MEC E 409 – University of Alberta Fall 2020 Semester Introduction For the 2021 competition year, the University of Alberta Formula Racing team set a target of being in the overall top 10 at competition and to place in the top 3 in the acceleration event. Overall position at competition is heavily dependent on successfully […]
The 2016 Lexpedition ended on a bit of a cliff hanger. What happened with that pizza? Are you dead? It’s been two years! WHERE ARE YOU?! Well, a lot has happened in those two years. While finishing that fateful road trip in the Lexus, I got accepted into university to complete an engineering degree (which […]
Destination: Pagosa Springs, COEnd of Travel Odometer: 116,502km Progress Map: I had a sad feeling as we drove out of Kansas City, not because I wasn’t excited for the rest of the trip, but basically because I hate leaving behind great food to venture into unknown culinary territory. I should clarify and say that the […]
Destination: Thermopolis, WYEnd of Travel Odometer: 118,127km Progress Map: Excitement for the drive between Pagosa Springs and Colorado Springs was tempered significantly by the excessive amounts of rain the fell as we left the hotel this morning. The Million Dollar Highway and the areas leading up to and following It are typically breathtaking and beautiful. […]
Destination: Kansas City, MOEnd of Travel Odometer: 114,739km Progress Map: Barbeque saga continues: while Arthur Bryant’s sauce is definitely something worth writing home about, I mean here I am writing home about it, they definitely don’t have the best of the best when it comes to meat. I find their ribs a tad on the […]
Destination: Kansas City, MO Starting Odometer: 111,864kmEnd of Travel Odometer: 114,567km Progress Map: We left Calgary after work on Friday and as we headed south out of the city the trip seemed to feel new but with a healthy dose of nostalgia for previous trips taken in a similar fashion. One thing that seems to […]
What you need to know In 2011, Joel and I bought a 1984 Toyota Tercel station wagon for $350 and drove it across America looking to try some of the authentic southern barbeque we had seen on TV. That trip took us to Kansas City, Memphis and Texas in search of the best there was […]
After getting a pretty great brunch the day before, for Day 9 we figured we should check out a place across the street called Paris Café. Not only that, but we had a parking ticket that was good until Monday morning so we figured we needed to maximize those 200 ISK and get the most […]
I must apologize for the lateness of posting the final days of the trip, but honestly I never did manage to switch to Iceland time, and now that I am back home I find myself almost completely not noticing the time change, which means that I really was never on Iceland time (save but for […]
The unfortunate thing today really was the rain. It’s been basically on the verge of raining the entire time we’ve been here so far, which hasn’t been bad but not great either. No chance of seeing the Northern Lights with this much cloud, even though I check for stars every night. Today though, the water […]