01-May-2010 7:16 AM It’s been funny that ever since we said we were looking at getting a boat again we have received a constant stream of e-mails and facebook messages telling us exactly what we should get. Everybody has an opinion on boats. And apparently a few of those people … Read More
April 2010
01-Apr-2010 8:54 AM Big things are happening around here. Well, big things for a baby anyway. Ouest rolled over from her belly to her back this morning. Not once, but three times, before becoming too exhausted to pick her head up off the floor anymore. It was pretty cute to … Read More
March 2010
01-Mar-2010 3:49 PM I don’t know why Ali and I always fret over these flights with Ouest. She’s a better airline passenger than we are. We were at the airport in the dark this morning and she was all smiles. When we boarded the plane she gave a good screaming … Read More
February 2010
01-Feb-2010 7:50 AM This is getting ridiculous. We all went to bed at 7:15 last night and at 7:50 this morning we’re still sitting around yawning. Three-thirty a.m. strolls around the parking lot will do that. 01-Feb-2010 3:45 PM I was talking with the girl who lives two floors above … Read More
January 2010
01-Jan-2010 9:47 AM I feel like an old fuddy-duddy for saying this, but you have no idea how happy Ali and I were last night when we realized that the nightclub next door had been rented out by the all-inclusive hotel across the street to host a bunch of geriatrics … Read More
December 2009
01-Dec-2009 our life. daily. Get a load of this. Ali and Katy are making dinner. Not exactly cooking dinner, but you’ll hear no complaints from me. Yes, that is a rotisserie chicken, and yes, that is a can of cheese. Don’t ask. 02-Dec-2009 7:29 PM We all squeezed into the car today … Read More
November 2009
01-Nov-2009 3:13 PM At the grocery store Ali and I were picking up a six-pack of Sol non-alcoholic beer when a couple of young ladies in tight fitting Sol clothing approached and told us they were having a promotion. For buying their beer they were giving us a water bottle. … Read More
October 2009
01-Oct-2009 8:50 PM Yesterday we left the Bay Area and headed east to a new Bum friend’s house for a little work on the car. This new friend just happened to have a ’64 Porsche parked in his garage and had offered to help me replace our windshield seal. He … Read More
September 2009
01-Sept-2009 1:29 PM This morning we went down to the doctor’s office to inquire about our new bill. I stayed in the waiting room while Ali went in to billing. Within a couple of minutes I could hear voices being raised. There was no glass breaking or loud screaming though, … Read More
August 2009
02-Aug-2009 11:16 PM Man do we ever hate to fly. There is no worse mode of transportation to travel in. Granted you just don’t have a choice sometimes, but if we have the choice of driving 2000 miles or flying we’ll be hitting the road. Our flight from England started … Read More
Cost to Drive the Americas
What’s an epic drive like this cost? Here is our answer. This is truly every penny we spent from start to finish. (figures in USD) 28 countries, 59,734 miles, 525 days on the road, and 371 nights spent in the bus 1958 Volkswagen Panelvan (restored) 13,600 engine, transmission, … Read More