Because our license plate and taillights were blocked by our new bike cover, we decided it wasn’t safe to proceed. Before we had even made it to Seattle, we were at a standstill. Not a light in sight I spent the morning developing a solution to add some additional rear…
Preparation and Liftoff
We spent the first 2 weeks of January getting ready to depart. Actually, we scrambled to complete what we needed to while making time to spend with family and friends. Why is it that regardless of the amount of time we have to prepare for a journey, the last few…
America
I’m really looking forward to seeing the United States from something other than an airport, a hotel room, a convention center, a casino, a marathon route, or a cliff — the vistas from which I’ve previously enjoyed the U.S. of A. I have a romantic notion of America and its…
There and back again — Retrieving our motorhome
I picked up our motorhome from the dealer in Des Moines, Iowa on December 28th. I drove out into the night and a snow storm. The roads were slick with uneven layers of ice still clinging to them from an earlier blizzard. I sat idling in the parking lot while I…
There and back again — Picking up our Motorhome
We purchased our Solera from RV Direct’s dealership in Des Moines, Iowa. Why so far away? There are no Forest River dealers in British Columbia that sell this model. In fact, there is only dealer in Canada (in Laval, Quebec) that sells them, and they buy them at RV Direct,…