Author Archives: Barry

No Tanks Today

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Barry

Today’s trip was modified slightly due to a number of roads being closed tomorrow for a large triathlon in the area of the Summer Palace. We finished doing two major trips today and then two smaller ones tomorrow. Today’s trip was … Continue reading →

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The Great Wall

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Barry

Jet lag wasn’t too much of an issue for me, I woke up for an hour around 4 AM then managed to get back to sleep again. Lyn managed to sleep right through. China is 12 hours ahead of Canada … Continue reading →

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Here we go again!

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Barry

A couple of years ago there were a number of tours to China on sale for around $2500 including air fare. We decided that China was going to be high on the list of places to visit. About a year … Continue reading →

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A Week Later

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Barry

Well, a little late in writing this! We made it back home, well to Paul and Amanda’s by about 5PM, having waited at customs for less than 10 minutes then sailing through. In total we covered 18,259 kms or 9859 … Continue reading →

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Last Night

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Barry

We headed out this morning in much cooler temperatures, it stayed around 22°C until midday then climbed slowly to 32°C. Although it was Saturday the Interstates were fairly busy but for the most part we could maintain 65 MPH, much … Continue reading →

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Another bit of Luck!

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Barry

I woke up about 50 minutes before the alarm this morning an knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep so I quietly yelled to Lyn “Are you awake yet?”, well of course she was …….. now. So we up packed … Continue reading →

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Time to Leave

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Barry

Wow, this place is both hot and humid, today’s temperature was 92°F with a humidex of 112°F. These are not pleasant temperatures, yet the campground is full of vacationers here for the summer ….. crazy! Lyn spent the morning cleaning … Continue reading →

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Home Sweet (Second) Home

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Barry

For the first time I had a number of titles to choose from. The one I used, “My Biggest Fear”, “Luck was With Us”, That Could Have been Nasty” were all contenders. We had breakfast at the motel, the standard … Continue reading →

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That was Better Than Expected!

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Barry

Forty five minutes after getting up we were on a way at 7:15. The GPS showed 508 miles to destination, and as about 200 miles was on non-Interstate I was planning on 11-11.5 hours, including breaks. In reality the non-Interstate roads … Continue reading →

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Last Day

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Barry

Again it was overcast when we woke up and the humidity was still with us. By mid afternoon we reached about 30C with a humidex 5-10 degrees above that. This morning was spent getting things cleaned up and put away … Continue reading →

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