90 Days In A Ford Focus

The first night walking down the strip was an overwhelming array of sensory information. Lights flashed from every angle, every sign. Music blared from every casino. Every character and every kind of person was in Vegas. It felt like a giant adult playground. Everyone...

Salt Lake City, Utah! We worked from the Salt Lake Public Library the first day. The library’s open concept architecture, array of shops and boutiques, and free WiFi made it a desirable work spot for us. The library parking attendant was very intrigued by our Ontario...

If anyone wants to learn how to drive a standard vehicle, go on a road trip. Stalling Chris’s car is becoming less of a regular occurrence. On our way to Colorado Springs, we rolled through amazing scenery in Northern Texas and New Mexico. We briefly stopped in New...

7 days and 7 nights. We had officially been sleeping in the Ford Focus for one whole week. Our modifications to the car post our November test run had and have proven to be essential to keeping both our sanities in check when assembling and disassembling our bed...

True to our Canadian roots, the first place we drove to in Detroit was a Tim Hortons. Distracted and nervous from our second border crossing attempt, we had barely ate that day. At the drive thru, Chris ordered an orange juice and a breakfast sandwich. I think I...

I have never had trouble crossing the border before. I was under the naive impression that with a wave of the Canadian passport, we would be ushered through. No problem. As one of the border guards bluntly put, “Just because you’re Canadian citizens, doesn’t mean we...

Two people. Ninety days. One tiny yellow two door Ford Focus Hatchback. We are nuts. Has reality even set in? Are we really living in a car for the next three months? It sounds like something I would read about, something I would watch on TV. Something I would look...