Embrun Volksfest

Well that was fun! It was a great turnout and best of all, no rain! Lucy met a lot of people who had seen her before in her shaggy days. They seemed
to really like the new interior. Thanks to everyone who came out to
say hello. Apparently Lucy made it on the CTV 6 o'clock news. Heehee!

People have asked us if the site will stay up and yes! It will. We
won't post as often but will keep updating with VW related activities.

Back to work tomorrow. If anyone from work is reading this, go easy on
us our first week back... :)

Home Stretch

We are back at our very first pitstop of the trip: Mattawa!

We left around 7am after spending the night in a random parking lot in North Bay. We only managed to get about 5 hours of shut eye but hey, we are almost home.

Lucy's generator isn't charging again. Kinda funny how it's acting up in the same spot as on the way out. Kinda. Not really. At least this time we have the battery charger!

Ah memories...

The plan is to go to the apartment, shower and unpack Lucy a bit then head to see our folks and drop off the van in Embrun.

It was a blast. Thank you all for being there with us. I'll continue posting to this blog because we still have a lot of Lucy related events planned... camping, car shows and weddings this summer...restoration and mechanical work this winter.. Owning a Westie is a full time job :)

See you soon! :)

Stephanie

--sent from my iPhone--

Still Eastbound!

We decided to pass Sudbury and just keep driving until we don't feel
like it anymore. It's midnight and we are nearing North Bay. Francis
is armed with a bagel, a red bull and a large coffee. I'm armed
with..a pillow. We ate having some technical issues: the poptop lifts
up a bit when big trucks go by us, the engine leaks a lot of oil and
the generator light keeps coming on because the brushes are dirty from
the oil leaks. Fun fun fun!

We are hitting every single timmies we see on the 17 for a combination
of stretching and/or peeing and/or checking the engine.

We might stop soon because we are a bit paranoid the battery will die
leaving us without headlights.

Anyhoo expect us back tomorrow at some point!

Pancake Bay (again!)

We are about 45 minutes from Sault Ste Marie and everything is going
well. We saw deer but scared them off with our backfiring again!

I have been reading while Francis has been listening to his iPod. We
have been pretty quiet and once in a while one of us looks over at the
other and smiles. I really like how we can just sit there and not have
to feel like we have to break the silence.

I just asked Francis if he wanted to say something on the post and he
is being pouty and saying he wish we could turn around so the trip
wouldn't end so soon. Haha.

Is the forecast for Ottawa still rain for Sunday? Hopefully the
Volksfest is still on...

Neys Provincial Park

We decided to stay on the 17 because of the scenery. We made it all
the way to the park before having to call it a night (near Marathon).
The park is really nice here. I think anything along Lake Superior is
bound to be nice actually. It's such a huge and gorgeous shoreline.

Today's goal is to drive all the way to Sudbury or in that area. Looks
like a sunny day so far so a great day for driving. We are sad tonight
will be the last night in the van. You would think we would be sick of
it but no...Both of us agree we could keep this routine going for
another month. Westfalias are a blast to travel and camp in.

You guys will get a bunch of updates all at once since there is no
reception here and probably won't be until the Soo.

Love you!