A little late getting to the blog post this morning. We've been busy making more travel plans, and we'll be able to tell you about them soon! In the meantime, we're keeping busy in Somerset, England. Only a week and a half to go until we leave for our six week tour of Eastern Europe!
Nice quiet road through the desert SW of Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Where are Kevin and Ruth now? Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Where are Kevin and Ruth going next? South!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
We can see the sea!
We've been in England for about a month now and yesterday we had our first view of the sea. Well, it was the Bristol Channel actually, but it does look out into the sea!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Castle Cary
Yet another cloudy day yesterday, but it didn't start raining until the afternoon. Tony was going into the village of Castle Cary to get some new tires on his work van, so we followed along in the car just for something to do.
Monday, July 9, 2012
A surprisingly nice day!
There's been so much rain here that it's become kind of expected. It's pretty much a given that it's going to rain tomorrow. Even the forecast didn't show any sun. So when the clouds disappear, it's a nice surprise.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
How do we research a trip?
Not much to write about this morning because it rained pretty much all day yesterday. Reader Joe in Indiana had asked the other day if we would talk a little about how we research a trip and he's right that our upcoming Czech Republic and area excursion makes for a good example.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Nine mile hike in the rain
While much of Canada and the U.S. experiences summer, we here in England have been left behind. July the 6th felt like mid April! But that didn't stop us from going out for a nice hike at Burrington Combe.
Friday, July 6, 2012
A Tower on Top of a Tor
Well I tried to go to work yesterday, but when we got there our third helper cancelled on us. So it's now been put off, possibly until next week. I guess I just wasn't meant to get in a full days work! Oh well, that's my lot in life.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
A rare post from Ruth
Well today you will get a post by me, Ruth. Kevin went out the door this morning at 7:30am with Tony to help him put up the ceiling at Kelly and Paul's place.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Next stop, Czech Republic!
My older sister Elaine, was the correct one to guess Czech Republic yesterday. And no, she didn't have any hints. Other than the fact that she knows I like to do family history research, and that our paternal grandmother was born in that area.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Went to Bath and had a shower
My uncle and some of his family are having a vacation in England just now, and it turned out that we were getting fairly close to each other. So we drove up to Bath to have lunch with them!
Monday, July 2, 2012
Scrumpy Cider
Spent the morning on the internet researching our next destination, and in the afternoon went for a walk and then had a look at some British motorhomes.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Finally, a nice relaxing day!
As much as we've enjoyed touring London, Leeds, and Bristol over the last two and a half weeks, we were due for a break. Pretty much all we did yesterday was to go for a two hour walk in the country.
June expenses
June came in at $1,570.10. About $250 over budget, and a big chunk of that came from eating out. We include eating out under the "Entertainment" column because it is somewhat discretionary, and we did that far more than normal in the month of June.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
The S.S. Great Britain in Bristol
We said goodbye yesterday morning to our couchsurfing hosts (thanks Cynthia and Nigel!) and took the bus from there into town. We dropped our bags at a hostel near the bus station where they looked after them for a cost of £2.00 ($3.28) each.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Chairs are more dangerous than sharks.
Hmm. That title's a little different. I'll explain in a moment. We had such a busy day that we didn't get everything done that we wanted to. But it was a beautiful day. In fact the locals were saying that yesterday was the best day they've had so far this summer.
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