Sea Trial

       "It is all about the memories." This was my fathers mantra as we were growing up. We did not have much money with 10 kids and an entrepreneur father times were often tough. Oh but we had memories. We took road trips and had dingus days. We would travel in our  blue 15 passenger Ford van and sing at the top of our lungs,

 " We aint got a barrel of money our clothes might be ragged and funny but we travel along singing our song, side by side."  I smile just thinking about it.

      One memory that sticks out more then most was a trip we took up the Alaska Canada Highway (ALCAN) when I was 15 we were moving back to Alaska for a better life. We traveled with the blue van, my fathers sign truck and trailer, a friends truck and trailer. We looked very much like the Clampetts.

      There were 13 of us 5 adults and 8 kids. We broke down everyday, everyday. I could not tell you exactly what went wrong, but there was a problem of one kind or another everyday. I was 15 so I could feel the stress of the adults, but still young enough to enjoy the time as a family, the camping we got to do, the bear that woke my sister up when it put its front paws on the truck window. 

Yes the MEMORIES. That is what life is all about.

That brings me to our "Test drive this weekend" 

It started like this.......

In the middle it was this..............

But the memories will be of this......

We had such a great time. We found there is still a lot to do on the RV to make OUR BIG ADVENTURE a reality. But that is why we called it a test drive.  

PS. We had to leave the RV at a camp ground last night because the alternator went out. Luckily we made it to Springville and Megan was able to pick us up and take us home. Ben and Ray are fixing it today.