Blogs from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, North America

We got a late start on our day for some reason this morning and that lateness followed us all day, as it is prone to do. That can create a grouchy comment or two (from both of us!), but at the end of the day, all is well! We were ten o’clock getting out of camp, and our first stop was taking on fuel...in a tight Flying J. We got over 10 MPG by the way. Then we needed to top off our LP gas tank which again took several more minutes than we had anticipated. From there we, of course, had to make a small stop at Fort WalMart because heaven forbid Canada might not have what we wanted???!!! When we went in we discovered that they had a nail salon and since I was ... read more

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Brandon, MB I go. You may be asking yourself; for a 'world' traveler like Ned, why on earth is she going to Brandon, MB. and more importantly why is she driving? Yup - you read correctly; I am getting into my little black beauty with the slightly dented rear end, and we are driving over 1150km to visit my best friend and her 7 year old daughter. Yikes. even that sounds weird coming from me. Driving, domestic and minors? Oh boy, she truly has lost her mind. Alas, as I get a bit older and my friends grow with me, so do their family dynamics and I am still the single, ahem, solo traveler and it is much easier for me to come to people vs the other way ... read more

Well only 9days left till i leave for france, i am excited, anxious, and a little bit nervous. I've decided to post some more travel info about my trip, so here is flight and hotel information. Going there Depart Winnipeg 10:30am arrive in Toronto 1:50pm Depart Toronto 5:30pm arrive in Frakfurt 7:00am Depart Frankfurt 8:45am arrive in Nice 10:15am Coming Home Depart Paris 11:00am arrive in Toronto 1:00pm Depart Toronto 4:14pm arrive Winnipeg 5:48pm (please note all times are in designated time zones) Hotels Busby hotel in French Riviera from April 21st to April 23rd www.busbyhotel.com/ Hotel Lou Cigaloun in Provence from April 23rd to April 24th Mercure Lyon in Lyon from April 24th to April 25th http://www.mercure.com/gb/home/index.shtml P&V Loc... read more

I made it home in one piece yesterday. My parents (they had been on a trip to Toronto and flew home to Winnipeg on the same flight I was on after flying into Toronto from London) and I arrived home at 11:30PMIsh. I was able to go straight to sleep as I was exhausted and it was 5:30AM the next day for me. I hadn't slept since the night before as the flight was during the day in London time. I had a great trip. It was an amazing experience. I am already looking into potential trips for next summer. I was thinking of doing another Contiki tour called Road to Athens but, it (along with most tours I want to do) starts in London and it is the Olympics there next summer. I might go ... read more

agronomy  - the science of soil management and the production of field crops. O.K, so after leaving my parents in Lacombe on August 3, 2010 at 5:00 pm, we headed straight east, towards Saskatchewan. Went through Stettler and Castor. Mine and Rene's first home as a married couple was in Stettler. We lived in a little one bedroom apartment for only a couple of months before moving back to Lacombe. Roared through Castor. Mom and Dad owned and operated the Grey Goose Motel there for 5 years, so each of these places has some special meaning for us. Just after we left Castor we became "Storm Chasers". We drove right behind this rain storm for a couple of hours. Through Coronation and Consort we could almost always see the storm right in front of us. At ... read more