We move back into our house in 2 weeks!!
I will be updating the blog with summaries of the road trip at that time... Stay tuned!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Then What?
We have been home for a week now. We are homeless for the time being until we can move back into our house on June 1st. We have re-insured our vehicles that were parked while we were gone, cleaned up the boat, re-actived our cell phone with our Canadian number, arranged for the internet, cable and phone to be re-connected. We have seen most of our friends and family, had a couple dinners out etc... Where are we going next? Where is the next destination that I can plug into our Nuvi GPS of look up in our road atlas......we will get to move into our house in 3 weeks, that will be entertaining for the 1st month...Then What?
Michael and I are flying to Prince Edward Island tomorrow to see Jennifer, it has been 10 months since Mike has seen his big sister! We will spend the week with her in PEI then Mike and I are flying to Vancouver Island to see everyone else! Once I get back from there it will only be 10 days until we move back into our house...Then What?
Then What? = getting back to a normal life, getting Michael back to school in the fall, getting him back into his Ju-jitsu, skiing etc.
Then What? = Kelly going back to work in August and finally having a pay cheque again, re-joining the photography club and ladies golf club.
Then What? = Terry going fishing to his favorite river, getting the boat in the water, going golfing, learning how to be patient and sit still..
Then What? = realizing that what we did for the past 333 days was an unbelievable, extraordinary thing that most people will never experience, that we were lucky enough to be able to pull it off without too many hardships, and the hope that maybe, just maybe we will be able to do it again one day...maybe 10 or 20 years down the road...but maybe it will just happen again...then what?
Michael and I are flying to Prince Edward Island tomorrow to see Jennifer, it has been 10 months since Mike has seen his big sister! We will spend the week with her in PEI then Mike and I are flying to Vancouver Island to see everyone else! Once I get back from there it will only be 10 days until we move back into our house...Then What?
Then What? = getting back to a normal life, getting Michael back to school in the fall, getting him back into his Ju-jitsu, skiing etc.
Then What? = Kelly going back to work in August and finally having a pay cheque again, re-joining the photography club and ladies golf club.
Then What? = Terry going fishing to his favorite river, getting the boat in the water, going golfing, learning how to be patient and sit still..
Then What? = realizing that what we did for the past 333 days was an unbelievable, extraordinary thing that most people will never experience, that we were lucky enough to be able to pull it off without too many hardships, and the hope that maybe, just maybe we will be able to do it again one day...maybe 10 or 20 years down the road...but maybe it will just happen again...then what?
Monday, May 2, 2011
we are home!!
After 333 days on the road, 9 provinces, 22 states, 30,000 KM's...we are home!!
We managed to live fairly peacefully in our 189 sq ft motorhome for 11 months which is a huge accomplishment in my opinion! Life will slowly start to go back to normal...we move back into our house on June 1st and will be able to spread out a bit...moving into 3400 sq ft for just the 3 of us seems a little extravagant but hey, we will all get our own bathroom and play rooms!
We are staying in mom and Ken's driveway for the month of May, Michael is slowly migrating into the house to sleep at night etc, but Terry and I are determined to get our full year in in RV!
I will still be updating the blog on a regular basis with some stats and facts from the trip...stay tuned and thanks for watching!
We managed to live fairly peacefully in our 189 sq ft motorhome for 11 months which is a huge accomplishment in my opinion! Life will slowly start to go back to normal...we move back into our house on June 1st and will be able to spread out a bit...moving into 3400 sq ft for just the 3 of us seems a little extravagant but hey, we will all get our own bathroom and play rooms!
We are staying in mom and Ken's driveway for the month of May, Michael is slowly migrating into the house to sleep at night etc, but Terry and I are determined to get our full year in in RV!
I will still be updating the blog on a regular basis with some stats and facts from the trip...stay tuned and thanks for watching!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Heading Home!!
We departed Astoria, Oregon yesterday morning in the pouring rain...it had rained and rained on our parade for 3 days in a row and our plans to take our time in Seattle were not panning out...We almost made it to Seattle and alas...it was still raining...
Since we were at the tail end of our journey and we were quickly running out of money and going into debt (which is not what we had planned on doing) we made the decision to NOT go to Vancouver Island for the month of May...we are heading home to Terrace....we should be arriving home this weekend!
We have mixed emotions about going home earlier than our 1 year but we did have 11 excellent months!
Since we were at the tail end of our journey and we were quickly running out of money and going into debt (which is not what we had planned on doing) we made the decision to NOT go to Vancouver Island for the month of May...we are heading home to Terrace....we should be arriving home this weekend!
We have mixed emotions about going home earlier than our 1 year but we did have 11 excellent months!
Astoria, Oregon
Astoria, Oregon
Seattle, Washington
getting closer to Canada!!
yay!
Canadian Customs
Oh Canada!
great to see Grandma in Langley!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Redwood Highway
After 3 grueling days on Hwy 1 we finally joined up again to Hwy 101, The Redwood Highway. We drove down the Avenue of Giants and stopped for a walk in the enormous old growth Redwood forest...wow..these trees are huge!
