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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 Arturo’s office to drop off the dock receipts. We took the metro to the station closest… Continue reading From Mark – Shipping adventures part 2
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 catch the train or bus back to Tampa Monday afternoon. We headed straight to the… Continue reading From Mark – Shipping adventures
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 should just bring the dogs on board. They needed to call the captain about the… Continue reading Freight Update
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 to Colombia: Get as many quotes as you can from all the different places you… Continue reading Leap and the net will appear!
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 ship. Mark and Ryan are taking a Greyhound (Ryan’s idea) back. This is stressful as… Continue reading Preparing the van and camper for a sea voyage — and freaking out a little bit
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We arrived at 4pm at the Lake View Campground in Eunice, Louisiana. The kids instantly went to the playground. Mark and I got dressed and drove into Eunice to buy pizza for the kids. We dropped the pizza off and headed to Villeplatte to the Crawfish Barn where we had a fabulous dinner and… Continue reading Untitled
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 some grapefruit – Sylvia was most impressed with this project. Then we say outside in… Continue reading Thanksgiving Part II
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 there before. Eunice is the “Prairie Cajun Capital Of Louisiana” and on Saturday night Steve… Continue reading Mississippi, Louisiana & Uncle Chris
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 and a coconut cake and cranberry sauce and all the rest (sweet potatoes, stuffing, brussel… Continue reading Thanksgiving