying to follow pleasant (cool) weather. During 40,000 miles we have hit some quirky heat spells even in Nova Scotia, but rarely “wimped out” and used RV park/electric hook ups or hotels for air conditioning. Instead we altered course Continue Reading »