USA

Hello Again!
Seattle was great as always, especially Pike Street Market (picture)
We had a wonderful long weekend at Friday Harbor, in the North Sound with friends Jerry and Cheryl. They built their houseboat (picture) in their back yard!! Luckily we had some of the best weather in months while out on the island. The ferry trips were fun and of course we saw more beautiful sights by motorcycle! (Gypsy went with us in her special carrier and enjoyed the whole thing.) (Picture of the 4 of us)
Back on the mainland, we picked up the camper, reloaded the bikes and headed for our last "lower 48 campground" where we met up with Janet and Ron (Picture of R&J in their back yard where we visited with them. Their son and family now live there, and they have a slab for the 5th wheel when they go to visit). Of course we needed to pick up a couple of items, before heading into Canada so one last trip to the grocery. We expect prices to be high in Canada.
Our trip across the border was unremarkable (ie. they didn't search either rig, and the dog's papers passed inspection!). Of course the weather reverted to our "usual" and we were all pretty well soaked by the time we got set up in our campground in Rosedale, BC. It was adjoined to Bridal Veil Falls Park, so Chris and I hiked about a 1/2 hour up to the base (picture) after things died down to a drizzle! The hot tub was very popular in spite of the weather, but the "heated pool" was BRRRR!
Prices in Canada are very high. Today we got the discount price on diesel by paying cash - it was $6.80/gallon!!! (We've been paying $7.25/gal!!) OUCH! The food prices are comparably high and the tax (on everything) is about 14%. Good thing we stocked up. (Are you all feeling better now?)
Today the weather gave us a break - warm and sunny, so we went for a great ride on one of the few roads. We're in Prince George, B.C., a town of about 10,000. When you leave the city, there's really nothing but beautiful mountains and trees with swift running rivers everywhere for a great distance. I feel like a pioneer! (well, except for the fact that KFC, McD's, etc. are everywhere in town. Tomorrow we head farther north! Internet access is intermittent, so we'll update when we can!

Hello Everyone!

We've been On The Road full-time together in OUR rig since August 7, 2007. (Carol's original rig and truck found a home with friends Deb and Joe with whom we hope to have many opportunities for travel in the furture!)

So far we've covered 8600 miles with the truck and 5th wheel, and another 12,000 on the motorcycles! We been at 160 ft. below sea level at the Salton Sea near Mecca, California, and above 11,000 ft. at Sandia Peak outside Albuquerque. We have 14 states under our belt so far and have been in temperatures as low as 19F and as high as 98F. (The 19 taught us a lesson about desert camping in the winter!). Along the way we've met a lot of great folks, many of whom also share our love of motorcycling.

We hope that finally starting this blog, after months of promises to many folks, will allow those interested to "see" and read about some of our adventures. We think of you all often, and enjoy hearing from everyone.

We're currently a little southwest of Sacramento, CA and heading north to Alaska this summer.

C&C