Author: Traci

Trip #2

August 3, 2016

Evie put our day into perspective with a little ditty she made up all by herself this evening.  I wish I could convey the difference in the 2 voices she used, but I’ll leave it at this – the first one was clearly meant to be an unflattering version of me and the second was…

Delays

August 2, 2016

So… I’m pretty sure we’re going to be stuck at Grandmom’s house for eternity (or at least the entirety of this year).  Of course that’s not the intention, but we’re certainly running into plenty of “opportunities to flex our problem solving skills” before we *finally* head West. Yesterday the Chief wouldn’t start.  Scott and I…

Grey Beards Q1

August 1, 2016

Ok WCE, here we go.  Game time.  We drove the Chief from Mass to Maine last night(about 3.5 hours).  Everything was fine.  Pulled into the drive way, turned it off, went to bed.  Scott tried to start it this morning and we now have a problem.  It turns over (no hesitation).  It cranks but there…

Night 1

August 1, 2016

We departed for parts known on our first night out in the Chief.  Acadia National Park is close and familiar.  As we wait to tie up a few final details, we decided to spend 2 nights camping on Mount Desert Island (the park itself is full this time of year… not a chance of getting…

The Grey Man

August 1, 2016

We decided to finally think about getting a toad – that’s RV-speak for the car pulled behind the RV.   This is what we got.  It’s ugly and boring and totally blah. I’m not wasting any time on it.  It’s a 2012 Mazda 2 5-speed with 94,000 miles and weight 2300 pounds.  It’s black and…