Podcasts through Canada

April 24^th, 2015 (Friday):

    We spent last night in the RV at a parking lot next to Tim Horton’s. I did not sleep well due to the large trucks coming in and out all night (as Tim Horton’s is open 24 hours). We’ve both been pretty sleep deprived the past few days. And also have sore muscles from sitting for hours upon hours. However one good thing we came across that you can download for free on iTunes are podcasts. We are podcasts junkies now.

    Two podcasts that we have been listening to every day is Stuff You Should Know which is hosted by two guys that do their own research (looking at peer reviewed articles) and report to the public what they found about a broad range of topics. They tend to go off topic once in a while sharing random thoughts or humorous sayings. Apparently they also have a website where you can find an array of articles on whichever topic you decide to search. We have been listening to topics such as “How Patents Work” and “How Chocolate Works”. It’s interesting and our brains are filling up with so much knowledge! J

   The second podcast that we found to be interesting is called This American Life. The host portrays stories in an unbiased way. He also has guest speakers come onto his show to explain their personal stories and they tell it in such a way that makes it so intriguing to listen to. So, next time you go onto iTunes make sure to look for free podcasts, music, television shows and books at the iTunes store. Every few weeks they seem to have added more free stuff. You can also subscribe to podcasts so that new episodes download automatically into your iTunes library.

    Okay, enough tech advice…we literally drove all day through Canada, mostly on highways and through residential areas. We only had to stop once to get gas and twice for food. We had considered going all the way to Montreal however with the higher gas prices and the fact we’d have to find parking in the city we decided not to go this trip. We went south just before Ottawa, Canada on HWY 416 and arrived in upper New York about 8pm at which time we drove another 1.5 hours to Plattsburgh, New York.

    Exhausted, it’s now 12:15AM into Saturday morning…we are in a chic hotel along Lake Champlain; we plan on getting a good sleep this morning (already asked for a late checkout). We will check out Vermont over the next 1-2 days then head home to Maine! What a journey it has been.

    Sleep well,

Heidi & Scott