Go ArnoldsThis week we reached a travel milestone for our family: Having visited the other 49 states in our motorhome, it was time to hop on a plane and see the final state of Hawaii. We started the adventure in a BlueIndy (one of the electric rental cars that we use fairly regularly ’round town) for an easy one-way 4:30am […]
We had to say goodbye to the ol’ Southy today. We sold it, and it has moved on to its next adventure, this time to some wonderful people out of sunny Arizona. I try not to get attached to “things,” but this thing was different. As a colleague of mine phrased it, RVs are memory-making machines and, […]
The Arnold RV is officially for sale. Interested suitors can see this page for more details. Memories not included.
As planned, we spent last Saturday walking around Quebec City. To my delight, everyone was quite friendly and, if they could, readily switched to English when they detected our awful attempts at French. The weather wasn’t fantastic for much of the day, but we could still enjoy walking around and experiencing what a cool town […]
Bonjour! (More on that in a minute…) Before leaving Ottawa last Thursday, we made another trip downtown since the weather was much nicer than the previous day. There was still more to see, like the Prime Minister’s office: …and their impressive Parliament Hill: The good spirits from Canada Day still lingered in the air, especially […]
Q: What should one do after gutting an 1880’s townhouse? A: Get in an RV and drive to Canada. That’s pretty much our summer plan. And with a little bit of luck, we’ll come back to a new wood floor and kitchen cabinets. (Fingers crossed.) A couple weeks earlier, Amy had shrewdly negotiated a temporary […]
We continued our push toward home on Monday, stopping along the way at the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan where Canada’s Mounted Police are trained (proudly called “Depot”). We were lucky enough to arrive in time to catch the Sargent Major’s Parade: We strolled through the museum and learned about the history of the […]
Before heading out of Tok on Monday, we stopped to catch up on some laundry. The great thing about an empty laundromats is that we can bang out a family of five’s laundry in about an hour. After that, we left Alaska and headed back down the treacherous Alaska Highway: We stopped along the road […]
We continued our push through the Yukon on Monday and, that evening, camped in a Walmart parking lot in Whitehorse, YT. (It was actually a dirt side-lot of some sort, as the main parking lot was stuffed full of other RVs. I’ve never seen so many people camping at a Walmart at once.) The scenery […]
On Monday we stopped in the town of Canmore, Alberta, looking for a library so I could get a few hours of internet-dependent work done. This is their library, and THAT is their view! We saw several of these along the road in Banff National Park: wildlife bridges over the freeway so animals can cross […]