We get to see all these wonders around this continent from the comfy base of our 29 foot Class C Motor Home (RV). We have two pullouts which make for a great amount of extra space and almost taking us out of the 'camping' heading. There really is no roughing it in Skilpad at all. She is our home away from home. Well, apart from the really cruddy little shower that is now a storage place :)
Skilpad is the name of our RV - it means "Tortoise" in Afrikaans, a language of South Africa where I come from. The Tortoise gets there eventually - slow and sure, chomping at the juicy grasses along the way, looking left and right and plodding right along. Skilpad.
The bakkie is not coming along for the ride this time. "Bakkie" is another Afrikaans word, meaning 'pickup'. She has been only on most of our other adventures, but this time we are going it alone. Well, apart from the bicycles.
Our travel companions are Allie and Sophie, otherwise jointly known as 'doglets'. They are mini yorkies and not yappers at all. Allie, who is two and a half years old, hates traveling in the RV. I mean she REALLY hates it.
I have now learned to turn her bed upside down and turn it into a cave where she hides for every mile we drive. When we stop, she is just fine again, every time - until Frank moves towards the drivers seat .... then she starts with her shaking and runs and hides in her cave. It drives me nuts.
Sophie, only 11 months old, really does not give a hoot where she is as long as there is food to eat and a squeaky mouse to chew on. She occasionally takes pieces of food to Allie to try to entice her out of her cave, but so far with no success. It's pitiful to see. Sophie has learned to entertain herself very well, which in turn keeps us well stocked up with laughs.
Blondie is our GPS system. I am not sure how much I should talk about her and maybe I will change her into a him for this trip. No, no - it's just a voice change - nothing dramatic! Last time she misled us badly some times, tried to derail us totally at other times and had us laughing when she repeatedly and without reason, would demand that we 'turn around, and turn around again' at the oddest of places that had absolutely no possible turnaround points, or any reason to do so. Think a lecture would help her before we leave?
We really do live in a little town called Soddy Daisy, and our house really is painted (by choice) a bright canary yellow. We don't travel with any time schedule or reservations anywhere at all - pretty much tootling down the road for as many hours as we are comfortable with.
This Baja adventure is going to be a new way of travel to us. Before - we pretty much screamed up the Alcan Hwy, or across Canada sometimes driving 12 hours a day - our record is 14 hours and thats because there was so much light at that time of year and it was just lovely around each corner. Once we reach Baja, we will slow down dramatically....we are going to learn how to just hang out slowly, stay in one place for more than a few days maybe and ............of course, fill up on photos. Plenty walks, bicycle rides, whale watches and other things....
I welcome any questions or comments on the blog. Till later
Annie
1 comment:
What a lovely sounding trip. I can't wait to go along with you (blogwise anyway!)
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