3 week intermission...

23rd Oct to 16th Nov 2011

The Great North America road trip was over (sad face); but we were super happy to be back in Calgary living in a house with a bed, couch, kitchen, bathroom and really good friends for a three week break. It's crazy how much more you appreciate the basics of a house after living in a car for 4 months.

 

Both Marc and I managed to find some work while we were back in Calgary which was a massive help to boost the savings before part 2 of our big adventure.

After a day of relaxing our schedules picked up again with loads to do before we left which included selling Hank, ship our stuff back to Aus, book flights to Europe, close bank accounts, say goodbye to all our awesome friends and work!!   

Selling Hank was a bit of a worry especially trying to sell him just before winter. We advertised him for about a week with a little bit of interest but not a lot. Having no issues with Hank the whole road trip (except for an annoying beeping noise when the drivers side door was open) we did not want to have to get rid of him for a crazy low price. We did get one last service for Hank and had the beeping issue checked out. The beeping noise was fixed in only a second (to our absolute surprise). The beeping was caused by a simple little F*&%^#@ dial that turned the interior light off or on... so 4 months of annoying beeping fixed in a second (if only we had asked the mechanic at our first oil change). 

Luckily our friend Kate mentioned Hank to her dad Brian who was looking for a Dodge Grand Caravan. It was crazy how it all worked out, 2 days before Kate's dad saw the car we were driving home from a hockey game when the power steering went, more luck it was only a hose so an easy fix! Brian was the easiest customer as he already knew all about DGC and was more then happy to buy him after a quick drive around the block YEAH!! Plus Brian let us keep Hank right up until we left which could not have worked out better.     

The last three weeks were amazing and some highlights include:

- 2 Amazing Halloween parties

- Michelle had a wisdom tooth removed

- A couple of flames games

- 2 delicious dinners with the McManus family

- Family dinner with the Dagnall's

- A final farewell gathering at 'The Wistow'.

 

The worst part about coming back was knowing that this time it was the last for a while. We had an awesome time, but leaving was really hard and there were lots & lots of tears at the Calgary Herald and airport before we left :(