Category: Journal
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Re-integration and future plans
Read more: Re-integration and future plansI wrote this a month ago today, with plans to publish it in a day or two, but then life intervened. Our church has a yearly “Holly and Lace Bazaar” where we sell used goods to raise money, and it is a huge production. Over 350 volunteers, thousands of visitors, and a Facilities Coordinator who…
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Gear Review: Panniers
Read more: Gear Review: PanniersOne of the toughest gear challenges we made at the beginning of this trip was finding the best panniers for us. Panniers are an intensely personal choice, and the subject of much debate on touring forums. The usual tradeoffs are multiple pockets vs. waterproof fabric, weight vs. durability, and ease and solidity of attachment. We began our…
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Statistical Journey
Read more: Statistical JourneyEvery journey needs a statical summary to help form a conclusion. Below are some fun statistics from our trip. Between June 2, 2008 and September 16, 2009 we: Visited 12 countries (including Canada) and travelled a total of 72,607 kilometers Rode our bikes 15,310 kilometers Crossed three oceans on container ships (Altantic, Indian, and Pacific)…
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Adjusting to home
Read more: Adjusting to homeAfter living as a nomad for over a year, there are certain luxuries that cause us problems now that we are home. These are generally things we have not had access to for the last 16 months, and so we forgot how they work. I thought I would share a few of these interesting re-adjusting…
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Thanksgiving Celebrations
Read more: Thanksgiving CelebrationsThanksgiving is a holiday that celebrates the bringing in of the harvest and traditionally involves a turkey dinner and feast. Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October – although the actual Thanksgiving feast may be celebrated on any day of that weekend. In our area, this is usually the peak time for…
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A crazy move day
Read more: A crazy move dayToday was the day we moved our “stuff” back into our house. We had not really planned it to be so crazy, but in the end, that is what happened. We had booked a cube van through Dymon Storage, with the thought that we could take half of our stuff out of storage, and leave…
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Home Sweet Home
Read more: Home Sweet HomeWe took our time riding the familiar roads that brought us home. Distances felt odd to us – things are much closer than we expected and yet the ride felt slow and took longer than we had thought it would. We stopped in Kanata for lunch at the Phu Yen – a Vietnamese restaurant that…
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The Power-full Ottawa Valley
Read more: The Power-full Ottawa ValleyThe weather changed dramatically during our last night in the tent. It started off with thunder storms and the warm humidity of summer. By morning, the humidity had dropped but so had the air temperature. It was cloudy and cold and remained so all day, with the high temperature of only 12 degrees. We were…