VEHICLE WOES
I know some of you have been wondering where we are and what we have been doing for the past three weeks. I will be catching up on the blog, and some big news will be coming out soon! But[…]
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Category: Daily Detour
DINNER FAILURE
This is officially my first daily detour since arriving on the island. I want to share my experience because it is so common here, but this is definitely a new one for me. My recent mishap involves the kitchen and[…]
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TIRE DETOUR
We were way overdue for a daily detour and finally it happened today. Needless to say, it was a very stressful drive by the end of our daily journey. We drove past Sacramento into the valley of farms and pastures[…]
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LAUNDRY DETOUR
It has been a while since I posted a daily detour but I got a really good laugh out of this one and had to share. Before I get straight to it, I need to provide some background information. My[…]
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DETOUR OR STOP SIGN?
We packed up and left Scagway about 7:30am before the tour buses got out on the road. We were the only 2 vehicles going through Canadian customs and we breezed right through. Everything was going so well. We passed through[…]
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DETOUR – MISSING THE GOOD SHOTS
On day 1 and 2 of driving, we saw small black bears beside the road on two different occasions. The first sighting was very exciting for us because we had not seen much in the way of wildlife early into[…]
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THIS REALLY WAS A DETOUR!
After the excitement from yesterday, we were all pumped up to see the Alaskan highway today. We got on the road about 7:45am, even though the sun comes up about 4:30am and does not go down until about 11pm. The[…]
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DAILY DETOUR – BEHIND THE WHEEL
I know that I haven’t posted a daily detour each day. There have been some, but they haven’t been post-worthy until today. When we started this journey, Darin told me that he expected me to drive the truck locally if[…]
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MY FIRST DAILY DETOUR
There’s something about firsts they say…. Darin happy to be pulling out on Thursday morning.Well, we were a day into the trip and I knew it was bound to happen. We made it safely to Salina, Kansas and ate sliders[…]
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DAILY DETOUR EXPLAINED
In the last 20 years since we’ve been together, Linda has been able to keep us laughing. There are not a lot of days that she doesn’t do something stupid by accident, and then we both break out in laughter.[…]
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