• Erick Carpenter
  • Erick Carpenter

2013 Road Trip

Bad diagnosis, so? we bought and RV and decided to roam the US. Read more
  • Trip start
    December 19, 2013

    Road Trip Koko

    April 12, 2013 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Lynda was given a terminal diagnosis of breast cancer. We had been fighting
    it since 2006 and now it had spread. Dr Sinclair, an oncologist that we respected, waited for Lynda to leave the office, and I asked him "how much time are we looking at"? He said that he didnt like to put time on anyone as people can surprise you, but based on his experience, about two years. Of that two years she will be in good health for about a year of that. After that it will go down hill rapidly. It was like a punch to the gut.

    So what do you do? Make the best of a bad situation. My sister asked me what would I do if I lost her? It hit me like a ton of brick as I had never even considered that she would lose the fight. I told her that I would probably by an RV and roam around the US. She shared that with Lynda and she approached me.

    If you would do that without me, would you like to do it WITH me? and our road trip was born.
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  • Yellowstone

    May 14–19, 2013 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    My nephew Garrett went with us on a wild hair backpacking adventure in Yellowstone. ever get the chance? ask him about "butt pucker creek" and watch the smile.

  • Trip end
    August 1, 2014