A journey to fill my soul

Hello everyone, and welcome to the 57th parallel. Up to this point I’ve spent a lot of time studying map routes, I could go this way, or, I could go that way, in the end the route had to reach the final passage. What matters to this point is where is the fire and smoke,…

I need to back up a bit cause it’s been a few days since I dropped a post. This post starts at what I called the gateway north. I was camping at a Provincial Park at the side of a lake near Pincher Creek. My drive that day was to take me up to, and…

Sometimes you need to make decisions based on health and happiness. I was scheduled for a 4 night stay in Canada’s Grassland National Park but the weather and smoke got the best of me. I did get in 2 very good 10k-+hikes through some of the most beautiful land abounding with butte’s and grasslands. This…

I’ve put a few miles on the last two days, quit a bit on gravel. In my past I worked for Goodyear tire, I know a few things about tires. I know before I left on this trip that even though I only had 20k on my tires, the tires were almost 5 years old.…

I kinda get a kick out of coming up with a word or phrase that turns into what is called “ click bate”. I find this one more interesting because it truly does have a meaning, a meaning that actually has, I’ll say, a backup to its meaning. As a child my family traveled to…

I’ve never been a person who can sit still for very long, I’ve got to keep moving. When I wasn’t working, for like real (money), I always had something going on in the shop or in the woods. I had to keep moving. This trip is about moving, moving around a lot. I have a…

The trip has begun. 5-plus years of planning, buying, testing, readjusting, and so-on. I believe we all know our comfort zone, but what does it take you, and how do you adjust, when you cross that point? I’ve always been a bit adventurous, willing to take chances, usually until it hurts. Ask my wife about…

You may have thought I was talking about myself, which I guess I need too, but this is a different subject. Every vehicle has a weight limit which must be adhered too cautiously. Vehicle manufacturers have this magic slide rule that calculates how well the vehicle braking system functions at specific weights as well as…

As I created this blog, with help from a few of my friends, I guess I’ve failed to set dates and expectations as to the plan. I explained that this has been a 5-plus year plan with this year being the firm ‘go’ time, but when. I officially retire on May 2, 2025, so I…

How do you think you’re going to do this? This travel ‘want’ started a very long time ago, but it was in about 2018 that I really got to thinking. Remember, I’m good for over thinking sometimes. Well, usually always. I started thinking, could I really put a plan in place that could make this…