Bogotá, Columbia

The beginning of Jude & Gord’s adventure really started in 1982 when we met. However, In the year 2018 we started a whole new chapter of our lives. We both retired early, sold it all and bought a teardrop trailer so we could pedal, paddle and play more!    

In 2018 we drove to Edmonton, AB and met Ceese and picked out the Gnome home that was right for us. We chose a 5 x 9 Tear drop that pulls like a dream behind our 2017 Toyota Tacoma. Its been our “home sweet gnome” for over four years of adventuring! Here are some pictures…

So we did it! We hit the road and traveled for over 170 continuous days on our first adventure, living in our Gnome home and exploring. We are 4 years in now and still out exploring, so come and check out our pics on fb and instagram! https://www.instagram.com/pedalpaddleplay https://www.facebook.com/pedalpaddleplay/ From deserts to oceans we can…

Baja, Mexico was where we spent  December & January. It was an amazing place to explore and we circumnavigated as much as we could. We started at Mexicali and went clockwise around the beautiful Sea of Cortez side, and up the Pacific side, exiting via Tecate into California. The weather was beautiful and the locals…

Well a lot has happened since we arrived back in Canada Feb 1 of 2020. We flew into Calgary from Costa Rica, and it was soooo wonderful to see our son and have him drive us to  Fernie where we would spend a couple months hanging out with him and enjoying some snow. Then we…

What an incredible place to explore! We had just over three weeks and went from Port Aux Basque all the way to Tilting. We experienced the hiking in Gros Morne, the icebergs at St. Anthony, and stunning hikes and food on Fogo Island! The people, the music, the majestic mountains and ocean left us spellbound…