Blogs from British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 407

It has been a long day. I finally pull off highway onto a small gravel road. After a calorific supper consisting of corn beef bagel sandwiches (Did you know that there can be as many as 300 calories in a single bagel?) I perch my tent on a hill behind some bushes. Have been riding across Northern California on Highway 36, a twisty little fellow whose snakey curves are too much for the logging trucks that have been breathing down my neck on Highway 89 for the previous couple of days. Am camping wild tonight after a pleasant conversation with a security guard who explained if I wanted to stay on his private ranch (field) I would have to pay the annual $5,000 fee. No thanks. So tonight it is just me, my bike, a ... read more

Well lets see if this works. We leave for Europe in exactly 2 weeks... wonderful timing seeing as we just graduated. I will post a grad photo or two to see how it all works... talk to you all soon!... read more

Oh, the sweet justice. I am writing this on Monday, after having worked like I have never worked before all day Saturday and Sunday. I am relishing this day off, even more so because it is a day where most of those people that I was running around for are now working. Ahhhh… Jono is away for work, scoping out a new area that the company has never been to before, and will be back on Wednesday. We both had a day off together on Friday and went snow shoeing, which was awesome. Factors that made it awesome include: · The cost of the day was $1.75. I bought a pair of second-hand snowshoes for Jono ($1.75) and hired a pair for myself for free, courtesy of my job (one of the perks). · The ... read more

Update 2 North America » Canada » British Columbia » Squamish By Brett Stu GrahamMay 25th 2007Update 2... read more

Hi everyone, This will be my 2nd to last blog entry (I promise:) -- i just have to figure out yet how to download some of the cool video clips I want to share with you… All the time I was traveling through the Yucatan and Mayan Riviera I was trying to pull the lyrics and melody of “THE MEXICO SONG” out of the deep recesses of my mind (the memories are all there, it’s just accessing the storage that gets tricky:) This wonderful song was written by a good friend that many of you may remember from his days playing the lounge and coffee bar circuits in the ‘Wack and other places - Mr. Gordie Ross - now residing with his lovely wife Trish in their beautiful home on Saltspring Island… Gord and Trish take ... read more