| A year after getting married, my wife and
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| | in my entire life- you could hear them
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| I embarked on what I consider an epic
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| | buzzing outside of the car- I am not
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| journey. We packed our new Sunfire up
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| | joking. Lesson number two: Do not
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| with camping gear and headed East from
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| | entirely believe what you read in
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| the sheltered valleys of British Columbia
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| | brochures.
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| across the prairies. Our goal was
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| | The density of the mosquito population
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| Montreal, and from there we would head
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| | was so extreme that even though it was
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| south to Indiana and then back West
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| | already almost dark, we realized that we
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| through the United States. We planned to
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| | could not stay there. Instead, we drove a
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| camp along the way, in order to save
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| | while longer and finally arrived in
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| money. Our vacation was an interesting
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| | Ontario. We ate supper at a restaurant
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| one. I would not term it a disaster, but
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| | and then realized it was way too late to
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| there were several significant events
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| | find and set up camp, so we found a rest
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| along the way that led me to realize
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| | stop and decided to sleep in the car.
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| several key facts about planning and
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| | Lesson number three: A six foot two frame
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| implementing a big trip, which I would
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| | does not sleep well in the driver's seat
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| like to share in this article.
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| | of a Pontiac Sunfire. I decided to climb
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| Our first trials came as we left the
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| | in the back, which led to lesson number
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| mountains of my youth and descended into
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| | four: Always check what you are lying on,
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| the treeless prairies. Treeless is
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| | no matter how late. I discovered in the
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| significant, as we realized on our first
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| | morning that I had slept on top of the
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| stop that there was no wood available at
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| | pancake syrup and the dish soap, which
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| the campsites for fires, beyond a couple
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| | had both spilled their entire contents
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| of old fence posts. Saskatchewan,
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| | all over the car. An attempt to scrub the
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| therefore, saw us dining on cold canned
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| | syrup out resulted in the formation of
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| food. Lesson number one: Know the foliage
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| | lots of bubbles. Our car to this day
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| of your destination and plan accordingly.
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| | still smells like syrup and soap.
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| The buffalo have vanished and therefore
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| | The remainder of the trip through Canada
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| the old pioneer fuel of chips is no
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| | went well, although I will say that the
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| longer an option.
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| | roads in Ontario are seriously lacking
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| The next night, we consulted our travel
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| | when it comes to planning. The greatest
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| brochure for sites in Manitoba. Manitoba
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| | disasters on the trip came on the way
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| has trees, so firewood was not an issue.
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| | back East through the United States, and
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| We found a site that advertised plenty of
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| | involved a severe altercation with a
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| firewood, spacious spots, and working
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| | border guard, weather the likes of which
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| showers. What it did not advertise was
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| | I had never heard of in Minnesota, a
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| the fact that it was located on a
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| | biker rally in South Dakota, and a forest
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| recently flooded river, which upon
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| | fire in Wyoming. The biggest lesson I
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| returning to its banks had left a highly
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| | learned on the whole trip was that it is
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| fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes. I
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| | absolutely essential to plan ahead when
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| have never seen so many of these insects
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| | it comes to a vacation.
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