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The route
Tom has now finished the 98 page turn by turn and detailled maps for our trip and it is at the printer. The following is a summary of our route. I have put certain parts in bold whic I anticipate will be my greatest challenges. DAY 1 - Tuesday 24 ...
bike packing
Last night we had a bike packing party! What I thought would take about an hour for all of us, turned into a three and a half hour marathon. We used bike bags we purchased from Nasbar which require the removal of both wheels as well as pedals and ...
Some Final thoughts
I have added some pictures from the airport. It was a marvelous trip. Here are some Final Thoughts Organization: One person must do the detailed route planning. Wherever possible routes should use white D roads. The wider the red on a D road, the busier ...
Ready to go and a test
OK the goodbyes are over with and Ted's birthday is out of the way and we are ready to go except for zipping up the bags....2 packs and 2 carry ons. Another adventure in the making...Luv to all this is how we will keep in touch for the next ...
Getting ready
Here I am still at home. Starting to get ready for trip. Just testing out this travelblog's features. Please excuse boring content! ...
Technical stop with friends
We were visiting John and Michele we met up on the camp ground in meat cove. They are also driving a VW Camper and were so kind inviting us to their home. Also John is a very good mechanic with a very well equiped garage. So he did some repair on the ...
Paris to Nice
This is my first attempt at something like this. Eight of us are off to France one week from today. We have been planning this trip for six months and we are about as ready as we can be, although the weather around here has not allowed us to ...
Motorcycling, the Diefenbunker and a picnic
... a motorcycle is not difficult. It's the starting part that I can't quite grasp. Maybe God is telling me something...nah... I got to Carp way too early for lunch, and I knew that the Diefenbunker was just down the street from Damita's house, so I stopped ...
Back on the farm
... devoted to the First Nations. The artefacts and information were well presented and extremely informative. From there we explore Canada Hall with its reconstructed buildings depicting life for some of the early settlers and immigrants to the country. ...
Home
455 Km Route: Hwy #17E A long leisurely day continuing East on Hwy #17 until John pulled into his driveway having completed this most amazing trip Overall comments: Two bikes on a trip is a perfect number We each traveled slightly over 16,000 Km ...
Return to the Farm
A brief return to the farm before finally returning home. Blue sky and bright sunshine promised a lovely day but a step outside was greeted with a brisk cold wind. Noreen took us out to make some last minute purchases before checking in with the airlines ...
Down on the Farm
Arrived 12th after good flight. Bit chilly but sun shining in clear blue sky. Grayson (4 1/2 yrs) and Evelyn (almost 2) will be providing most of the entertainment over the next 2 weeks. After recovering from the jet lag of yet another flight, we ...
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