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Trouble At The Winery

I Stayed At A Harvest Host Winery And This Happened North Dakota is without a doubt one of the most agriculturally productive regions of the US. From the Interstate highways you can kind of see this. However, take a drive down the state’s secondary highways and you’ll be surrounded by vast fields of sunflowers, wheat, …

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brown and black wooden wind mill

Harvest Host Program: Farm Life

Harvest Host Program: Farm Life North Dakota is nothing less than beautiful with its miles and miles of rolling fields. My first stop would be at a farm where I could stay the night as part of the Harvest Host program. Between that farm and me were hours of gravel streets and avenues that crossed …

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A Visit With The Hat Doctor Merritt, BC

A Uniquely Wonderful Place In Merritt, BC I’m always surprised by Merritt’s ability to remain the last remaining outpost of cowboy culture so close to the utterly trendy borders of the Lower Mainland. I stayed on a working cattle ranch near Merritt as my second overnight stop. There’s a cowboy hat shop at the ranch, …

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wild roses with the Pacific Ocean in the background

Camping On Vancouver Island North: Cluxewe, Where The RIver Meets The Sea

The Magic Of Cluxewe, On Vancouver Island North I am perched at a campsite near the ocean at a place the Kwakiutl people call Cluxewe (Clook-sea-we) RV Resort on Vancouver Island. This gorgeous oceanfront resort at Vancouver Island’s northern tip is run by the local Kwakiutl people. The name Cluxewe means “where the river meets …

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RV Life Challenges: Parts One And Two

Always Have A Backup Plan To Keep RV Challenges From Turning Into Disasters The last week was going along just fine as I prepared for annual seasonal travel across Canada. I planned to pay my host to store the xTerra this year. We agreed on an amount of $50 per month, which is the going …

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Travels In Canada: Nicola Lake BC

Travels In Canada: Nicola Lake BC After staying near Kamloops for 4 days, it was time to pack up camp. We’re heading towards Princeton, where I’ll visit with 2 old friends who moved there. After travelling from Drayton Valley, we were all ready to take a break and find a great dog park. And so …

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Travels in Canada: Winnipeg Is All About Friendly Fun And Great Food

Travels in Canada: Friendly Winnipeg Is All About Fun And Great Food Summer seems to go by faster each year. The trees in Drayton Valley are quickly changing color and for the first time in my R-pod adventure, the furnace is warming definitely chilly air before October. It’s time to head back to the island …

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The Winnipeg Tattoo Convention

The Winnipeg Tattoo Convention Last night I went to the Winnipeg Tattoo Convention. This place is an obvious mecca for hardcore tattoo enthusiasts. It has the air of a carnival. As we enter through a huge tent that serves as the entrance to the actual tattooers booths, the air is scented with the greasy smell …

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RV Travel On Canada’s Secondary Highways

RV Travel On Canada’s Secondary Highways Well, I admit it: I’ve been a crappy prairie travel blogger this year. I only hope you’ve been keeping too busy with your own summer adventures to notice. Haha.. Anyway, I want to start this post off by telling you why I love travelling the many secondary highways around …

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Saskatchewan Camping: 3 Amazing RV Campgrounds

Saskatchewan is probably the last province you think of when it comes to truly great RV camping. This is probably thanks to the flat, endless, boring views afforded from the main routes across the province. Saskatchewan actually has some of the most amazing campgrounds I have stayed at. A lot of these are regional campgrounds, …

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RV LIVING WITH DOGS: 7 tips to make life easy

The Truth about RV Living With Dogs When I first started on this journey, I was warned “those dogs will wreck your trailer”. I thought “what a ridiculous statement”, as I looked at my 4 amazing dogs who had never before shown any aptitude for destroying anything, except maybe breaking some hearts. I realized I …

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Stuff: A Paradox In Drayton Valley

“The robb’d that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.” William Shakespeare, Othello Stuff: A paradox in Drayton Valley When I started this journey a year and a half ago, I did so with the idea that RV living would be a temporary adventure until I found a …

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Wapiti Campground Jasper National Park

Too Hot: Out Of the frying pan, And into Jasper

“When even shadows need shadows to cool off, you must know that the weather is incredibly hot!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan Heat Wave The record heat wave the West was experiencing brought blistering heat here and everywhere else in the Western region of Canada. We had narrowly escaped the 42-degree heat of Blue River, and continued …

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BC Highway 1-Juniper Beach

Juniper Beach: An oasis for Travellers in troubled Times

The joys of travelling on Highway 1 through BC This year, I decided to travel an easier highway than the Coquihalla. We traveled through the start of a heat wave on scenic BC Highway 1, through the beautiful Marble Canyon provincial park. I loved this route. It was gorgeous in it’s barren landscapes dotted with …

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RV Maintenance: KeepinG the Good Times Rolling

RV Maintenance There are many things I don’t miss about living in a sticks and bricks house. Not the least of these is the endless, never ending list of house maintenance chores. Because of this list, I don’t think I ever sat and just relaxed in my house like I do both in and out …

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