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Monthly Archives: May 2011
18 May – Getting into the wilderness
We woke up and ate breakfast in the Toyhouse today. Departed Pine Mountain about 8am. It was a high overcast and cool. Since entering Canada, we’ve seen a lot of oil and gas drilling activity, it seems like every town … Continue reading
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May 17 – Welcome to the Alaska Highway
Started out sun shinny and warm. I got the Blog updated while we sat and ate at the Creations Diner – They’re open 24 hours a day and offer good food and service. We left White Court about 9am. Continued … Continue reading
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16 May – Travel Canada
Woke up to quite – good nights sleep. We have two large sleeping bags, so we use one on the bottom and one on the top. The cab over is plenty of room for the two of us, just don’t … Continue reading
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15 May – Sun Shine in Minnesota
Much better travel conditions today. Sun shinny, a little wind. (Delayed entry – we need to find WiFi hot spots to make entries and check email while in Canada) Continue up I-94 through Minnesota. Hilly country into North Dakota. Just … Continue reading
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14 May – First travel Day
Nothing exciting for the first day, rain, wind, cold. Kind of sounds like Ohio 🙂 We hit the road about 8am EST. Traveled west on US-20 to South Bend, IN, then picked up I-94. Traffic is always heavy around Chicag0. … Continue reading
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Getting everything packed and ready to hit the road.
WOW, This thing holds a lot of stuff. 🙂 Got all the tools, spare parts, extra engine oil and trans fluid, jumper cables, a small folding step stool, and the extra BBQ LP tank under the 2 table bench seats. … Continue reading
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Repair Black Holding Tank Level Sensor
There are several different types of level sensors used by the many RV manufactures, but my Dolphin uses a sensor called a “Capacitive Level Sensor”. Basically, it uses two large metal plates on the outside of the tank. The capacitance … Continue reading
The ToyHouse
We bought the ToyHouse (88 Toyota Dolphin) in November of 2010 specifically for making this trip. We had looked at other RVs, but it came down to Gas mileage, and vehicle size. With Gas cost approaching $4/gal and $5 per … Continue reading