BlogHide Resteemsvanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoFarewell To PEIAs winter tapered off, it was time to put the Kitty Kitty back together with the Bang Bang and hit the road once more. And because this is vanlife, we blew our serpentine belt within 10 minutes of…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoKitty Kitty BB Winters in the MaritimesNow that we’re getting ready to come out of our winter hibernation, I figured it was time to recap the last four months. We left Ottawa in October, after a 6-week stay (which entailed finally…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoVanlife GothicWe come back with our take-out to the residential street where our van is parked. A yellowed piece of paper sticks out from between the windshield wipers. Inside and written in chicken scrawl in…vanessam (40)in eulogy • 4 years agoOde To One Of The Last Wild Western PioneersLots of people are paying tribute lately to the dearly departed (which tracks during the thick of Scorpio season). And then Shane and I got to talking about our prospector friend we met on the river…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoPressing Pause In Ottawa While Kitty Kitty Bang Bang Gets A FaceliftPosts have been more sparse because we decided to stand still in Ottawa for a while. It’s been a great time to catch our breath and regroup, reconnect with friends and family, and to make some…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoFrom The Mothership All The Way To Parliament - Ontario Adventures, ContinuedWe left Sault Ste Marie on a foggy morning and started traveling along the northern shore of Lake Huron. First up: a pitstop to Echo Bay so that we could take a gander at Canada’s largest Loonie…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoThe Secrets of Lake SuperiorAfter leaving the Ontario oasis that is Quetico, we continued onward to Thunder Bay. I'd only been to Thunder Bay once before, back when I was hawking mops and Mr. Stickies a decade ago, so I was…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoIt's A Bit Of A Trek, But The Reward Is Real SweetAfter leaving Winnipeg, we next headed north to Lake Winnipeg. Shane’s cousin and her partner recently bought some property up there and we took them up on their invitation to visit. What a piece…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoAlways The Best Times In WinnipegWe made one more stop the other week in Saskatchewan, at Kenosee Lake in Moose Mountain Provincial Park. We camped for a couple of nights (you have to be a Saskatchewan resident to make online…vanessam (40)in explorecanada • 4 years agoLife In The Land Of Living SkiesWe took our leave of Alberta just over a week ago and entered the prairies of Saskatchewan by way of Swift Current, where we parked for a night at the Living Sky casino despite them being still…vanessam (40)in alberta • 4 years agoThe Road To Hell’s Basement Is Paved With Good LibationsWe didn’t have to venture far out of Cranbrook before arriving at a nice, secluded campsite along the Wild Horse River. We set up camp there for several days, with prime real estate next to the…vanessam (40)in explorebc • 4 years agoThere's Unwritten History On This RiverWe opted for the free ferry across Kootenay Lake as our route out of Nelson. That’s because we’d read something about a serious mountain climb if we went south and continued along the Crowsnest…vanessam (40)in roadtrip • 4 years agoFrom Borscht To Baker StreetOur road from Greenwood quickly landed us at Grand Forks. Home of borscht, apparently. I told Shane, "Grand Forks has borscht, and we are going." And it was absolutely divine. As was the scenery…vanessam (40)in vanlife • 4 years agoKitty Kitty Bang Bang en route to the KootenaysWe left Penticton on Monday after deciding that the Okanagan isn’t as van/truck-friendly as it may have once been, at least in the parts we were in. (Some of the local campsites owners have raised…
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