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!
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Florida and Grandparents — Jack
Not too many write worthy things have happened in the past few days. My brother and father took the vehicles down to Miami for shipment and they should be back tonight. My grandparents took my sister and me to a symphony last night. The symphony was great; they preformed a Shostakovich piece wonderfully. The auditorium… Continue reading Florida and Grandparents — Jack
Florida — Jennah
We are now in Tampa, Florida. Grandma and Grandpa have a pool, but the water is quite chilly, but we Alaskans go swimming anyways. Tonight Jack, Grandma, Grandpa and I are going to a concert, a symphony. Father and Ryan have left to drop the trailer and van off to be freighted away to Columbia. Our… Continue reading Florida — Jennah
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
Flo Rida — Jack
We’ve been in Florida for a while now. Every time I spell Florida I think of Flo Rida. I don’t like Flo Rida. Florida is like one continuous suburb. The state is probably at least 20% strip mall and old people. The coolest part of the state is Miami, alligators, and the ocean. Also the… Continue reading Flo Rida — Jack
Lousiana, Mississippi and some of Florida — Max
In Lousiana we dove to in to New Olean and Ryan toured the Loyola University and got accepted! while they toured, Annabelle, Sylvia, Jennah and I went to the Playground across the street. We went to Downtown and across the Ferry. After the Ferry we set out in search of DOUGNUTS!!!! After about a hour… Continue reading Lousiana, Mississippi and some of Florida — Max
The End Of November – Jennah
We arrived in Port Isabel, Texas. The terrain was familiar, as we went here on the last trip. We camped at the same RV park, and went to the beach, which had a many of rolling dunes and syringes. Micellaneous items had washed up from Mexico and other areas. After hanging at the beach, giant… Continue reading The End Of November – Jennah
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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