I, uh, um, er, . . . I, um, can't exactly explain that. Would you believe a powerful wind blew a few of them over from Russia? Yeah, that's it--the leaves tumbled their way across the ice and snow for many hundreds of miles.

You are making good time across the white. I must say that I am only slightly surprised that you would mistake a lake for the sea! But then again, everything so white, I guess that would present the challenge. Those Inuits are indeed hospitable and helpful. Igloo building is a true skill.

How did that oak leaf get up there inside your igloo?

Penelope! Will she be there when Odysseus returns?

Hi Marilyn,
That's true. Despite my French name, 3/4 of my blood is Scandinavian.

Must be your Viking blood showing through!

Even though I've never used it, I did know what photo-shop was. I had no idea what ChatGPT is though. I looked it up, and you're right. I'm not using it.

I'll try to catch up with all of you European touring folks if I can. I'll never turn down beer, wine or pizza.

Don't worry, the icicle will probably be melted by the time I see you guys.

Oh boy, the actual story of my stay in the trailer/motel pales in comparison to the funniness of your scenario.

The icicles were for you. Thank you for reminding me to include Thor's immortal words into my first day. Also, thank you for the tilted semi-trailer restroom image. Ha!

I'll try to slow down, but not too much. I only have one month to complete this thing.

First thing in the morning: check for scars where your kidneys used to be and if you feel stitches demand a discount on the room.

Two thoughts on this:
1. You are obviously not using ChatGPT
2. We are hoping to enjoy a good German beer with you, any day now! If you don't hurry, we might do some wine tasting together in France, or share a pizza or two in Italy.

Icicles on day 1! And big ones at that! Yay! I hope your tour doesn't have as much rain as mine did in Oct/Nov because that was pretty miserable. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I've never slept in a semi trailer motel, but one auto race I went to here had semi-trailer toilets. Nigel said the men's was on an angle so all the pee ran down the trough to the end of the trailer and down a pipe to the holding tank. So I'm intrigued how your night went!

Scary!