Going fast and going slow
The start of my year-long sabbatical was not auspicious. It was terrifying. We lined ourselves up for success (as best we know how) and boarded an early ferry at Duke Point to get in the Peace Arch lineup early. Well,…
We’re outta here!
Day 1 of the adventure begins right now... and it takes only a short while to run into our first hurdle...
6 Weeks from Launch
Our To-do List is being whittled down. I have accommodations already booked for a week over Christmas and a full month in Merida. I’ve touched up our trip plan nearly every day this week and everything seems to add up...
Klymit Double-V Air Mattress
We were determined to make it work. We were going to camp in style. And If we were determined to camp, we would not be sleeping on hard, backpacker-style pads...
Explore Again
I've grown tired of being a grown up. Maybe you have too...
Yeti Tundra 35 Hard Cooler
The Yeti Cooler was a tough choice to make. It’s just so damn expensive - how good could it be...?
Six Months/Forever
In six months from now, we’ll both say good bye to work for awhile, do the last bit of preparation, and hit the road in our 15 year old car for an adventure to top anything we’ve ever done...
Looking back and looking forward
There might have been an earlier inciting event but this is what I remember...
Eureka Kahuna 4 Tent
Once I decided that we could travel comfortably in our little car - that I wouldn’t buy a van or a truck and try and convert it into some kind of camping machine - the way forward became simpler...
Get ‘stoked
It was tough to move on from Christina Lake. We had stumbled on a gem of a campsite and it's always hard to uproot and take a chance on the unknown...
