Category: Recap
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Week #9 ~ Recap
1106 miles, 2 countries, 2 provinces, 1 state, 1 national park, 12.3 miles on the bike, and 3 lobsters consumed. OVER $599.72. Week 9 was the week we blew up our budget. Oops! It wasn’t total irresponsibility—although I would be lying if I didn’t admit some of it was. It was also the time…
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Week # 8 ~ Recap
678 miles, 10 family members, 6 more oysters, 2 great lakes, 2 major cities, 2 states, 2 countries, 1 Province, 1 BIRTHDAY, 1 state park, 1 more city that hosted a Winter Olympics, and we were $321 UNDER budget. How do you fall in love with the week you just had ~ some of which…
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Week #7 ~ Recap
1728 miles (no, that is not a typo). 5 states, 2 air b&bs, 1 friend and her sister, 1 National Park, 1 state park, 40+ shooting stars, 1 bar with karaoke, currently $380 over budget for the month. Driving, driving, driving, driving…..and more driving. Getting across the plains from Montana to Chicago is far but…
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Week #6 ~ Recap
650 miles, 3 states, 2 days with old friends in Spokane, 2 days with Erin’s cousin in Missoula and 1 state park, $389.66 UNDER budget. I don’t know if you can tell, but our mileage total was a little lower this week. After spending so many nights in Banff we realised a slower pace for…
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Week #5 Recap
495 miles, 1 national park, 1 canoe ride, 1 oil change trip to the big city, 2 hikes, 6 nights of camping, 1 night at the nicest 20,000 person town we’ve seen for awhile. As far as budget goes, we came in at $4.35 over budget this week–oops! We spent 6 amazing nights in Banff…
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Week #4 Recap ~
864 total miles. 2 countries, 1 state, 1 Province, 1 car ferry, 1 National Park, 2 old friends, 1 major city, ½ dozen oysters all eaten by Erin, currently over budget for the week by….$109. 864 miles ~ Olympic National Park to Vancouver on our way to Banff National Park. What a place Olympic National…
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Week #3 Recap ~
915 total miles. 2 states, 1 National Park, 1 National Forest, 1 State Park, 1 Lighthouse, 1 old friend, 1 major city, 1 ocean, ½ dozen oysters all eaten by Erin, currently $71 under budget. This week was full of more amazing scenery than you could shake a stick at! The Pacific Northwest (PNW) is…
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Week #2 – Recap
Week 2 was full of….California. 796 Total miles, 1 National Park, 1 National Forest, 1 HipCamp campsite one massive state. We are approximately $650 under budget this week. California…..we drove for what seemed a very long time and still only drove through about ½ of the state. We spent three nights in Yosemite, which is it’s…
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Week #1 – Recap
Week #1 ~ 3 States, 1 National Park, 1 Recreation Area, 1 major holiday, 1,180 miles currently $350 under our budget of $250/day. This has been a shakedown week, a meltdown week and a decompression week all rolled into one. Shakedown ~ some of our gear worked just as intended, some of it didn’t….and Marla’s…