As I mentioned in our last few posts, we have upgraded our camping equipment. Remember our mission is to see Europe for as cheaply and rustic as we possibly can, staying on campgrounds – but to do so with the comforts one has grown accustumed to (too old for Ravioli from a can) and will […]

After taking care off the packing needs for our kitchen and camping stuff it’s about time we find suitable bags for our clothes and personal stuff. Once again LLBean came in handy. We found perfect duffle bags for us and a tote bag for Ayla’s stuff. We also came across some bathroom organisers which seem […]

Princess has found a new favorite watching perch for herself. From the railing around the bottom flight of stairs, Prince can sit and watch what is going on with the puppy whether she is playing, in her crate sleeping, terrorizing us, eating something she shouldn’t be or whatever else might be occurring. The cats are […]

Well this was an exciting weekend. Grandma and Grandpa were here from the hubbies side and got to meet Ayla finally. They weren’t thrilled with the prospect of us getting a dog when we finally told them but since she’s our headache to deal with, they’ve cut us some slack. And who can resist that […]

Now that summer is here, all of us going on this trip are getting a bit anxious to start planning. We have set up one of those Yahoo groups to cordinate everyones ideas for the trip. That is turning out to be the best idea we have had for planning this trip. The yahoo groups […]