Trip #7 Blog


Bye Colorado

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We initially only planned to stay in south east Colorado for a week, we ended up staying for a month. Absolutely fell in love with the …

Oil well flats hiking, CO

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We found another place to hike near Canon City but this trail system is on the north side of the town. Again it’s mostly geared to mountain …

South Canon Trails

Just to south of Canon City are what they called the south Canon trails. They are primarily mountain biking trails but most are also hikeable …

Canon City, CO

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We spent most of our time in the Canon City area which was only about a 20 minute drive west from where we were staying.The city's nickname, "…

Cheyenne Mountain State Park, CO

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We could easily live in Colorado! The hiking opportunities are pretty much endless and the more acclimatized you get to the elevation and …

Cripple Creek, CO

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So on the days we didn’t hike, we tried to go see something we had never seen before. One day we drove for about 90 minutes, up a winding …

Garden of the Gods

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This is an urban park right in Colorado springs. It’s considered to be a national natural landmark and the property it’s on was once privately …

Lake Pueblo State Park

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This was a find! The park is only about a 20 minute drive from where we’re staying and on our first visit all we planned to do was hike. …

Royal Gorge, CO

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Spent a day at the nearby Royal Gorge, CO. What’s there? Well there’s a suspension bridge that is one of the world’s highest. The views …

Way to go Raptors!

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So of course we’ve been glued to the TV watching the NBA playoffs and were disappointed that they didn’t win at home in Toronto during …

South East Colorado

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Hi! So our plan to go west and north has worked out great. We’ve avoided all that insane weather in the east ( those poor people in Oklahoma, …

Raton Pass, New Mexico

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Well we managed to safely avoid all the crazy tornodoes and flooding in the east by leaving Texas via the west and north. After a couple …

A very sweaty River Walk, San Antonio TX

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Well we finally said goodbye to Port O’Connor last Friday and are now currently a bit north of San Antonio. Having never been there before, …

There’s been some wierd weather

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So lucky us, the weather here in Texas has been weird, windy and rainy. During the winter months it was colder than normal and now that …

Fishing and some catching

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Hi everyone. So since my last post we’ve been doing a lot of fishing here in Port O'Connor. The catching has been intermittent though. …

Port O’Connor, Texas

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Hello! Yes my bad, no updates for over a month. I have a love hate relationship with doing this but I need to do it if for no one else …

Made it to Texas

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The trip to Texas was relatively uneventful as we managed to avoid any major snow storms and bad weather. It was freaking cold for the …

We’re back on the road!

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So today we finally got back on the road and crossed into the states via the Bluewater bridge in Sarnia. Road trip #7 begins!!! Can’t …

Happy 2019!

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Hi there! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! We certainly did! Lots of good times and good food with family and …

New trailer

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Well the truck camper experiment is over. Thank God! It was really just too small for the kind of travelling we do and we aren’t in a position …


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