Travel
Response to some of the comments from yesterday's post:
Sandra, the pictures are exquisite! I really enjoyed looking through them, and if other readers are interested in seeing some of the area I hope to be traveling through, please visit the link posted by Sandra:
http://www.pbase.com/merriwolf/183rd_camp_lake_superior_2009
As for the loading up on the car, I am pretty good in my own right, although I know I would lose interest and focus before I finished and would start throwing things wherever I could. So I usually have one of my kids pack for me before a long trip because I know how methodical and meticulous they can be with it. I'll be there and will know where to find everything, but even if I wasn't the order of packing will be so logical I could find everything anyway.
When I first thought about driving the loop around Lake Superior in Ontario, I got my passport from where I usually keep it and put it in a zipped compartment of my purse. It expires in 2019, but I double checked and yep, I'm good to go to 17 Nov 2019. I hope I'm around and still traveling when it's time to get another renewal, although I hope they have a nicer design by then. I liked the passports I had prior to this one, which is about the worst I have ever seen. I suppose it is designed to cut down on counterfeiting, but all that background junk on the pages is not pretty in my opinion.
I got some things crossed off my list today but still have a few more to do by Friday. Half my bed is taken up with little stacks of clothes that I might want to pack. I think that is going to be the most difficult - deciding what to take along. I've looked at the temps at some of the places on my proposed route and it gets down as low as the upper 40's at night. I sure hate to take two sleeping bags, and think maybe I should just go with the down bag which I can leave unzipped if I need to. I'm pretty sure the temps will be even lower at higher elevations and on my return trip.
Well, the mail just arrived and I have a package from the Blue Ridge Parkway which I'm dying to look into. I've been over much of the Parkway but never from end to end, about 469 miles. If I start out at the beginning of Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah, I will be driving close to 600 miles of my most favorite scenery on earth - and at approx 45 mph top speed!
Ok, now to pore over the info sent from the BRP and dream.
- Counting Down!
I have only tonight and tomorrow night on the road and will then be in the area of Huntington Beach for 3 nights. I leave on next Friday morning and just hope I don't run into a heavy commute, but I'm so close to the end of this trip now...
- Will Gypsy Cook Dinner Tonight?
I got a lot of walking in this morning - went to Costco as well as Bel Air grocery. I always park in the very back of the lot as that is where I can usually find a shady spot, and most of the time there aren't a lot of other cars crowding me. ...
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My frustrations started first thing when I went to a local credit union to withdraw cash from their ATM. My credit union is not affiliated with this one, and they charged me $2.50. It would have been a 16 mile roundtrip to drive to the one...
- Post Op
Jeannie took me to my post op this morning, and my mood has been swinging wildly for the last few days anyway, nearly driving me crazy today. I've gone through periods of wanting to just sit and cry, as well as those of just plain depression. ...
- Searching For Campgrounds
I've been looking for tent camping sites along Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada. There are provincial parks, but their rates seem high. I guess I'm used to paying the senior rate at US National Park and Forest Service campgrounds,...
Travel
Response to some of the comments from yesterday's post:
Sandra, the pictures are exquisite! I really enjoyed looking through them, and if other readers are interested in seeing some of the area I hope to be traveling through, please visit the link posted by Sandra:
http://www.pbase.com/merriwolf/183rd_camp_lake_superior_2009
As for the loading up on the car, I am pretty good in my own right, although I know I would lose interest and focus before I finished and would start throwing things wherever I could. So I usually have one of my kids pack for me before a long trip because I know how methodical and meticulous they can be with it. I'll be there and will know where to find everything, but even if I wasn't the order of packing will be so logical I could find everything anyway.
When I first thought about driving the loop around Lake Superior in Ontario, I got my passport from where I usually keep it and put it in a zipped compartment of my purse. It expires in 2019, but I double checked and yep, I'm good to go to 17 Nov 2019. I hope I'm around and still traveling when it's time to get another renewal, although I hope they have a nicer design by then. I liked the passports I had prior to this one, which is about the worst I have ever seen. I suppose it is designed to cut down on counterfeiting, but all that background junk on the pages is not pretty in my opinion.
I got some things crossed off my list today but still have a few more to do by Friday. Half my bed is taken up with little stacks of clothes that I might want to pack. I think that is going to be the most difficult - deciding what to take along. I've looked at the temps at some of the places on my proposed route and it gets down as low as the upper 40's at night. I sure hate to take two sleeping bags, and think maybe I should just go with the down bag which I can leave unzipped if I need to. I'm pretty sure the temps will be even lower at higher elevations and on my return trip.
Well, the mail just arrived and I have a package from the Blue Ridge Parkway which I'm dying to look into. I've been over much of the Parkway but never from end to end, about 469 miles. If I start out at the beginning of Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah, I will be driving close to 600 miles of my most favorite scenery on earth - and at approx 45 mph top speed!
Ok, now to pore over the info sent from the BRP and dream.
- Counting Down!
I have only tonight and tomorrow night on the road and will then be in the area of Huntington Beach for 3 nights. I leave on next Friday morning and just hope I don't run into a heavy commute, but I'm so close to the end of this trip now...
- Will Gypsy Cook Dinner Tonight?
I got a lot of walking in this morning - went to Costco as well as Bel Air grocery. I always park in the very back of the lot as that is where I can usually find a shady spot, and most of the time there aren't a lot of other cars crowding me. ...
-
My frustrations started first thing when I went to a local credit union to withdraw cash from their ATM. My credit union is not affiliated with this one, and they charged me $2.50. It would have been a 16 mile roundtrip to drive to the one...
- Post Op
Jeannie took me to my post op this morning, and my mood has been swinging wildly for the last few days anyway, nearly driving me crazy today. I've gone through periods of wanting to just sit and cry, as well as those of just plain depression. ...
- Searching For Campgrounds
I've been looking for tent camping sites along Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada. There are provincial parks, but their rates seem high. I guess I'm used to paying the senior rate at US National Park and Forest Service campgrounds,...