Skip to content
calder escapes beach logo
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Escapes
    • Trip Posts – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe ’22
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Posts – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Posts – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Posts – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
  • Our Wheels
  • Pics
    • Trip Galleries – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Galleries – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Galleries – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
  • Toggle website search
Search this website
Menu Close
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Escapes
    • Trip Posts – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe ’22
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Posts – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Posts – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Posts – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
  • Our Wheels
  • Pics
    • Trip Galleries – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Galleries – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Galleries – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
  • Toggle website search

Our Journey in 2024 | Read Trip Posts →

Our Journey in 2024 | Galleries

Main Album » Victoria & Vancouver, BC
250,000 miles (1)
drive from Quesnel south (6)
drive from Quesnel south (7)
drive from Quesnel south (9)
drive from Quesnel south (3)
drive from Quesnel south (4)
Drive along the Thompson River (3)
Drive along the Thompson River (4)
Drive along the Thompson River (7)
Drive along the Thompson River (10)
Drive along the Thompson River (11)
Drive along the Thompson River (12)
Drive along the Thompson River (13)
Drive along the Thompson River (14)
Drive along the Thompson River (1)
Drive along the Thompson River (2)
Drive in the Hope Area (3)
Drive in the Hope Area (4)
Drive in the Hope Area (5)
Drive in the Hope Area (6)
Drive in the Hope Area (11)
Drive in the Hope Area (1)
First house Josh owned in Surrey
Doug chatting with his mom
Fran and Gaye (1)
Fran's dad's plaque at the Sooke Legion
a Sooke institution
Whiffen Spit, Sooke views (2)
Fran's father's bench (1)
Fran's father's bench (2)
Whiffen Spit, Sooke views (3)
hockey game note
watching a movie on D'Arcy's deck
dinner at Byron & Sharon's (1)
dinner at Byron & Sharon's (5)
rhubarb and strawberry tarts
The Gorge near D'Arcy's
walk along the Gorge in Victoria (2)
walk along the Gorge in Victoria (3)
Dinner at Kerry's (2)
us at Dana's for hockey game
views on the ferry to Vancouver (3)
views on the ferry to Vancouver (1)
from fresh crab to crab cakes (5)
from fresh crab to crab cakes (1)
from fresh crab to crab cakes (2)
from fresh crab to crab cakes (3)
from fresh crab to crab cakes (4)
view from our picnic site on Canada Day
This is a real tree made into art called Tree Snag
view to Stanley Park
Canada Day music at John Lawson (3)
Canada Day music at John Lawson (1)
Cyrpress Bowl (1)
Cyrpress Bowl (2)
chipmunks at look out
view from the lookout
Blue jays at the lookout (4)
Blue jays at the lookout (6)
Blue jays at the lookout (2)
1200 year Giant Yellow Cedar aka yellow cypress
trees in Stanley Park (2)
trees in Stanley Park (3)
trees in Stanley Park (4)
trees in Stanley Park (1)
walk along Sea Wall into downtown
walk along Sea Wall into downtoan (3)
passenger ferry to Nanaimo - takes 70 minutes
2010 olympic cauldron
walk along Sea Wall into downtoan (8)
walk along Sea Wall into downtoan (9)
note to staff of Buchanan Lodge
walk through Moodyville (1)
walk through Moodyville (2)
walk through Moodyville (3)
the old days
C & M Ladies
when we we young mothers
canada wins
Sean manages to blow up a balloon without a pump
Fran with her Uncle Dick
65th birthday venue
everyone at the dinner xx
everyone at the dinner (6)
Irene & Chris
Pat & Therese
Doug and Anna
Sandra and Fran
Sandra & Ana
blowing out the candle
Fran eating her bday sticky toffee pudding
Fran's bday dessert - sticky toffee pudding with Salte Caramel Ice Cream

Where We Are

May 16, 2026 – off to Oklahoma City to get our new car!

May 18, 2026 – back in Henderson till the end of the month

Where We’ve Been

View maps of our journeys up to now.

Newsletter

Sign up for our "Escapes" updates. You'll never get more than one email a week.

Get in Touch

We’d love to hear from you all anytime while we have “no fixed address” – feel free to contact us.

Fran @ hereiamcalder@gmail.com

Doug @ whereareyoucalder@gmail.com

Disclaimer

This is a personal non-commercial website and we have no sponsorship, advertisers or outside writers. Should we mention a product or service in our posts or recommend one, it is purely our personal notation and not for any financial reward.  

 

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Escapes
  • Our Wheels
  • Pics
© 2013-2026 Calder Escapes. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy