Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site (and costumes!)

The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site is possibly the second largest attraction on the Breton cape area of Nova Scotia (known as Cape Breton) and a fascinating archeology and anthropology […]

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POSING DOGS…..

Trying to pose three dogs and a man is like herding cats. Or it is like………………. posing dogs.

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Where’s Woodstock?

We flew through several states in a short amount of time on our way towards Boston. Somewhere near upstate New York the navigator of slowcarfasthouse realized that we were near […]

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Pennsylvania- chocolate, family and friendship!

 We spent our first night in Pennsylvania camped very near Three Mile Island.  Mike thought it was funny that this elaborate evacuation plan was posted near our campsite.  Fortunately we […]

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Where have they been?

The answer to “Where have they been?” is almost as interesting as “Where are they going?”  Here is a little graphic to indicate the places we have been thus far. […]

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Working our way across the “Deep South” of the USA!

We have been in 4 states in the past week, and they all have a few things in common: 1. bugs  (gnats, mosquitos, maybugs, spiders, ticks) 2. rain (unexpected, sneak attacks […]

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Hot water to go-

While we were camped in New Orleans we did not have access to a shower. This gave us an opportunity to use the Aqua Cube unit again. The Aqua Cube was […]

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Swamp tour= the Atchafalaya

While in the area of the Atchafalaya Swamp, there are a few things that really cannot be missed.  Since we already took care of a few of those things, we […]

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Houston, it’s a wrap!

We spent our last few days in Houston meeting some great people, eating some good food and seeing some interesting places.  Here are a few of our highlights! Among the Tex-Mex […]

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E…2.0

and better than ever?…  A few calls while waiting on the tow proved there were very few options around in terms of vw experts.  Luckily, the one that is nearby seems to be well known and highly recommended from everyone I call.  We have the truck drive us to Latenight …

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a precursor on driving in mexico

just in case you decide to drive a car in mexico. We currently have a friend in route to visit us in baja, and it dawned on me that when trying to describe safety on mexican roads, there was a bit too much to cover in a text. We certainly …

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La Paz

and a VW spa day. We have been telling E for the last few weeks that he just needs to get us as far as La Paz and we would book him a “spa day” with rojelio.  How else could we describe a day at the best vw mechanic in …

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onward to Baja!

its been too long.   We had heard from other travelers that you had to make a reservation 7-10 days before the ferry, way different than when we came across from baja on the same boat.  We emailed and asked for a reservation a week or so in advance just to be …

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for the love of Tequila

both the drink and the town. We made the quick trip from tonala to tequila and pulled in with giant smiles on our faces.  Our shortest road day in weeks, a town we know and have missed, and knowing that we are only one day away from the pacific… all’s …

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Arco Norte

Up and around mexico city We have been having great luck with the cities and parts of town we’ve been staying in, but we still are far from city people.  At this point were just dreaming of getting back to the beach. Images of sand and waves dance through our …

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Villahermosa

from the gulf to villahermosa. After Merida our drive dips us momentarily along the gulf coast of mexico. We talk about how much closer it seems to us to simply continue around the gulf and pull into new orleans (where we’ll be in a few months for french quarter fest) than …

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Back to the mainland

We could stay on cozumel playing and exploring and eating/drinking forever.  But we also are eager to begin making our way across to the pacific and then back home, so we finally make the decision to hop the ferry back to mainland mexico.  That of course didn’t come before a …

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Orange Walk, Belize

We left san ignacio on a football fueled high…Stopped at the first roadside stand we saw for some veggies and a bbq chicken.  A few miles down the road we get gas and buy some habanero hot sauce off a guy out front.  We can just feel ourselves getting back …

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Rio Dulce

In the morning we drove north and crossed yet another border.  Again, we were teased with what looked by a small and simple border crossing but instead found ourselves in line behind what turned out to be passengers from dozens of buses headed for a pilgrimage to a local religious …

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It’s a VW christmas

One more sunrise surf session at Flores and we finally make it out of town.  It was sad for us to leave, but we also know for certain it won’t be long before our toes are back in the sand in or near El Cuco. We both had another amazing …

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