I was hoping to be posting continuously when I left Fairbanks. Time did not permit that. I’m finding I have a lack of time pretty regularly these days. There is a lot to talk about. I went down to Tampa in late July. Goal one was to help Ryan get a new vehicle to drive… Continue reading The Beginning
Category: Posts – Mark
From Mark – Coffee
We are nearing the end of our time in South America. I haven’t posted very often, for many reasons. Often the competition for computer time is high, especially when there is internet access. Often I am very tired at the end of the day from doing whatever is was that day. There are many other… Continue reading From Mark – Coffee
From Mark: Repairs
This started out being a letter to my family, Amy, Sara, Mom and Dad. Halfway through I decided it turned into a blog post. So here it is. So, we are currently in Puno, Peru, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. We will be here for a few days. We are doing laundry here… Continue reading From Mark: Repairs
from Mark: Tampa to Cartagena
So the family left on Wednesday, December 12th out of Tampa for Coloumbia. I stayed behind to take the dogs. Spirit Airlines doesn’t take dogs internationally, or only takes tiny ones that fit under your seat, or something like that. So I had to fly on Avianca, the national airline of Colombia, which was the… Continue reading from Mark: Tampa to Cartagena
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
Portland Part 1
The camper wheel got fixed and we made it into Portland last night in pouring rain. Woke up early this morning, took showers and drove to the zoo. Annabelle, Sylvia and Michelle went to the zoo while Mark, Jack, Max and Jennah headed downtown. Ryan went off by himself. It rained and hailed but then… Continue reading Portland Part 1