From Mark – Shipping adventures part 2
Ryan I and got up at 6:45 am for day two. This was about an hour later than I wanted to. We got some free coffee (a better start to this day than the day before) and headed back to … Continued
From Mark – Shipping adventures
Ryan and I headed out to Miami to ship the van and trailer to Colombia. We left Sunday, Dec. 2nd, so we could get an early start on Monday morning. The hope was we could get everything done quickly and … Continued
Freight Update
The wonderful freight company offered to have Mark accompany the van and camper on its sea voyage! For free! I think that is an amazing offer. Mark told them he had to fly the dogs over and they said he … Continued
Leap and the net will appear!
The van and the camper are now securely in Port Everglades. Mark and Ryan are in Miami, taking cabs and trains and staying at the Rodeway Inn. In case anyone was wondering, here is how you ship your 56′ vehicle … Continued
Preparing the van and camper for a sea voyage — and freaking out a little bit
On Sunday, the van and camper and Mark and Ryan depart Dunedin for Port Everglades. On Monday morning, they meet up with Aturo to get the paperwork ready for customs and the van & camper go on a giant RORO … Continued
Thanksgiving Part II
We decided that we needed to leave on Thanksgiving Day to make it 420 miles to Eunice by Saturday. We reached a consensus and decided to eat Thanksgiving dinner at the Golden Corral. They did not open until 4pm. So we picked … Continued
Mississippi, Louisiana & Uncle Chris
Guess what! Chris Richards is in Mississippi. We are heading there straightaway to try to convince him to come with us. On the way, we are spending the night at the Lake View Park campground in Eunice, Louisiana. We stayed … Continued
Thanksgiving
If we were in Fairbanks right now, we would be cooking two gigantic turkeys, making 25 pounds of mashed potatoes, setting up the house for a sit-down dinner for 50, there would be at least 10 pies in the pantry … Continued