We are fairly boring lately

Hey everyone,

I had originally decided that my blogging days were over with our return to snowy and cold Saskatchewan. But I get a report every week that tells me if people are logging on the blog and apparently there are quite a few of you out there still hoping we have something fun or interesting to tell you. I hate to disappoint an audience however we are fairly boring lately. We are just working lots to try and catch up on our bills and get our selves out of the red from our trip in time for the summer. The most fun we had since we have been back is catching up with our friends and family and of course celebrating my nephew Jagger's birthday. It is sooo hard to believe that he is one year old already. He is so cute and getting his walking down pretty good now! He got tons of toys at his birthday that I think should keep him busy over the summer.

Anyway the snow is rapidly melting (thank goodness) and I can see some grass starting to show through - so I am getting anxious to start playing in my yard. Lets all hope and prey that we don't get any big snowstorms in the next month like last year!

Take care everyone and I will try to put the odd exciting thing on the blog - although very few and far between!

We are home!

Well Hello, we are home, we arrived last night at about 11pm! Our little house was warm and cozy and welcomed us home. I attached some pics of what a truck and trailer look like after traveling thousands of kilometers in the snow and cold. I think our total trip from San Jose was about four thousand kilometers (I don't know what that is in miles - A LOT). We made it through the border with ease!! I start work tomorrow - so reality will hit then, for now I am dilgently unpacking and doing laundry etc.

Brrrrrrrr!

The view from Travis and Stacey's dining room, - in Coeur D' Alene

The pics are backwards - but this is 36 levels of Jenga - We beat the game - thats the best you can do! Seriously read the rules!

The riveting game - it was very intense!


This picture is of what Colin wants his bins to look like!

This is us tucked in at the truck stop for the night. We are sure little hey!


Well we have had a few LONG days of driving - averaging about 10-13hrs /day. That is about as many hours as we can take. It went relatively smooth. I am so amazed that in a matter of a few short hours while heading north you can go from +28 to having the temperature steadily drop into freezing. I watched in horror as the thermometer dropped continually until we finally hit the snow. YUCK!! I am so not mentally prepared for this. Anywho, we spent our first night amongst the semi trucks at a flying J truck stop (its quick and cheap). All I can say is that if we are ever so fortunate to be able to have an experience like this again in our lives we will HAVE A GENERATOR for the trailer; for such things like A/C in Yuma +35, and for flying J truck stops in the snow. We had to let the truck run most of the night so that it would charge our battery enough to keep the fan for the furnace running. It was not that bad just really inconvenient. I must say I was the only creative one in the trailer and used those hand and feet warmers that you use in your snow boot s and mitts, and put them in the bed so it was nice and warm!!!!!!! Colin thought I was nuts and started making fun of me - so I just put them on my side - sucker . . The best part is it was all free which is good for the unemployed.

The next morning we headed off again and within an hour and a half we were on in Idaho falls with a broken down trailer. UGH! Apparently the wheel bearing seized again (this happened about 8months ago) despite Colin faithfully checking and maintaining them on this trip. So thankfully we were able to use our emergency road side assistance who set us up with a shop, who took us immediately and had the tires and bearings fixed in about an hour and a half!!!
I admit it was a shitty thing to have happen but it could have been sooooo much worse. At least we were in a city, only 3miles from the shop, and we caught it early so that they only had to fix the wheel, hubs, and bearings as compared to having replace the entire axle which happened last time!
By about 9pm we arrived at our destination Coeur D' Alene and are visiting our friends for a day. Coeur D' Alene is beautiful and we are having a great time. Our friends live in the woods on the lake - so its a NICE view.
We are leaving for the final 13hr leg of journey in the a.m. and I am a bit sad that our adventure is over but we are leaving with a tone of GREAT experiences and memories that I would not trade for anything in the world.

Heading North now!

Golfing at Parker!
Golfing at Parker!
The river at Yuma! - HOT HOT!

Having shrimp tacos and soup in Algodones Mexico - 30min south of Yuma!

Our parking spot in Yuma at the Casino trying to escape the heat with LOTS OF BEER!!

Well we have enjoyed our last few days in the desert. It was +35 in Yuma and we were dry camping in a casino parking lot - with no power - which means no A/C yikes! We have headed North to Parker and are enjoying it here as well. We have to giggle at all the snowbirds camping in the middle of the desert and I really mean IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. It looks like they have pulled off to the side of the road and just parked where-ever. We have spoken to some of these people and they stay in the middle of the HOT sand for months at a time with no services!

We are not that brave - we hightailed it out of Yuma and found a place with power and water. We have had a few good holes of golf and enjoy listening to the wild donkeys in the hills at night. however today is our last day in the real heat. As tomorrow we start our big travel days (15 and 16hr days) north. We should not be long now! I am anxious to get back to work - and am worrying what action I am missing in Kindersley. Internet is very few and far between and no one seems to have good enough connections for pictures so our blogs will be short and sweet and not as visually appealing as in the past! Take care and see you soon.