http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Kelly-and-Kotah/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Kelly and Kotah en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:49 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:49 +0000 Here are the photos I promissedYou can click on the photo to see it bigger. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Kamloops/blog-367064.html Hi everyone happy new year.Sorry for not writing in so long. Things have been a little bit crazy. Over Christmas holidays Dakotah and I travelled back to Kamloops for two weeks of visiting. We had fantastic visits with our friends and Family making trips out to Salmon arm ice fishing Clearwater for Church one Sunday and New years eve. But this trip also ended up being a trip of discovery. As I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-366721.html The winter is actually here now. It snowed about 20 centimeters yesterday. I finally figured out how the people here say there is lots of snow here. They really dont get many snow falls but it never melts so there is accumulation. The walk to work was cold today minus 18 and I have not bought a proper jacket yet so I have improvised. My scarf gets wrapped up over my head and I wrap a long piece http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-340122.html October Thanksgiving weeksWell this was an eventful couple of weeks for sure. Herersquos a rundown with details to follow if you want to read more as I sense this might be a long entry. We took two weeks away from Yellowknife. Dakotah and I went hunting with my Dad near Salmon arm for a few days then Dakotah and I did some visiting in Kamloops. She enjoyed spending that time with her friends http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Kamloops/blog-336277.html Well My week. I went out to Edmonton Monday night for a Job interview Tuesday Morning. I spent some great time with my friend Sue. It was fantastic to meet her wonderful little boy. The interview went well and Sue and I did some shopping in the Big City. I flew Canadian North Airlines What a fantastic service. You get a real meal and when they serve drinks you they give you a whole can of pop. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-330591.html What a good day. Mary and I went out to her cabin on River Lake. I let Mary know that I wanted to get out of town this Saturday. She let me know that she had to get out to bale out her boat and invited me to come along. Dakotah and Mary's daughter have become good friends so Dakotah hung out with her while Mary and I and the dogs went out the Ingram trail one of the two roads out of Yellowknife. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-328331.html Light rain. Fog. Nippy.LocationYellowknifeTemperature5 CComfort level8 CDew point4 CBarometer1000 millibarsHumidity93Visibility5 kmWind41 kmh from 240 Southwest by westLast updateTue 800 AM MDTLight rain. Fog. Nippy. is not how I would describe the weather here today. It is miserable. It feels like the temperature and moisture of a Vancouver Rain Storm in December. But add to tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-326942.html We finally got out and took some pictures of the wobbly roads. They built ON the BOG and disrupted the permafrost. Itrsquos a really weird experience driving on these roads the pictures really don't do it justice. It feels a lot like you are driving on a roller coaster. Like that kids elephant ride at the PNE. We canrsquot believe that the road has sunk so much in places and the concrete does http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-326106.html This week Its funny that the main thing I have the urge to talk about is my walks to work in the morning. It was rainy and cold here almost all week. It warmed up to 4 degrees Celsius this afternoon. There are digital signs up on the street that tell you temperature. Yay. The school board sign also shows the day of the week in English French and one of the Native languages here. I havenrsquot f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-325438.html Talitha is Doing really good with her DrivingYellowknife is a real music town... There seems to be more facilities for live music here than in Kamloops. I went out on Saturday night and watched some performers. I love live music I miss the live music that I got to sing and dance to every sunday. We have a mandalyn at our house. I hope the girls learn to play it. That would be great http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-323635.html Yes it snowed today Here's some proof. It actually stopped before 9 am here not too bad really. But still IT SNOWED today. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-323487.html So the weather turned cold this week. It rained for three days. Just a drisly misty rain. Enough that I was damp when I got to work. And cold. I wore my gloves during the walk to work on Wednesday. The weather dried up for Friday when a bunch of great people from work helped me move a bedroom suite out of one friends house into my place. It's kind of funny how the stuff gets shuffled around from http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-323231.html Monday Morning I took some photos to show you how pretty it is around this city of Yellowknife. I took these as I was walking Daisey this morning just out behind our house. There are several lakes within the city limits of Yellowknife and they are clear and beautiful. There are lots of small trees around mostly pine and aspen and birch growing between the bulges of bedrock. The leaves are just http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-321387.html We had a lot of excitement here in Yellowknife this weekend as we attempt to Stuff up our home.Friday night I located a tv for sale on YK trader. We went over there and got the nearly new 27inch TV A nearly new printerscanner garbage can and broom and dustpan set for 30. Then..I went out to the few garage sales in town on Saturday morning gaining more good stuff then came home got the girls http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-321133.html Well we made it here About 3pm we arrived. The drive was pretty but very much the same for a long long time. And for anyone travelling up here. It would have been really nice to have one of those signs that says Last Gas station for 250km... at High Level. Second call to CAA since I signed up. All about this trip.We overnighted in Hay River. That was a late night and my stomach is feeling a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Northwest-Territories/Yellowknife/blog-318713.html 900 km later ...Were here Went through snow in Grande Prairie Truck is really loaded but the springs are not bent the wrong way. Dad says its ok...Just a quick update. On to Hay River tomorrow.Oh I'll have to come back to this and add the photo of Dakotah Talitha Daisey Dog Love Bird and me all packed up and ready to go. Later.Till next time.Kelly http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Grande-Prairie/blog-318090.html Two more days of packing and cleaning and we are starting our drive North. My trip to Calgary yesterday went off without a hitch. Fly in Fly out.. and a day is gone. Today we pack the truck which is hopefully all of the fixed now I had a few surprises this last week with the truck that I was soooo glad for since it happened BEFORE we were on the road. Tomorrow we clean and ready the house for http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Kamloops/blog-317272.html Our newest adventure is coming up soon. Dakotah and I are heading up to Yellowknife. We'll be there for the school year as I take on a job assignment. We're taking an extra person with us too. Talitha a wonderful young girl is going to come stay with us. If you followed our last adventure then you know Talitha's family the Knightlys who we visited in Namibia. Talitha is thier oldest daughter. We http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Kamloops/blog-312553.html Hi there Dakotah and I are doing just fine here in Kamloops this spring. The weather is just starting to warm up. The snow finally all melted away from my yard last week. I wanted to post a couple of pictures here so that my friends around the world who have slow internet can see how Kotah is growing up. I value every relationship that we made on that trip one full year ago and yearn to be able t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/blog-263108.html Trying to add more photos. Here we go http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Bulawayo/blog-221557.html