It's been a long, long while - when measured in both days and kilometers. Let's see. It has been about eight months since I wrote in this blog, and believe you me: it hasn't been for lack of things to write. Since getting 'home' to Vancouver after my four months of motoring, I ended up settling (in the worst sense of the word) for a divided living room as a bedroom for another semester at UBC. During this time I was 49% happy to be grounded for a while, 26% missing my girlfriend in France, 25% missing doing something new. But [View Full Entry]

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22,000 KMs. One hundred days. 30 states and provinces. 3 tires, 5 oil changes, countless passengers. One tent, one sleeping bag, 4 shirts, one pair of pants. Zero plans. Here, in pictures, is a summary of the trip. [View Full Entry]

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My favorite ride, of all time, was on an abandoned road in southern Utah. Here's some of what I wrote to Delphine about it: The sun was setting and the only sound to be heard was the gentle, oddly casual "bumbdumbumbdumbum" of Le Doigt's muffler. The sound was totally alone in an air of utter silence like the first chirp of a bird at sunrise. I was alone on the bike with nowhere in particular to be and was driving with a style to match. In fact, the overwhelming feeling I had was that I had already arrived; here, alone, with [View Full Entry]

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Hola all, First off, some bad news. Recently the website that my blog is hosted on had a major meltdown and lost some blog entries of mine. The only one that I haven't been able to recover is the one called "weekend in washington", i think. Anyone who might have the text from this entry please let me know... Okay, now back to the good stuff. Lots has happened in the last long while. When I left Indianpolis I decided that I would try to get to Colorado as quickly as possible since my trip was winding down and I'd already [View Full Entry]

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Dear....God.... Okay, let me try that again. This morning I woke up more excited than usual (especially given my EconoLodge surroundings). Today I was going to find out the truth of the origin of life. Today I was finally to understand the meaning of existence. Today I was going to the Creation Museum. The Museum is a $27 million dollar, 60,000 square foot facility is the crown jewel in the evangelical Christian's fight on science in the name of God. It is a place of refuge; a sight of affirmation; an escape from the nonsense of common sense. I sped down [View Full Entry]

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*********Stats*********** KMs to date: 14,500 and change Provinces/States: 22 Tires: 2 Oil Changes: 3 Lowest Temperature:-5 C Highest Temperature: 36 C Days: 81 Best Food: Seafood in Nova Scotia Worst Food: Week old microwaved ham and cheese roll at Exxon Closest to accident: Hitting dear in Gaspesie park - within ten feet (managed to stop) Worst feeling: Thinking the bike had been stolen in Portland Best feeling: Watching sunset on beach in Gaspesie Strangest accent: today at hanger-sized Wal-Mart: took me three tries to understand "Where's Seattle (pronounced 'See-ah-ddle') at?" [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, Wow has a lot happened since the last time I updated this blog... I guess work and french girls will do that to ya. So, I figured that I would do one entry capturing the highlights of the last month in bullet form... here goes: Week of the June 24th -Spent the week working at Lev-Co, getting some funds ready for baguettes for Delphine's arrival on the 29th -Highlights include: sailing with captain Robin, taking Mom on a motorcycle ride, a surprise visit from Daniel, a dinner/movie with Carol, and Dim Sum -Delphine arrived on the Friday; we [View Full Entry]

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Hola Where do I start with Chicago. I guess I'll start by saying that it is an incredible city with incredible spunk that has really caught my attention. It is the first place in the USA I have seen that I could honestly see myself living in... okay, I could if I figured that I would live 200 years, anyway. The city is crammed full of wild architecture from all over the world from all sorts of periods. The have also made the good move of making a law stating that buildings must be so far from the sidewalk so [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! I sure have covered a lot of ground since I last did a blog entry - you don't really appreciate how huge this continent is until you try to drive across it. Let me start with where I left off last: Montana. The last week and a half (or so) has been quite the blurr. I have put the pedal to the metal trying to get out of Montana and North Dakota since there isn't too much to see and no hostels to stay at. I am glad I went, though, because it really gave me a chance [View Full Entry]

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Long time no write. I don't know what it is, but I guess that feeling like I am not really in too foreign a place doesn't beg me to write it all down. But that isn't to say a lot hasn't happened since I last did an entry, it just means that nothing too alien has happened. Unless you count the rockies. Driving into Banff from Kelowna was extraordinary (if a little chilly). I was finally on my own, since my housemate Bryce went back to Vancouver as I pressed on. When I left it was hot - a good [View Full Entry]

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