Our original plan had us traveling to Regina (rhymes with Vagina), SK next, but we thought a city called Moose Jaw sounded even funnier than Saskatoon and was just as satisfying to say, so we detoured there. We believed the name must have something to do with a moose or a jaw or both, but…
MFI and I have thoroughly debated the answer to this question and have concluded that for us it’s both. We’ve experienced many great destinations, and there have been many enjoyable journeys over the past three years. While admittedly not all destinations and journeys have been great, we believe each has turned out to be what…
Honestly, we stopped in Saskatoon, SK because the name sounded so cool. It had a nice ring to it, and frankly we enjoyed repeating it. We imagined the name was a First People’s word. We were only partially right! The word is derived from the Cree, Mis-Sask-quah-toomina, their native word for the fruit berry which…
Saskatoon was our next planned extended stop after Winnipeg. The most direct route there was to take Trans Canadian Highways 1 and 16, but we preferred a more country route, which took us north along Lake Manitoba, and had us cross at a spot called The Narrows. This sounded much more interesting, so we drove…
Entry into Canada almost went without a hitch. The officer interviewing us at the border was polite, but when he heard we were carrying eggs from the U.S., he denied entry. He smiled, directed us to another officer who helped us do a U-turn, suggested we dump the eggs in the nearest trash bin, and…
Tony Zugay let us know that his oldest daughter Dawn and husband Tony Mendoza could probably use our help. So when we coordinated our visit to Lake City, we also contacted Dawn and planned to spend the following week in St. Paul to help them out as well. Unfortunately, our plan didn’t quite unfold as…
Our next major stop was Lake City, MN for projects at the Zugay House; however, we were running too early for the agreed arrival date. To bide our time, we found a decent park in the small Village of Dorchester, WI (population 876), which sat quietly in the middle of Wisconsin dairy farms. The town…
Beth and Barry Muller are our go-to friends-with-projects in Island Heights, New Jersey (population 1,650). We began doing projects for them at their former beach-rental property in Wildwood, NJ (population 5,157) back in April 2018, long before we implemented our current retirement plan. It was there, they first became aware of our construction/repair capabilities. They…
