Trans Labrador Highway
May 31st to June 5th, 2025 The last six days have been spent crossing Labrador — and what an experience it was. We left the farmlands of Ontario and Quebec behind and traded them for vast and untamed wilderness. The…
Category Molly
These are some of the short journeys we have made in Molly. Longer journeys are categorized in the Molly Roadtrips section of our blog.
Quebec – Changing Plans
May 23rd to May 31st, 2025 We continued east toward New Brunswick, bouncing along the rough roads of Quebec. Our original plan was to return to Montreal — a city we hadn’t visited in nearly 30 years — and also…
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…
Michigan
May 1st to May 10th, 2025 Working on this. Loading map…
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.
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…
Cerro Alto
Long Weekend, June 18 to 21, 2020 State Parks are still closed, but National Forest campgrounds are opening up. And it was time to get into the wild. Cerro Alto is a peak near San Luis Obispo And Morro Bay.…
Finally – Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
Last minute decision to head to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, which somehow we have managed not to visit in the last 20 years. News came in that the park was re-opening after COVID-19, so we booked a campsite…
Social Distancing
Long Weekend, May 21st to 25th, 2020 Our first weekend away since the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders from mid March. We headed South to Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is a wide open space perfect for social distancing. The first night…
Acorn Campground Activities
Weekend, March 6 to 8, 2020 Caroline is in New Zealand sorting out some items for the upcoming home build, so Stephen used Acorn Campground to get some activities done. This would be the last weekend we can work on…
Gualala Get-Away
Weekend, February 28 to March 1, 2020 A relaxing weekend get away to one of our favourite Northern California camping spots. The last time we were here, we had to evacuate due to local forest fires. This time we just…