THIS REALLY WAS A DETOUR!
After the excitement from yesterday, we were all pumped up to see the Alaskan highway today. We got on the road about 7:45am, even though the sun comes up about 4:30am and does not go down until about 11pm. The[…]
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Tag: Road trip
ALASKAN HIGHWAY!
Well, we finally made it to Mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway! We stayed the night in Valleyview, Alberta and our drive to Dawson Creek, British Columbia was only a couple of hours. We crossed another time zone and now[…]
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REVVING RETIREMENT IN AN RV
Tomorrow is a big day for this trip. We will finally make it to the very beginning of the Alaskan Highway (Mile 0). It seems like it has taken forever to get here, but it’s only been a week and[…]
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OUR 1 WEEK RV-ERSARY
Well, we made it a week and we have survived! Some people doubted us (no names mentioned here, but you know who you are) and they wondered if we could drive this much and live in small quarters without killing[…]
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DAILY DETOUR – BEHIND THE WHEEL
I know that I haven’t posted a daily detour each day. There have been some, but they haven’t been post-worthy until today. When we started this journey, Darin told me that he expected me to drive the truck locally if[…]
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2 DAYS IN BISMARCK…
We got here about 2:30pm on June 3rd and got set up beside my parent’s RV at the campground. Below are some photos of both units that Darin took while practicing his drone flying skills. View from the other direction:[…]
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MY FIRST DAILY DETOUR
There’s something about firsts they say…. Darin happy to be pulling out on Thursday morning.Well, we were a day into the trip and I knew it was bound to happen. We made it safely to Salina, Kansas and ate sliders[…]
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STARTING OUR NOMAD (AKA No Home) LIFE
As mentioned in an earlier post, we only had 3 weeks to move out of our house and yet we still had ties to Fort Worth and our jobs until May 31st. With the start of summer and the Memorial[…]
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CROSS COUNTRY RV PURCHASE
The idea began last September when we attended the Southwest RV Supershow at Market Hall in Dallas. More than 400 motor homes, travel trailers, tent trailers and camper vans were on display for purchase. We brought Linda’s parents along because[…]
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