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Going Geocaching

Debbie — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:15:41 +0000

We have been checking out the Geocaching website. I found out about it on Families on the Road. They have a “Roadschooling” section. Seemed like a natural fit. I watched the little videos. Showed it to the kids. It looked so easy. It is like a treasure hunt with a GPS. There are these amazing little [...]

Rainsticks and Food

Debbie — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:53:17 +0000

Over the weekend Alana’s family brought her back after getting her visa renewed. They also brought Steff with them. We had a great weekend together. We were 19 all together. Lots of cooking and talking and laughing. We had some great food together. Of course, the Hurst family came laden with all sorts of good [...]

A snapshot. in the Algarve

Debbie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:24:30 +0000

The rain and wind swirled around us all night. The sun came out this morning. I was so happy I ran around taking pictures of everyone. Ever feel like doing that? Capturing a moment? A snapshot. Gee, what a surprise. Lizzy is in the truck playing the sax. She is jamming to beatles songs. She [...]

Happy 2010! Here’s to a bog free year and olive oil

Debbie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:41:36 +0000

Had a great New Years eve celebration at Paulo and Edna’s house. We have taken our minds off the difficulties of the last week. We had no vehicle for days as Serge’s car broke, days later Paulo and Edna’s van broke, days later we arrived in our truck and after picking up Petr from the [...]

Canoeing, Feasting and After Eights for Christmas

Debbie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:40:44 +0000

Well, tried to post this up and lost everything. Here it goes again. How are we doing? Soggy, soggy, soggy. We are so soggy. Did I say we were soggy? It is still raining, and raining. Was not so sure how this Christmas would be. You see, we were supposed to be in Morrocco! Spending [...]

Christmas in Portugal

Andrew — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:01:16 +0000

Christmas in Portugal. We are staying at the Conscious Earth Eco-village. We will ask them to heat up the sauna for Christmas day. They also have an outdoor kitchen where we will cook out our rolled turkey in raisin and orange sauce. Yes, we are in the middle of an orange grove so finding oranges [...]

Camping in a Hurricane

Debbie — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:01:04 +0000

Last night there was a hurricane. Serious, no exaggeration. First the teenager report than the official one from the news guys. Me and Andrew had a great time watching the light display and hearing the music of the rain from our bed through the night. A bit worried about Samuel and Alana (Donald stayed back [...]

Silves and the grooviest campground in the Algarve

Debbie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:21:28 +0000

We went to Silves, Portugal and met some more nice people, including Klaus, “Like Santa he says”. We looked around a bit. We like Silves but were feeling really scruffy and were kind of dissapointed after determining that the pool was way over priced for us. It also required speedos for men, one piece suits [...]

Wild camping in Portugal

Debbie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:25:16 +0000

So, it is post-RockonChristmas Festival and we are supposed to be in Morocco. We are being held up by paperwork. But, you know we have been working hard so decided to take a bit of a break. We started discussing among ourselves, “You know people come to the Algarve that dont know Edna and Paulo. [...]

Photos of Rock on Christmas

Debbie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:06:42 +0000

Promised some photos of Rock on Christmas and Alana and here they are. I am blogging from Cafe Chinta in Armaceo de Pera. The nice gentleman who runs this cafe says, “tell all your friends to come to my cafe and get free internet.” Anyways back to the photos. Our truck became a billboard. We [...]