As we enter the month of June and school is starting to wind down, this trip is starting to seem less like a dream and more like a, "HOLY CRAP, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS' kind of thought.
As you may remember from a few posts ago, we bought an RV, (it was sort of an impulse buy) and didn't quite fit what we thought we wanted. Needed a ton of work and we had since decided that we were looking for something we could pull. We ended up selling it, (to a retired diesel mechanic, YAY-win- win!) and started the search...
Johnny finally got himself a truck- a great big, hauling Dodge Ram Quad Cab 1500- it's quite a beauty! We also bought a 19 ft Hybrid Trailer (where the ends pop out). We figured this would be a better fit so we can drop it at a campsite and do groceries or anything else that may come up while being on the road for two months.
Many have been asking about the various parks we ended up booking- I have listed all the campgrounds we are staying at, just in case any of you fancy a trip to the Canadian Wilderness. We would love the company and will have more then enough room on many of our sites.
We will start our adventure at our property, Lake Wahwashkesh- North of Parry sound,
Canada
July 29-Aug 1- Wahwashkesh
Aug 2- 4- Grundy Lake (booo! we were too late for Killarney so got a campsite close by)
Aug 4-5- one hotel stay in Sault Ste Marie
Aug 5-7-White lake Park
Aug 7-10- Sleeping Giant Park
Aug 9-12 -Lake of Woods Rushing River
Aug 12-13- Hotel stay in Winnepeg
Aug 13-14- Saskatchewan Landing
Aug 14-17- Banff
Aug 17-19- Jasper
Aug 19-21- Cutlas Lake
Aug 21-24- Vancouver-Capilano RV Park
Aug 24-26-Whistler RV Park
Aug 26-29- Tofino Bella Pacific Camp Ground
Aug 29- Sept 1- Victoria BC- Gulf Islands National Park
USA
Sep 1st- 2nd -Seattle- one hotel night
September 2-4th- Olympic National Park (Elwha Dam RV park)
September 4th -8th- Winging it
September 9-10 Jedediah State Park
September 10th- 13th-Winging it
September 13-18th- Yosemiti
From here we have to meet my dad and step mom (Jerome and Carol) in San Diego, July 29th for a two day visit where he will be driving the Truck/camper home. We fly into Panama on October 2nd.
I have been told that the internet is spotty in some places but will try and update the blog with pictures much more regularly, as we are into the trip- for now I just figure to only inundate you with our actual booked plans, in case some of you need an excuse to come and visit:)
Did I mention we will be staying in Playa Del Carmen for 4 weeks over Christmas???
