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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…
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Will Starlink Work Inside?
We woke early at the Lakefront RV Park to take showers in Khan. Despite the fact that they advertised bathrooms and showers, and had bathrooms and showers, they were padlocked. After showering and breakfast, we tried the “hard reset” on Polo to see if that would revive the dashboard display. This involved disconnecting the battery…
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Wake Up Khan and Polo! Time to GO RVing.
This trip actually sort of started when Tom left early Tuesday morning from PHL for SEA – he was visiting our friend Mike Chapman early to dust out the cobwebs from Khan and Polo and to help Mike with a few two-man chores on his house in Duval. The time was needed. Though we thought…
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Seattle, As Presented by Stuart
Our last day of this trip began with waking early – at least early for the Chapman schedule – and getting Khan ready for us to leave it. That involves eating up, donating, or storing all the food, cleaning the floors and bathrooms (Tom’s ritual for each departure,) and winterizing Khan for a long stay. …
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%#!!iK on the Highway
We left the Chapman cabin fairly late morning after a walkabout of the property and some time fixing more aspects of the interior of Khan and the Polo tow bar. Scott rode with Mike while Tom tried to keep up in Khan towing Polo. Lots of traffic and a few stories banned from the blog,…
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Time to Relax and Smell the Roses, and Forget Yesterday’s Woes
Mike’s “Cabin” is two stories. The first floor is an 8-bay garage/shop with high ceilings and one of the bays is a large oversize one for a Camper/RV. Sitting above these garages is the cabin’s living quarters. It includes living room, kitchen, master bedroom an loft sleeping area and loft office as well as bathrooms.…
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What Else Could Go Wrong?
First, a few photos of scenes along the way… We departed our last campsite for this trip on our way to the Chapman Cabin in Port Angeles with a bunch of technical problems with both the electrical and brake cable connections between Khan and Polo. We figured that we would be able to fix all…