It is really a nice feeling getting up in the morning and not knowing what day of the week it is and even better, knowing that it really doesn't matter, is it the holiday mood or alzheimer? Well we have had nice weather here in Vancouver (mostly around 19-20) although it has been a little humid, and other than catching up with some friends, which was really nice, most of our time has been taken up with doing the rounds of the "auto malls" , nothing like powe...

here we are in beautiful Vancouver on a Monday morning, no work and a start to our 10 month long awaited journey. Thinking of the many challenges we may face in the next few months including Steve and I on 24/7 basis, we decided we are going to introduce the "Virtue of the week" to keep us on our toes, so we have a pile of little cards we will choose from every week. I picked this weeks and guess what came up? . . . . "Unity" . . . so the card says: work an...

. . . furniture to keep left for storage on Sunday, all other giveaway item are gone, bags are packed, and the rest is going into rubbish, cleaners will be here in the morning, and we will hand the keys over to the agent in the afternoon, . . . .we are so close, so excited, so tired, and one last cup of coffee admiring the beautiful Docklands.

When we started planning for this trip we thought we would have plenty of time to see everything we wanted to see, but google map quickly revealed that we are going to run out of time well before we run out of places to see, so we had to prioritise and here is where we are planning to go . . . . . . . . start in Vancouver BC Canada, then the North West USA, drive through BC and Yukon to Alaska and south to Glacier NP, Yellowstone, Teton, Zion, Bryce, and then ...