We spent the night in Eureka and met Joel's brother-in-law, Solomon, I guess he is my cousin-in-law?
After a late start we drove through the Redwood National Park. Terry and I drove south through here on our Harley trip on our honeymoon in 1997, it looked different heading north this time!
The Redwood trees are absolutely massive, we thought that we had huge trees in the northwest with the Sitka spruce but the Redwood tree is the tallest living thing on earth! The average height is 100-250 ft with the tallest one ever recorded was 379 ft tall!
We stopped at a few touristy places for some photo ops, Michael got to see a 35 ft tall Paul Bunyon and Babe his blue ox!
We spent the night in Eureka and met Joel's brother-in-law, Solomon, I guess he is my cousin-in-law?
After a late start we drove through the Redwood National Park. Terry and I drove south through here on our Harley trip on our honeymoon in 1997, it looked different heading north this time!
The Redwood trees are absolutely massive, we thought that we had huge trees in the northwest with the Sitka spruce but the Redwood tree is the tallest living thing on earth! The average height is 100-250 ft with the tallest one ever recorded was 379 ft tall!
We stopped at a few touristy places for some photo ops, Michael got to see a 35 ft tall Paul Bunyon and Babe his blue ox!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Pacific Coast Highway, California
We have followed Highway 101 and then Highway 1 from Carpenteria, just north of LA up past San Francisco along the coast. Highway 101 was a freeway most of the way and then once we turned off onto Highway 1 it also had parts that were designated a freeway. It was great to see parts of San Francisco again, we were here 4 years ago and recognized a few things. Michael and I walked out onto the Golden Gate bridge but it was so foggy out we couldn't see much...
The best part of Highway 1 was after we crossed the Golden Gate bridge, through Sausalito, then up a few hairpin corners to Muir Beach and winding our way along the coast...wow....we are now camped in a private RV site in the woods right on the San Andreas Fault..yikes! Who would have thought that our little 23 ft motorhome would be having such an adventure!
The weather is foggy and cool, we are not acclimatized yet for out normal weather after spending so much time in the desert. (My sinuses are actually starting to feel better, I had hoped that the dry desert air would have solved my sinus problems but all the dry air actually made them worse...ahh...feel the moisture..I can breathe again).
California a very expensive state to be in compared the others that we have traveled through. Fuel is up to $4.50 ga and camping has been $35 for a cheap place and $52 for a so-so place per night!
The best part of Highway 1 was after we crossed the Golden Gate bridge, through Sausalito, then up a few hairpin corners to Muir Beach and winding our way along the coast...wow....we are now camped in a private RV site in the woods right on the San Andreas Fault..yikes! Who would have thought that our little 23 ft motorhome would be having such an adventure!
The weather is foggy and cool, we are not acclimatized yet for out normal weather after spending so much time in the desert. (My sinuses are actually starting to feel better, I had hoped that the dry desert air would have solved my sinus problems but all the dry air actually made them worse...ahh...feel the moisture..I can breathe again).
California a very expensive state to be in compared the others that we have traveled through. Fuel is up to $4.50 ga and camping has been $35 for a cheap place and $52 for a so-so place per night!
we finally made it to the Pacific again!
Carpenteria, California
San Francisco
San Francisco
fog obscuring most of the Golden Gate bridge
the Golden Gate bridge
Hwy 1
steep cliffs on Hwy 1
PCH Hwy 1
Apple Valley, California
We spent 2 days and 2 nights at my cousin Joel's place in the Mojave Desert. Joel, his wife Angel and their 3 children, Judah, Ethni and Silas have lived there for 5 years. Angel is from California and grew up not far from where they live today, Joel is a BC transplant and now an American citizen. The 2 older children were very happy to meet Michael, their big cousin!
Joel took Terry, Mike and I out to the desert to go target shooting. Mike and I have never fired any guns before so it was a big eye opener for us! Mike was pretty impressed, Joel let him shoot a .45 automatic handgun; a 9 mm automatic and a Smith and Wesson assault rifle. Americans sure love their guns!
We had a BBQ on the 2nd night and met some of Angels family. Joel built a HUGE picnic table to seat all of us, the dimensions were 12 ft by 5 ft, maybe we will have to build one for ourselves too!
Joel took Terry, Mike and I out to the desert to go target shooting. Mike and I have never fired any guns before so it was a big eye opener for us! Mike was pretty impressed, Joel let him shoot a .45 automatic handgun; a 9 mm automatic and a Smith and Wesson assault rifle. Americans sure love their guns!
We had a BBQ on the 2nd night and met some of Angels family. Joel built a HUGE picnic table to seat all of us, the dimensions were 12 ft by 5 ft, maybe we will have to build one for ourselves too!
Mike all ready for shooting
Terry and the assault rifle
Mike with the 9 mm
Joel showing Mike how to hold the rifle
watch out terrorists!
Ethni
Judah
Silas
Angel, Terry and Joel and the huge picnic table!
cousins!
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