Scott and Becky go East

Scott and Becky’s grand adventure – around the world without airplanes.

Tag: shakedown

  • We are off – Finally!

    Ottawa Ontario to Perth Ontario 70 km, 4 hrs After much packing, we finally left the house shortly after 3 pm. This meant that we left during the crowds of kids walking home from school. Several of the kids shouted “cool bikes”. I’m never quite sure how I should reply to that …“thanks man”. Our…

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  • A quick update

    We are slowly but surely getting ready for this trip. The reality of it all is setting in. We have: Completed our immunizations (all that needed to be done before we leave North America. We still need to take the Cholera vaccine just before we leave North America). Completed our Servas interviews. We have our…

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  • Shakedown Cruise around Lake Ontario

    From wikipedia: Shakedown cruise is a nautical term in which the performance of a ship is tested. Shakedown cruises are also used to familiarize the ship’s crew with operation of the craft. In our case, our shakedown cruise is an opportunity to test out all our gear and processes to ensure that it all works…

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