Long drive. All exhausted. Arrived at a crummy campsite with loud neighbours and large dogs. So what glimmer of light can I share? Well, we listened to Desperaux (story) where the King outlawed soup - the making of it, the eating of it, and all soup-related implements. When we stopped off on the way for a rest stop, the woman in the cafe came up to us and said 'sorry, no soup today'... We just looked at each other and laughed! The other glimmer of light is t...

Just incase you thought we were always jollying around with unicorns and rainbows on this trip, there are some ugly parts too. Honestly, I thought they would be more. I thought there would be more tears, more anxiety, more near death experiences due to sibling and parent anger. There are some. Rosa's ability to drive us all to the brink by barely moving a muscle or uttering a sound (I said 'barely') is a skill worth bottling. Of course there are some argumen...

Catching up with Christine, Eowyn and Dustin has been a real treat. Spending the day in the everso pretty town of Kaslo has been a double treat. We started our day at the farmers market, moseyed down to a huge steam paddle-wheel ship from the 1890's, the S.S. Moyie, a fully restored and wonderful time capsule of elegance and curiosity. Just a short wander to the beach where we swam in the Kootney Lake and a slow meander several hours later to the ice cream sh...

Ahhhhhh unwinding camping grime and driving up and down mountains stress in real hot hot hot springs! It's a first for me, and it won't be the last. I possibly had a perfect moment stretching out with warmth and heat everywhere; the water, the sun, the air...and the view, tucked between mountains! Wow. We spent 3 hours in there coming out feeling soporific and hungry! So we came home to our already put up tent via the laundromat and cooked Elk chili. Nom no...

If this seems a little excessive, it's because it is. But, simple pleasures are invaluable when you are peeing and pooing down holes in the ground with not much running water in sight. It's the morning tea ritual. Each of us has our own posh tea. From the left is Ben, with Spearmint; then Rosa with a 'birthday cake' flavoured rooibos. Next up is Oliver with a Juicy Orange Pu'ueh tea (extra fermented black tea) and me, with a bog standard PG Tips teabag from ...