LIVING OFF GRID

This blog is about our travels in our solar powered "Airstream" and living off grid, in our passive solar home, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.

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Thursday, 10 March 2016

TOO WARM


Looks like another beautiful day. Yesterday it got so warm we had to turn the air-conditioner on. 

For us, that's a great problem to have the first week of March.

How's the weather back home?

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

BEACH ZAMBONI


This is the "Beach Zamboni" It sifts the top layer of beach sand, removes any garbage and lays down a smooth layer as it passes.


Virginia Beach is beautiful, well cared for and enjoyed by everyone. Come for a visit, you won't be disappointed.


Enjoyed watching the sunrise this morning.


If you double click on the picture above you can see runners on the beach. Looks like guys from the naval base doing their morning exercises. 
Once Mary is up we will get our walk in before heading over to Trader Joe's.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day.

Tuesday, 8 March 2016

BEACH TIME


The weather is warmer and we enjoyed some time on the beach yesterday.


There's even a pirate ship for Owen to play on; but watch out for the old captain.

This morning we can see a container ship off in the distance. 

Once we finish breakfast we plan to walk the beach. Marvin encouraged us to get in at least three miles a day.

Have a great day everyone.


Monday, 7 March 2016

COFFEE ON THE DECK


This morning Mary enjoyed coffee on the deck. Still cool but lovely in the sun, out of the wind and a view to bring joy to your heart.


Time for a walk but first check out the benches along the boardwalk.


Mary pointing out the dolphins swimming just off shore.


Enjoying the beach in our bare feet. 

I hear spring has arrived back home, snow is almost gone. Looking forward to seeing green grass when we get home.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, 6 March 2016

FROM THE BALCONY


We are enjoying the view from our balcony. Still cool and windy but more folks are out and about today.


Some on bicycles........


Others walking or relaxing by the ocean.

Time for us to get down there and explore the boardwalk.

Saturday, 5 March 2016

VIRGINIA BEACH


This is our view for the next two weeks. I think we will be doing some long beach walks once the warmer weather arrives. Unit is small but has a full kitchen and we can enjoy the ocean view from our balcony.

I'll post again later in the week.

Thursday, 3 March 2016

VIRGINIA


We arrived safely in Virginia last night about 9. The first night on the road we stayed at this resort in Pennsylvania. It was deep in the woods and our GPS sent us off on an ATV trail to find it. That didn't work but the locals gave us directions and once settled in we had a good night's sleep.



We were up early and on the road before 9 yesterday. About noon we stopped at a Walmart just off the interstate and saw this shed off to the far side of their parking lot. Seems they cater to the Amish in the area. Yes, that's an Amish buggy made from diamond plate steel; never seen that before.



We thought our trip would last 7 hours until we hit this blockage on I-95. This lasted 4 hours and we finally cleared the scene about 8; another hour before we reached our resort in Virginia.



We will be here until Saturday, then over to Virginia Beach for a few days of sand and water.

Not sure when I will post again as we need to go to the resort office to use the internet service. 

Hope everyone is well and enjoying warm weather somewhere.

Safe travels everyone and thanks for stopping by.