Category: Random thoughts
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Thanks for the comments …
Read more: Thanks for the comments …Hi everyone, I’d like to say thank-you to everyone who has left a comment on our blog. It really helps keep me motivated to keep writing about our journeys. If you see a delay between writing and posting that is because the comments are moderated. Once you’ve had a few accepted then your comments become…
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A note about writing
Read more: A note about writingYou may be noticing that the style of my writing is varying between posts. I’m experimenting with different writing styles and techniques. If you like a particular style of article, please leave a comment to let me know. You will also notice that I am posting some articles in the past. I struggled with which…
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Accepting the kindness of strangers
Read more: Accepting the kindness of strangersI woke up this morning and was trying to visualize how we would camp during our shakedown cruise around Lake Ontario in June, and I couldn’t quite see it. It will be difficult (not to mention expensive) to find campgrounds every time we want to stop, since we’re planning on riding about 80 km per…
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Learning the Language
Read more: Learning the LanguageFor me, one of the big challenges about this trip is the different languages in all the places we’re planning to go. Neither Becky nor I have great had much success learning foreign languages, so I suspect we’ll be getting by in English. I do want to learn at least a few words in the…