Day 2: Route 66 and the Grand Canyon
Back to the trip. I spent Friday night, my first night in the new motorhome, in the parking lot of the Walmart in Kingman, Arizona, and was up early Saturday, pumped to get to another shopping destination near Flagstaff and then to the Grand Canyon. I couldn’t find any...
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Taking delivery of the new motorhome
Friday was the big day, starting a whole new direction in our lives. No more leaving the 3 furry members of our family home, and a whole lot of exploring the North slowly, in great detail. I took a few photos from my 6th-floor room at the Aloft Phoenix...
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Hinton to Whitehorse in 46 hours
I knew that I wouldn’t have much time in Hinton, but for a few reasons, it was even shorter than I’d expected. I went out for breakfast with the kids and at 09:30 was on the road. In Hinton, you can smell the economy (the pulp mill – “the...
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Sicamous to Hinton via the Icefields Parkway
From Sicamous, there are two reasonable routes to Hinton – the one through Kamloops and north on Hwy 5 is 658 km, the other up the Icefields Parkway through the heart of the Rockies is 53 km shorter, though it takes about the same time, or longer if you’re...
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Whoops – farmer tan alert!
This photo appears in the current edition of RV West magazine, in an ad for the Alberta Motor Association. At first glance it’s a nice photo – then I noticed the farmer-tan on the guy. Close-up. Eeeew – I can’t believe a guy would let himself be photographed looking...
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Life is a beach in New Zealand
Friday, Feb. 22, 21:10 (our itinerary) Here we sit in our cozy little motorhome in Mt. Maunganui, on the edge of one of New Zealand’s best surfing beaches (that’s our rig on the right). It’s very windy and we’re just listening to the surf and wind now, but for...
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