BC Ferries: Good News For Dogs And RVers Dogs And RV Travellers Will Both Be Happy With Recent BC Ferries Announcements It seems like it’s been ages since BC Ferries had good news for us. Usually when BC Ferries makes an announcement it’s rarely good. Their annoncements are often about fare increases. But it’s not …
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New Adventures In A New RV Ever have something new that you never did before, that you were really nervous to try? That was me this morning while I was still lying in bed. Iwas thinking about what my planned RV trip to Port Hardy, BC would be like. Let me start by saying that …
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About My New Class A RV I never thought I would consider living in a Class A RV. Class As are giant, bus-like RVs with the cab over the engine, or at the back of the RV. They are huge, and appointed with luxuries like comfortable seating, amazing kitchens and more. However, one day in …
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The End Of My RPod Adventure I’m writing this from the cozy warmth of a cottage on Saratoga Beach on the East coast of Vancouver Island. Snow is falling outside. A cold, wild wind is causing fir trees to sway. They are waving their snowy branches in front of the white-paned window of this little …
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Grief And Loss: Onwards Without You My Friend: Grief sucks. I will miss my boy forever. But I can’t stand wallowing in loss. The world is still a magical place. There are so many places and things in the world and I have such a short time to explore and enjoy them. This post is …
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Spring 2022- The View From The Arfpod It’s Spring 2022. I’m writing from my winter roost beside the ocean in early May. This spot is nestled in the fir trees on Helen’s beach where I have the good fortune to winter every year. It is so peaceful and very beautiful. I honestly can’t imagine wanting …
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January 2022 I think it’s safe to say many people are beginning 2022 with some trepidation. What a year 2021 was, between what can only be described as pandemonium with an added zest of weird and dangerous climate events. I’m referring to our scorching hot summer replete with wildfires caused by both Nature and humans …
Climate Change 2021 Brought Us New Weather Words 2021 has been a disastrous year for Canadians. Most of us even learned some brand new weather-words including: “Heat dome” and Atmospheric River”. I’ll bet even you hadn’t heard of these word combinations until 2021. But wait: There’s more! Forest fires ravaged BC last year, wiping out …
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All electric pickup trucks are coming in 2022 Fuel costs have been soaring out of this world. Many RV enthusiasts and full time RV travellers are currently really worried about their ability to continue with the RV lifestyle. A pickup truck towing a travel trailer can use twice as much gasoline as a truck that …
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Dear Readers, For some reason, WordPress has decided that R-Podyssey is no longer a thing. The platform frustratingly denies that this website exists, even as I write this. So I may be leaving here and moving on to a more functional blog platform. I will be keeping you posted on this as I go. We …
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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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Are you ready to have something better than bread for breakfast or a sandwich? When you are camping do you want to feed your kids something more nutritious than a hotdog or marshmallow, that can be roasted on a stick or even in a pie iron over a campfire? Well, don’t panic, there’s bannock!
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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“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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“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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