June 8 – In 2016 at the start of this adventure, identifying where Earl and Ethel’s “Pacific Ocean” picture was taken was a challenge. We were not familiar with the Pacific coast and there was potentially over 900 miles of…
Ready to Roll!
We are down to our last day and last hours before hitting the road. Our test run for packing the SUV ten days ago helped a lot! Notice, NO SNOW!
We have Maps!
Our “go to” navigator of choice is the Google app, WAZE. We have been using this app since 2013 with good results. We call the female voice “Olivia” as in, Olivia Pope of the TV show, “Scandal.” She fixes things! …
It Fits!
We took advantage of 53⁰F weather today to try a test run packing our SUV. To our great relief everything fit nicely! This was not the case for Earl and Ethel. They needed to use…
When life sends lemons . . .
When life sends lemons, or, 19 inches of snow, make snow people! 12 days to go, 51⁰F and loving it! We deserve a break.
Car Prep – Two Weeks to Go
Tire rotation, an oil change, and a general checkout of the mechanical systems of our SUV. Just making sure our vehicle is road ready! Also had our dealer give us a refresher training on the navigation system. We don’t want…
Digging Out!
19 inches of record snow total! Yuck! Time to dig out for everyone in central Wisconsin. More snow for tomorrow, Wednesday. 50 degrees F predicted for Sunday. We’ll see. 15 days left before leaving. It can’t come quick enough.
California Dreaming Take 2!
Three days later, this storm came out of nowhere! Wow! Later revised to 19″ to 27″ of snow total!
California Dreaming – 3 weeks to go!
Today in Los Angeles its 85⁰, in San Francisco 61⁰, in Yosemite National Park 71⁰, in Denver CO 66⁰, in Moab UT in 68⁰, in Salt Lake City UT 64⁰, in Las Vegas NV 78⁰, and North Rim Grand Canyon…
We have the Internet!
Of course we always had the internet via cellphones. But, we were not certain of our plan to use our laptop for more intensive network tasks while on the road. The prospect of relying on coffee shop or hotel WiFi…
Less than 4 weeks to go!
With less than 4 weeks to go, Lynn and I experienced a set-back with both of us of getting ill and being “out of commission” for five days and still counting. Aargh!
Less than 5-weeks to go!
We have less than 5 weeks to go before we take off on our adventure. Excitement is building. Will we have an exciting website to match the journey? Time will tell.