Hi Everybody:
First, Happy 2007! For me, I hope 2007 turns out to be slightly less eventful than 2006.
We dropped Kathryn and David off at LAX late Saturday afternoon (Dec 30), and on our drive back to the Airstream decided that we needed to take a "break" from our "break". We've seen all the places we set out to see (except Baja), and were missing our friends and family terribly. Like Dorothy said "there's no place like home". Except, of course, when home is having the worst winter (rain, snow, wind) anybody can remember. We are officially the only Snowbirds to ever go north in January.
There was a weather window of a few days (mountain passes would be bare and dry) so we left January 1st to drive home. Arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday, January 3rd - 2,000 kms and 400 litres of gas later. We'll likely take another shorted trip someplace warm in February or March (Australia, Cabo, any suggestions?).
A couple of other notes about our trip:
(1) The truck (Toyota 4Runner V8) was fantastic. Not a hiccup. Towed a 6,000 lb trailer over 16,000 kms without any trouble at all. I'm very impressed. When John D got back from Africa in November, he mentioned that we all should sell our vehicles and buy Toyota Land Cruisers and pickup trucks - that's all they have in Africa and they keep running after horrendous abuse.
(2) The trailer (Airstream CCD-25) was equally fantastic. Since we were the first owners to really "travel" with this particular trailer, there were a few bugs at first (like tightening up the city water inlet) - but nothing significant at all. It's very well built, and it still looks brand new.
(3) There's no place like home. Even though it SNOWED here overnight, we're glad to be back. The trailer is warm, comfortable, and it's our home (for now).
(4) It took a few hours, but our social calendar is full again. I love it.
Cheers!
Doug 2.1
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