I have previously mentioned that this was the longest trip Andrea and I have done. I don’t have stats from the previous longest trip (in New Zealand) handy but I do have some from a 2016 trip to Colorado and back. That was 4,149 miles of driving and was 19 nights / 20 days long. […]
Westfalia Way
As We Start Month Two
[Warnings: a) long, and long overdue, post; b) it’s late, I’m tired there will be mistakes I’ll fix 🙂 ] Hard to believe that we’ve been on the road for over a month now… this is officially the longest trip Andrea and I have done. The previous one (search New Zealand in this blog for […]
Road Trips Involve Detours
[Sept. 26 update] How could I overlook the first theme that set the trip into a proper Westy perspective! It’s included below. — There are always unexpected moments in any trip. I think back to our Sark adventure from 2017 and how many unexpected detours happened. Some minor, at least one major (and expensive… losing […]
Back in the USA
From Seattle to Victoria and then back to Washington state… this story is about waking up early to catch a ferry back to Washington and our adventures as we explored more of that state while the previous two talked about our time visiting those cities. This is the end of week two and into the […]
A Tale of Two Cities (Part 2)
I broke this tale of two cities apart because I could tell it would be long. This 2nd half is long despite that… consider yourself forewarned. It’s also been delayed as we’ve enjoyed some amazing places that were off the grid. Some times that’s just the right thing to do. So here’s part two with […]
A New Hat
I mentioned something about a new hat in the previous post. Before I get into more tales about Seattle and arriving back in Canada I’ll tell this short tale. People who have seen me covering bike races or camping or working at a folk festival will know I’ve worn a sturdy Tilley hat for years. […]
Hello Seattle
We have put pins in our travel map for a number of reasons. Visiting people we don’t get to see nearly often enough is one of those reasons. So here we are saying “hello” from Seattle. This is the second time Andrea and I have come to this lovely city. Both times it’s been to […]
Starting Week Two
Week one is behind us; week two has begun. In the first week we covered one province and eight states (today finds us in the ninth — Idaho — where we’re having lunch in Calypsos Coffee and Creamery in Coeur d’Alene). I haven’t calculated the exact distance but estimate it’s around 2,500 miles since we […]
Generous Randomness
It’s fitting that my last post was about music and how things go full circle. This entry is a variation on that theme. And it gets its title from the Mariposa theme ‘practice random acts of greenness’ which is a big deal for the festival. Origins of the Signs Greg Potts has been making Westfalia […]