August 2023 – July 2024
We left Chicago around 10:30AM. The next few days was going to have our longer driving days of the whole trip at about 3.5 to 4.5 hours each day. Despite it being mid morning the highway was quite busy at the beginning and until a fair ways out of the city. We thought it might... Continue Reading →
We decided to go check out the free Chicago Zoo in Lincoln Park and the Navy Pier for the day. We got free fountain juices from the hotel lobby and brought up our cereal breakfast to the hotel rooftop patio. It was nice except even at 9AM the sun was very hot as there was... Continue Reading →
We woke up to a nice sunny unlike the previous morning. We had breakfast and left our tent up while we went out to complete the “3 Dunes Challenge”, which is a hiking trail that goes to the peak of the 3 largest (?) dunes in the park around 200ft. We checked out the visitor... Continue Reading →
By the morning the rain had changed to a light drizzle and we made breakfast of eggs/bacon and oatmeal, packed up our very wet tent, and headed out of the campground. We quickly stopped by the camp office that was finally open, and I had a quick chat with the older lady. I asked if... Continue Reading →
It was a very busy week leading up to our departure day. We were still frantically finishing up everything we had to do during the week. The kids had a going away get together at the park with their friends the day before. When the day finally arrived, while we were busy packing up the... Continue Reading →
We are a family embarking on a once in a lifetime trip with our three kids from August 2023 to July 2024. The trip has been years in the making, and we had always referred to our trip with our kids as going on a “trip around the world”, hence the name of our blog. Join... Continue Reading →
At long last, 6 months and 10,700km later, we have finally made it. Thank you for all the well wishes along the way and for following our trip! We'll update our other pages on our site which have been neglected down the Pacific Coast, including a few posts we are still behind in Oregon.. We'll post... Continue Reading →
After nearly 6 months of cycling, we reached our final destination of San Diego, California. It was a beautifully sunny day, and the temperature reached 25C, almost breaking the 27C record of 1952 for San Diego. We said good bye to Sandy and Tom after a wonderful breakfast of bacon, eggs, and even pancakes with real... Continue Reading →
We started the day riding on a bike path past a popular surfing area. Soon after we past a nuclear power plant, and then entered Camp Pendleton, a U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp.nTo avoid having cyclists needing to cycle on the prohibited I-5 freeway, they allow cyclists to bike through the camp. Initially we were on... Continue Reading →
We made it through LA with flying colours, and are now headed towards San Diego to arrive in just 2 more days! Today we are headed from Newport Beach to a campground in San Clemente. Although we could definitely notice the smog, the beach front and the bike path by the water was absolutely beautiful... Continue Reading →
Trip Around The World 