The Travel blog
Stories and crazy shit that happens...Junior Seniors
We have officially dubbed ourselves the Jr Seniors and for our first trip as such, we planned to depart down south on or around Nov 4. We were ready to go…Ruby was packed to the gills, Trixie was equally as packed and as we started the bus to back her out of her RV...
The BIG Reno
This blog post is probably long overdue for some of you! We started talking about our big reno plan last fall, so thanks for your patience. We are finally ready for the big reveal. BUT first we want to tell you all about the things we did…starting with the exterior:...
Banana’s, boats and beaches
Our second trip out to Vancouver Island to take our sweet Grand Adventure out on a 2-week cruise started on Oct 1. We opted to drive out, since we needed a car to get us and a ton of supplies to the boat for 2 weeks. An overnight pitstop at the Holiday Inn Express...
The post of many names
I'm letting you know that you probably need an entire pot of coffee for this post...its a long one. As part of our grand master list this year of major reno’s, which we have yet to fully show off, we also had to do a few major exterior upgrades. The solar was pretty...
Agony of Electricity
Not everyday in the bus is a fairytale of life on the road, full of adventure. There are many days where things aren’t functioning as we need them to be. Prior to departing anywhere, both me and Todd have our inside and outside checklists that we go through to make...
All the Summer things
In between a car show and our next outing, we did a few things such as booked a 9 and dine golf night with Jill’s dad and stepmom at elbow springs golf course and did a big PM task to replace the main bearings and rod bearings on Ruby! Completely opposite things but...
The time we actually got stuck in the mud
A few weeks after we came home from yachting, it was officially the start to camping season with May long weekend upon us. We have been going to the same location for about 6 years, which is out on crown land, in the foothills of the rockies. You never know what the...
Our Grand Adventure
It’s been quite a few months since we posted anything new on what we’ve been up too, and we have a few things up our sleeve to let you know about. Last fall we drove our car out to Vancouver Island to vacation with friends. On one of our day trips we stopped in at the...
Summer fun – part 3
Todd's sister Wanda has a small 6-acre parcel of land in central Alberta and we scheduled a weekend visit up there on our way to Big Valley Jamboree. Its been on the books for at least 6 months and it was time to go! We were meeting most of the family up there for...
Summer fun – part 2
We departed the Houseboat, Todd cracked a rib and we did a quick grocery top-up in Sicamous. We drove east, towards Revelstoke, across a ferry towards our vacation location #4 (an undisclosed lake in BC). This place is top secret, if you recognize it, good for you. If...
Summer fun – Part 1
While we were snow birding in Mexico for the winter, we got notifications that we were invited to 2 weddings this summer! How exciting….we just had to figure out how to fit them into our “already planned” vacation schedule. We usually have multiple sets/chunks of ...
Off to the races!
We moseyed back to Alberta just in time for Canadian May long weekend. Aside from 2014 when we were in Australia, Todd has NOT missed a May long weekend camping event in Alberta for over 30 years with his friends. Everyone knows that he will be out to save “the spot”...
A Spring in our Step
We aren’t sure why we came back from Mexico so early – in hind site we should have waited until at least mid April to return. The weather in Alberta and Western Canada in March, is usually undesirable. So we will keep that in mind for future travels! Regardless, we...
The time we lived in Yucatan peninsula
You all know that I have to do a summary report after each long trip so we don't forget any of the awesomeness that we had for 10 weeks. It all goes by so fast and every day is like the next, so I have to make sure we record this stuff along the way. Things that are...
Adios amigos!
Once we dropped our friends and the rental car off at the airport, we had to figure out how to get to Progreso. Its not like you can just hail a taxi from the airport to take you somewhere….….oh …no…. that’s illegal apparently. You have to have a pre-booked vehicle...