DAY 44 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Gooooo Grizz!!!"
Today was supposed to be an uneventful drive-day, but turned out to be so much more than that. Madam Nostalgia, I didn’t expect to see...
DAY 43 - THE TRAVERSERS - "He is not cognizant of his spray."
The fastest way to the US border was back through Calgary and then south...and so we went. We had one final poutine opportunity at the...
DAYS 41 & 42 - THE TRAVERSERS - "I don't have a wide enough lens."
We have reached as far northwest as we will get on this adventure: Banff, Alberta. Having kept a close eye on the fires that took a...
DAY 40 - THE TRAVERSERS - "One tuck, one no-tuck."
We escaped the jaws of the moose and headed straight to Calgary, or Cowtown. It was another car day, but also another striking one....
DAY 39 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Cows on corners."
Our morning in Brandon began with, surprise, surprise...a quest to find local caffeine. Vera the Coffee Scientist We happened upon H...
DAY 38 - THE TRAVERSERS - "The cathedrals of the prairie."
This morning began at Iron and Claw, a great little downtown Kenora coffee shop. We then made our way around Lake of the Woods, out of...
DAY 37 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Speedy."
We have been in Canuck country for nearly a week now and, so far, the decision to travel home via the northern route has been a solid...
DAY 36 - THE TRAVERSERS - "What's a calzone?"
Sudbury or, The Sud, was a good place to get in and out of. We did have a surprisingly amazing meal at an Italian joint called Respect is...
DAY 35 - THE TRAVERSERS - "The poncho is your friend."
With all of the mindless content on screens with which we have to entertain ourselves, it really is wonderful that humanity’s attention...
DAY 34 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Lotta left lane sitters here..."
Today was our first big drive day. 632 km / 392 mi. Not crazy, but a car day none-the-less. We stuck to the Canada side so as to avoid...
DAY 33 - THE TRAVERSERS - "I can't eat all this paper..."
We left Québec City in the morning and, cup holders full, headed southwest to Montreal. It was my turn to drive and I took us the entire...
DAY 32 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Where's Martin Short?!"
Bonjour! We have conquered Old Quebec City in single day. The sights anyway...the French language, however, is perhaps getting the best...
DAY 31 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Do Canadian curbs count?"
The Traversers: Nancy, Steven, myself, David We are on the Canadian wing. As much as I miss playing my favorite camp game, “What bit me...
DAYS 22-30 - THE TRAVERSERS - "We abide by the frog and worm theory."
It’s been hot this last week. East Coast humid-hot. Stupid hot. I swear, the heat was so oppressive one day, the birds didn’t even...
DAYS 12-21 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Is that a long-legged bald eagle...?!"
The days are slipping by peacefully. Sometimes I’m up at 5:00AM, sometimes 9:00AM, but it all feels blissfully the same. Caffeine is...
DAYS 05-11 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Look at all these pine needles."
Gray, Maine. Little Sebago Lake. We’re there. Three and a half days of blazing across the US of A and we’ve been at the camp for a week...
DAY 04 - THE TRAVERSERS
We've landed. And it's perfect.
DAY 03 - THE TRAVERSERS - "Gotta be a summer camp..."
Pit stop number two: Eastern Standard Time and Elkhart, Indiana. 714 miles. Similar drill as the night before with a quick freshen-up and...
DAY 02 - THE TRAVERSERS - "That guy took home pancakes..."
Our first day on the road proved a triumphant one with 749 miles in the rear-view mirror and no food poisoning from my amazing...
DAY 01 - THE TRAVERSERS - "No loose items!"
After six months of solid work on the third season of Bel-Air at Universal Studios, we are on the wing, yet again! Of course, by “we”, I...
