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Monthly Archives: July 2008
We're home
Safe and sound. Collected the kitties from my mom. Checked the rear tire. Past the wear bars but still has a wee bit of thread left. The front, on the other hand, looks almost brand spankin’ new. The oil cooler … Continue reading
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SPOT tracker back online
Just sayin’. It seems to be working again.
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New Lisbon, WI
Still on our way back… now we’re at the Travelers Inn in New Lisbon, WI. Slowest internets I’ve seen in years. The tubes were faster in Teslin, Yukon. And that’s the next-door neighbor to the middle of nowhere. To hell … Continue reading
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Minot, ND
It seems the public SPOT tracker page isn’t working. We’re safe and sound in a Best Western in Minot, ND. I think I might have fixed my front wheel enough to go faster than 70 mph. I’ll find out soon! … Continue reading
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Animals we've seen
First a quick note…we’re in Minot, North Dakota. The “tracker” site has been down. Anyway, a quick review of the animals we’ve seen during our trip across the U.S. and Canada: Of course you get the usual: Horses of every … Continue reading
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The Road Home
We’re on our way back to C-town. Stopped for the evening in Dawson Creek. Doesn’t look like the kind of amazing place you make a TV show around, but we seem to be on the outskirts so we’ll make no … Continue reading
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Fail (although not "epic fail")
We’ve decided to turn back. We’re OK. Nothing’s really amiss, we’re just too weary at this point. 2-up + camping + deadline don’t mix. Especially the deadline part. The biggest mistake was saying we’ll be in Anchorage by next Sunday. … Continue reading
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Glacier National park… and going to Canada
No pictures yet, we haven’t had a chance to download. In any case, on Monday we went to Yellowstone. It’s a marvelous park. The one problem is that everyone with an RV (or a rented RV) thinks that they own … Continue reading
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The camping begins
Tonight is the first night of real camping. We’re sitting next to a fire, at Nelson Creek campground on the banks of the Shoshone River (probably misspelled — I don’t have the spelling in front of me) around 20 miles … Continue reading
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Last day at the rally
Missed writing at all about yesterday. The hotel we were in for the night was nice so we got some good sleep in. Ran into a man from Medina who had stopped at the rally and was on his way … Continue reading
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