What????

Ok. Remember I mentioned that I was about to do something. Well here’s the what: as many of my friends and family know, I am newly retired and I am in the process of packing up our belongings in preparation for a move from my home in Canada -- the land of my birth -- to our new home in Mexico.

When I say we I mean my partner, Cath, and our four Wheaten Terriers: Cayden. Lizzie, Ayelish and Hadley. The reason for the blog is that it seems like the easiest way to keep anyone who is interested up to date on our travels, and on the day to day as we set out on the great adventure and work our way towards Lake Chapala in Mexico.

What I am doing currently is sorting the NWOTV (not wanted on the voyage) boxes from the “let’s load it into the motor home so that it is handy” stuff. Yes. That’s right. I said Motor Home.

We are taking off in “Gertie”, a medium, sized motor home that should cost us a tidy sum in gas but on the other hand we expect to make some of that up in missed hotel bills and restaurants. And let’s face it: there are a lot of hotel managers who are going to simply turn on those red “no vacancy” signs when they see us coming with four dogs, especially four terriers. Then too we are really hoping to turn this into an adventure that is the ultimate celebration of freedom. Our proposed schedule goes pretty much like this: drive, eat, sleep and explore at will. The ETA: whenever.