{"id":819,"date":"2022-03-04T21:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T01:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/?p=819"},"modified":"2025-01-07T22:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T02:40:26","slug":"would-you-like-some-catch-up-with-those-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/?p=819","title":{"rendered":"Prologue: Would you like some catch up with those fries?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been a while. Seems we have \/ are going through a pandemic. Let\u2019s take a moment to get caught up before we introduce the latest adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time to be painfully real. In September, 2020 we lost Dendog. 50% of milddogs and 100% my brother. It wasn\u2019t COVID, but that didn\u2019t help. Fuck you, cancer! It\u2019s kind of like that picture I posted on the last day of our Alaska trip after we had parted ways in Espanola: \u201dwhere\u2019s my brother?\u201d. It\u2019s like that many days now. Dendog was loved and admired by many. Wonderful husband, father, brother, uncle, coworker, friend and more. We all miss him. In hindsight, I am really grateful we made the opportunity to do our Alaska ride in 2013. We talked many times of \u201ccompleting Canada\u201d. Perhaps adding my son to the ride. But alas, we never got there.

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Where’s my brother?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Espanola: Goodbye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The big lake they call Gitchigoomi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Welcome to Manitoba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hey Mom, I want to go, back to Ontario, hey Mom, I want to go home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Snack time at a rest stop in Alberta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hobbies, they come and go: Here is a quick summary of the various hobbies and current status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motorcycles: All sold prior to pandemic. My son got his license. Would be good to road trip with him some day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catalina 30 Sailboat: Sold in 2021. After keeping the boat on the hard in 2020 due to the pandemic, we decided to attempt to sell it after we got it ready for launch. We would have been just as happy if it had not sold. But, after one day on the market, it was sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobie Bravo: Still sailing that around the lake as often as possible. Working from \u201dHome\u201d gave some more opportunities cause of the zero distance commute. Don\u2019t tell the Hobie, but I have been looking at other monohull sailing dinghies. Shhhh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mazda MX-5 Miata ND: Oh my, that was a fun car. Owned it for a year. Wasn\u2019t super practical. To me, it was 95% as wow as riding a good motorcycle with less hassle and more safety. if you ever think about buying one, just do it.
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Hello Miata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goodbye Miata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


And now the new thing that enables our next adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


2021 Winnebago Travato 59K. Yes, #vanlife. We picked this up in April 2021. We ordered before the pandemic price bumps had kicked in. We have been on one week long adventure so far and a few shorter ones. But the big adventure starts soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mission: Arizona

Duration: 6 weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plan: we don\u2019t need no stinking plan, we have a van! #vanlife<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned, it starts soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merch. Designed by my daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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