Category Short Trips

Ontario

May 10th to May 22nd, 2025 Our original plan had been to travel south of the Great Lakes and explore within the United States. But, as often happens on the road, we changed our minds and decided to head into…

Welcome to Iowa

We spent 35 minutes in the state, as we are heading North to Minnesota. Might be back one-day.

Lewis and Clark Recreation Area

We headed slightly South to visit Lewis and Clark Recreation Area where there were hundreds of free campsites. So, we got one of the best ones on the lake edge. Nearby trails allow Stephen to go for a walk and…

Palisades State Park

We decided to head to the nearest State Park to allow us to get Molly really ready for travel. Palisades SP is a lovely little park. We enjoyed a short walk around the park. It is good to be on…

Breaking Molly Out of Storage

We flew into Sioux Falls on Sunday evening and headed to our downtown hotel for the night. The next morning we headed to get Molly out of storage. Turned out there are three things we needed to get Molly rolling.…

Heading South

We decided to make the autumn 2024 trip a mission trip, and that mission was to get to the Arctic Circle. Now we head South and back to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We retraced our steps back to Dawson City.

Celebrating 30 Years

It has been 30 years since we met on a little boat crossing from England to Belgium. Who would have thought we would be on the other side on the world celebrating. Saturday, May 22, 2021 Caroline was given a…

Milford Sound

Thursday, November 5, 2020 The drive from Arrowtown to Milford Sound is amazing. We took our time and just enjoyed the drive. The plan for the day was to camp at one of the DOC (Department of Conservation) campgrounds along…

Arrowtown

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 A very peaceful night sleep and a relaxing breakfast. But time to head to the historic Arrowtown, which was just down the road. On arrival in the town we decided to check out the local “Holiday…

Mt Aspiring National Park

Saturday, October 31, 2020 Landed in Queenstown and picked-up our “camper”. This is the first time we have ever used a small van camper. We choose the Sprinter camper model, as a test run and to answer the question, could…

Isolating in Arroyo Seco

Weekend, June 26 to 28, 2020 One of us had recently tested positive for the SARS-COV-2 virus, so the other one of us decided to head South and minimize the chance of being infected. The other one of us was…