The Wild Pacific Trail is a circular path that runs along the edge of a spectacular peninsula – it offers fantastic views around every bend. We calculated that our 4 mile walk would take us about an hour like at home. Fat chance! Although it was very cloudy, we found many spots to photograph and put them into an album called 05-11 Wild Pacific Trail at right. We’ll return tommorr0w, with the hopes for a sunny day, to roam, paint and snap pics.
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Once again, our rear window is filled with a lovely Pacific Ocean view, and it drew us out for a walk on the beach after dinner. Read on
What do you think it would be like to ride on a roller coaster in an 9-ton car?
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Spectacle Lake just north of Victoria had just the right range of Read on
Victoria is at the southern end of Vancouver Island, in BC. On the ferry over we met a friendly couple that used to live in Victoria and they recommended that we stay at this RV & Marina Park right smack in the middle of town. Our RV is about 6 ft. from the shore and we look over the bay at the downtown area. Pretty cool site in a pretty cool city! Read on
It’s fun to finally get back to taking some pictures!
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Two days for RV repairs, 4 days of fast running, and 2450 miles later — we’re finally camping! Read on
Our stop in Elkhart, where our motorhome was manufactured by Forest River, proved fruitful. Read on
Outside of Nashville, we decide to take a break and do a little shopping at a store that is visible from the freeway. Shopping done, we head back onto the freeway. It’s Dave’s turn to drive and he decides to make a right rather than a needed left hand turn. “This intersection is too busy to make a left without a traffic light – I’m going to go right and turn around where there’s a light.” Dave said. Read on
These last 6 weeks have been pretty packed… 
we finished up our tasks (as much as we could) in Bay St. Louis, said “goodbye” to all our new friends, raced home to say “hello and goodbye” to our daughter Rebecca, who was off to her next theater job 4 days later, and our son Ben, who began basic training with the army mid-April, catch up with family and friends, do the taxes (Dave), unpack and repack the RV (Susi), complete the yard spring cleanup (Susi), research and buy more “toys” and tools for the trip (Dave), make arrangements for our house and yard caretakers (Susi), cram 6 months of dentist and doctors visits (Dave & Susi) into April, and head out on the second phase of our journey Sunday, April 25th. Whew!
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As I’ve been checking things off our “to do” list, I’ve been thinking of how to share the fantastic experience Dave & I had in Mississippi. So, rather belatedly, here is my first video, put together as we forged across the country this past week. Dave Walker, HfHBSLW’s videographer from Habitat International, will shake his head and be relieved that I’m not applying for a job as a videographer, because I’ve discovered that what seemed like a simple idea – to put together raw video footage (remember Dave’s attempt to record our drive to Habitat?), photographs and music – was pretty complex. So here’s the result which I hope you will enjoy. Please be patient because it is a very long download.
To all our friends we left behind in Mississippi – thank you for sharing your stories and welcoming us into your community – we have been blessed to be among you for these past 10 weeks!
Dave picked up Terry Tuesday afternoon at the New Orleans airport. His mother is doing better and he has decided to stay “until the job is done”. It’s great for Dave – now he can leave the technical details to Terry and get back to writing software and working with the staff.
I miss my play buddy, Sue…
As the weather has warmed up a bit, we are seeing more birds each day as we drive along the shore and cross the Bay bridge – every morning is a delight! “It would be nice to share this trip with our friends, “I thought. Read on
Carol and Stacy will be sweating alongside over 75 volunteers as they work together to build their homes. Stacy is a single mom, who teaches middle school. She states that qualifying for a Habitat house has advanced her dream of owning her own home by 10 years! She is thrilled that her daughter’s elementary school is only about a mile away.
Carol, a widow who lives with a handicapped son and grandchild, told me that she is from a very large family – 12 siblings. Of the 150 people among her siblings and their offspring, only 4 houses were livable after Katrina, so we can hardly imagine how over-crowded they were. Now as a cancer survivor, Carol is thrilled and relieved to know that she will have a wonderful home to move into in a month or so.
Although Dave & I have been hunkered down in the Habitat office for the week, working on our respective projects, I took time out to celebrate with the Martin & Stone families on Friday in “the Kil”. Read on