Author: Rebecca J Hogue
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We sold the car to the circus … actually the carnival!
Read more: We sold the car to the circus … actually the carnival!On Sunday morning a gentleman from one of the little amusement carnival companies called asking about the car. He was looking for something for his daughter and son-in-law. After running a few last minute errands, we headed to the carnival. The loud rock music and the whirling of the rides reminded me of the weekend…
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Our 10 minutes of fame
Read more: Our 10 minutes of fameOn Thursday, Scott and I were interviewed on the CBC Radio Ottawa drive home show: All in a Day. We arrived early and got the opportunity to watch the show being produced for 10 minutes before we went on air. I was struck by how calm the producer was given that she was producing a…
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Our plans – in brief
Read more: Our plans – in briefHere is our current set of plans: Depart tomorrow: Sunday July 6th. Follow the Ottawa River path and roads on the Ontario side to Hudson Quebec. Follow a Route Verte cycle route from Hudson to Montreal. Follow a Route Verte cycle route from Montreal to Quebec city via the North shore of the St. Laurence.…
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Overcoming the inertia
Read more: Overcoming the inertiaIt is Saturday and we haven’t left yet. Our original plan was to leave on Friday; however, we just were not ready. We have not yet sold the car and we have a moving van coming at 3:30 to pick up our remaining stuff – I hope we will be ready. Once all our stuff…
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A glitch …
Read more: A glitch …Freighter travel requires that you be completely flexible. After recieving our package in the mail, we became aware of a couple of additional glitches. First, the freighter companies no longer accept packages for travellers. We had planned on receiving resupplies parcels as we arrived at each of our freighter trips. We now need to figure…
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Freighter Update – Savannah to Gioia Tauro
Read more: Freighter Update – Savannah to Gioia TauroThings did seem like they were settled for a little while, but alas it was not to be. The boat we thought we were taking from Charleston to Antwerp is no longer running on that route. Our plan now is to take a boat (MSC Alessia) from Savannah, Georgia to Gioia Tauro, Italy. The boat…
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Another day another century
Read more: Another day another centuryDistance: 125 km, 6h 50 min. Today was a long ride, but I was expecting it. We set an ambitious goal of riding to Merickville for lunch and then onto home. On our longer days, our lunch stop had been at about 1:00 or 1:30 pm, today, it we didn’t make it until 2:30 pm.…
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Serendipity
Read more: SerendipityThroughout this trip, we have had many instances of pure chance luck which I am putting down to serendipity. Several times rain has fallen just as we found a place for lunch and stopped by the time we got back on our bikes. This might sound planned, but the places to stop for lunch were…