Ladies and gentlemen … we proudly present our new home and traveling companion for the next 2 and a half months.
Following in a long line of Thunder vehicles; The Thunder Pig, The Thunder Squirrel, The Thunder Slug & The Thunder Trout; we have proudly dubbed her The Thunder Canary.
Unfortunately, she promptly died the day after we purchased her. Happily, a quick tow and a day in the repair shop got her vital bits MIG welded back together – so she’s back on the road again! Best of all, due to a curious side-effect of the mechanical repairs, she now chirps down the road as she shifts through her gears … sounding very much like the little bird she was named after!
Swing down, sweet chariot, stop, and let me ride – Parliament Funkadelic
Love the thunder canary ! the new home looks like it will serve you well as she’s pretty cute too. Most impressed with the BLUE sky in the photos as we have not seen any for days because of the awful fire near Chico. The smoke has been horrible but not as horrible as for the poor people up in that area………..Paradise, the town is gone, so far 72 dead, and another 1,000 missing. The worst fire ever in California. Getting ready for thanksgiving dinner. We’ll be missing you both for the holidays….hope you can get a turkey leg to BBQ in New Z. I know it’s nuts but I have all the Christmas lights and decorations up already including the tree. Crazy, yes, but they do make me happy……….looking forward to more photos and stories from you. Much love Mom
Yeah, we’ve been following the wildfire news over the internet when we get the chance. I was in Paradise for a weekend in the 90’s at a mtn bike race. It was such a cool little town … so sad : (
We’ll try to call on Thanksgiving night. Please give everyone our best until then!
C & A
Thanks for sharing your adventures. Thunder Canary?. I’ve known you both for something like 15 years, and this is the first time I heard you named your inanimate objects, I mean cars. How absolutely charming. One of my brothers girlfriend named her car Bert, and when Bert got broken into she lamented, “oh Bert’s been violated.”