Swimming from Yellowstone to Denver video clip 😀 After weeks of guests and laughter filling the van, Finn and I were suddenly flying solo. It felt a bit odd at first, like showing up at a party with only your dog as a plus-one. But Finn didn’t seem to mind. He was thrilled to have […]
Hello again Trusted Chaos Companions I start by saying, there’s no place on Earth quite like Yellowstone. I mean, where else can you be stuck in a traffic jam caused by bison, then five minutes later be staring at water boiling out of the ground like it’s auditioning for a part in Jurassic Park? It’s […]
After a glorious Seattle send-off (and maybe just one too many mushroom lat tes), it was time to point Shevanigans southeast and head into the next leg of the journey—through wonderful Washington, into the incredible Idaho panhandle, across mountainous Montana, and finally, whimsical Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. You know me—if I can make an alliteration, […]
From the wide-open arms of Vancouver, I headed south to Seattle—a city that I thought would be just a quick stop on the itinerary. Turns out, the universe had other plans, and I ended up staying far longer than expected. Why, you ask? Because in a stroke of serendipity, I finally managed to get a […]
So, after I wiped away a fair amount of tears at the airport—because saying goodbye to Heather after our two-week whirlwind of adventures felt like closing a chapter in the best book you’ve ever read—I found myself in the warm embrace of a whole new chapter. Enter West Vancouver, the land of space, luxury, and […]
Ahoy, my intrepid Chaos-Navigators! Shevanagons just went into overdrive with the arrival of my original partner-in-crime, Heather Northcott. Heather and I go back to the days when our baby blankets were practically sewn together. Our moms, sitting in our shared backyard, distracted by gossip and coffee, left us to our own mischievous devices to dream […]
In the grand mosaic of our lives, there are pieces that radiate with an extraordinary brilliance, placed by those whose spirits refuse to be tethered by the mundane. One such piece is Maureen McGarrity, known affectionately to me and many of my friends as simply ‘Mom’. Maureen McGarrity, a trooper in the truest sense, has […]
Greetings, cherished Chaos-Navigators! As the midnight sun casts its relentless glow across the Alaskan skies, I find myself at a reflective pause in our journey—a moment as bittersweet as the last morsel of chocolate from your favorite bar, savored but mourned in the same bite. The past two months have whirled by with the swiftness […]
Ahoy, Chaos-Navigators! It is with the soggiest of spirits and the driest of humors that I recount to you the tale of our escapade at the Bus Fusion Festival in the quaint town of Almonte. As fate would have it, our arrival was heralded by rain—a fine, persistent drizzle that seemed intent on testing the […]
A Quirky Quest from A to A, with a Detour Through Ontario Hello, beloved Band of Wanderers! How does one embark on a grand journey from Alaska to Argentina when one finds oneself decidedly not in Alaska, but rather nestled in the charming environs of Ontario, Canada? Ah, there lies a geographic pickle ripe with […]