We are a bit behind on posting, but I want to just pop up a quick blip to update... We arrived in Edmonton yesterday after an amazing day at Provincial Dinosaur Park and then Drumheller. Seeing friends here in Edmonton has us all smiles and laughter and then today.... the fires and the smoke hit. …
Month: May 2019
Monday, May 27 – Winkler and some fields.
A full night’s sleep with no interruptions! After a soggy day yesterday, we awoke to clear blue skies that would top out at 65F. Sarah inaugurated the kitchen making breakfast while I monitored the dog and sipped on my tea. We eventually got up the courage to take turns showering in the on-site facilities, which …
Sunday, May 26 – Canada, eh!
Well, this morning started out a little rough. Sarah was awake in bed next to sound asleep Jim when someone decided they wanted to see the inside of our RV without asking. The door opened and the stairs went out, which must have scared them away. Either that or Sarah yelling “Excuse you!” in her …
Saturday, May 25 – Departure!!
Today is a good day. A really good day! The sun is shining, a cool breeze is blowing, and we are refreshed and ready to get moving! There are a lot of little details with an RV to think about, beyond trying to figure out where the hell to put all of your shit! (Speaking …
Friday, May 24 – Repairs and packing
6:45am – I drive the GMC to the dealer to have the condenser replaced. While I’m waiting, I go online to find a 1 hour glasses shop – none of which open until 9am or 10am. Then we find out that the safe we ordered wouldn’t actually show up until Saturday – or even next …
Thursday, May 23 – RV Pickup Day!!
OMG we are so excited!!!! Like, so excited!!!! (doing dance.. waving hands in air like we don’t care) When will then be now? Soon….. Soon. When we arrive at the dealer, greetings and hugs with our salesman, Jonathan, and off for the walk through. I got out the GoPro and started recording, because, wow…. there …
Wednesday, May 22 – Prep and procrastination
One of the things we forgot to do last week was to get the GMC into the shop to check out the AC that wasn’t working. Granted, we won’t be using it for a while, we still wanted to get it fixed. Luckily it is still under warranty, but we will have to take it …
Continue reading Wednesday, May 22 – Prep and procrastination
Tuesday, May 21 – Departure from IL
Today we officially left for the first leg of the trip. We determined earlier that not everything would fit inside the car and borrowed a soft-shell car top carrier (thanks sis!). Today, last minute, we realize there are 2 sunroofs and no rack. Plan B: Farm and Fleet has hitch mounted cargo carriers. After 90 …
Final countdown…
We have arrived in Minnesota to finalize the last of the errands and worry about all the details that we may have forgotten... there are more than a few I'm sure. Tomorrow, Thursday the 23rd, we will make the drive to Ramsey, MN to pick up the motorhome in the afternoon, stop on the way …
… go with the flow….
Already we are getting to practice our RV road livin' mantra... We have built a whole schedule around picking up the RV on the morning of the 22nd... and are now learning we can't pick it up until later in the week. Kind of laughing.. it's good practice, right? J&S
Totally Nuts in a Van 