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MacGyver to the Rescue
As we awoke and ate breakfast this morning Tom declared “we had the right concept – just inadequate implementation.” What he meant was that if we could find a way to hold the lever up on the tow bar, we could keep it from collapsing and continue to use the existing tow bar until the…
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Third Time Is NOT always a Charm
We awoke in our campsite in Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod, and our fearless leader Tom scoured the internet for things to do. Seemed that if you did all the right things you could drive your 4 wheel drive vehicle on the sand and see the shore sights. What could go wrong? Well,…
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Maritime Themed Museums – Everywhere You Look
There is a persistent myth than figureheads we mostly scantily-clad women, but in reality, figureheads portrayed a wide variety of subjects, including animals, heroic warriors, celebrities and literary figures, and most human likenesses were fully clothed. We woke up and had breakfast in the RV, then headed into Mystic. There are two major attractions in…
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Our Second OWGrv Travelling Guest
We left on our New England Fall trip at 12:12 from Tom’s house in Downingtown. Scott had the jeep at his house, so he drove it with his luggage and some food to Tom’s for it to be reunited with Khan (the RV.) After he was 5 miles away from his garage and it’s air…
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Dashing for Home – Oh, Wait, Look, Another Museum
We started the morning with Tom taking a shower in the camper to avoid having to feed quarters, and Scott blowing an extra quarter on his shower – you get 3 minutes per quarter, and Scott splurged with 3 quarters but found his standard shower is only 5 minutes. We hope the next campsite doesn’t…
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Tall Ships Aren’t So Tall in the Distance
The purpose of this trip was to bring the RV home, and it really started yesterday morning July 9th. Scott drove to Tom’s new house, and we got a ride to the airport. The plan is to leave Khan and Polo with Tom for some much-needed love (particularly Polo’s display which has not worked since…
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A Long Day on the Road
No tourist stuff today – just 9+ hours of driving. We were planning on taking two days to get to our friend Tom Crossmon’s, but we figured it would be nicer to spend all day tomorrow (Saturday) with Tom and his family at his newly constructed homestead. The day started where we left off –…
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Is the Earth Flat? In this Part it Is!
Today we decided to cover some miles in order to arrive in Duluth a bit earlier than we originally planned. Canada is great – and unseasonably hot today with temperatures in the 80s in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but there is not too much to see. As with our last extended trip in Canada (see Homeward…
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“Head Smashed In…”
We started the day at the River’s Edge, where Tom was unwilling to buy “toonies” for a shower and showered in Khan. Scott decided he was sufficiently clean from Cranbrook. We were faced with two options for entertainment in Fort MacLeod. The first one was a UNESCO world heritage site – “Head Smashed In Buffalo…
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You got kicked out of where?
The morning started with bright sunshine and was a little warmer at Cranbrook/St. Eugene KOA. After a relaxing morning enjoying the nice washrooms one last time, we moved on to our next campsite in Fort MacLeod, Alberta. We had noticed that resort and casino associated with the campground had a church, and a field of…
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Another Dead Battery
Since we are now on the western edge of Mountain Time, we managed to sleep late – past 6AM, since the sun did not rise until then. Tom was the first to use the bathhouse, and we recalled why we loved this place so much (besides the hot tub). Each shower had a full bathroom…
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Deja Vu, All over Again
Prelude… Tom discovered last night that he had booked the Bonner County Fairgrounds Campsite for May 2-4, instead of May 3-5 – Oops. We debated trying to correct the error with the campsite host, who Scott thought looked like the Big Lewboski, or just push our 2-day stay to the next planned stop, which was…