Blogs from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America
Starting the trip driving through Ontario
Published: May 13th 2012North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg
May 11th 2012
And were off! I left London May 7th with a carload packed full of canned foods, camping necessities, a few clothes and my good friend from high school, Benny. When we first left I got a little bit of an erire feeling whenI thought about how long I'll actually be gone for, but the excitement took over pretty quick. We didn’t even make it out of London before something happen to the car were taking, a 1995 Honda Civic with 350 000km. Luckily it wasn’t something major, one of belts had snapped, so it was replaced right away. It took us 5 days and 2500km to get through Northern Ontario.I think that’s farther than a few people expected the car to make it. She’s still running great, although we pull over every few hours and let ... read more
January 20th 2012
Brrrrr.....Hi all! Leaving Ontario we finally saw the sun, but we had to pay for it dearly with sub-zero temperatures! We had our end of day celebration in a small town east of Winnipeg called Ste. Anne. After the celebration we headed into Winnipeg. Our hotel was right downtown on Portage very close to Main. The following two days were non-relay days. We reluctantly ventured outdoors to do some maintenance jobs and some accessability research for our Global Accessability Map. www.rickhansenglobalaccessibilitymap.comThe temps were -30 degrees before the windchill! After the two days the relay started back up again in Ste. Anne bringing the Medal to the Forks in Winnipeg. Still very cold! Rick is back with us. It is great to have him on the road with us again! We had great entertainment at our End ... read more
October 1st 2011
England, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, and....Canada. Done. ... read more
Another entry from Gerry's journal
Published: August 23rd 2011North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg
August 22nd 2011
Here are a couple more entries from Gerry's journal: "August 3rd....Had a quiet morning.....we have Jason's two boys...decided to Fishermans Wharf.. Following GPS leads us hither and yawn...between "Recalulating, lost signal, and too often iss guided directions we finally arrive...then the mugwumps want MCDONALDS...so to make a long story short, by the time I find a parking space, which cost 25 cents for 3 minutes...the kids have already eaten. So back to Jason's apartment." Aug 12th...Gering, Nebraska....Sue bought a cheese cake for my birthday...with one candle...seems kind of anticlimatic, but would better way to celebrate 65 than being on the road doing what we really enjoy... "Aug 13th...arrive in Custer, SD it is beautiful and am anxious to explore...maps about Custer show nothing about the battle, asked everywhere....finally find out Custer's last stand...Monta... read more
Inserts from Gerry's Journal Just for fun
Published: August 23rd 2011North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg
August 19th 2011
Here is the first of a couple of inserts of Gerry's journal.... July 23rd..."Left around 10:30 am..got across the border at Orville after a 5 - 10 minute line wait. Jeff and Sonya were turned back at border caught trying to smuggle Canadian firewood!!!! The boys at the border curbed another terrorist threat of smuggled W.M.D. The Washington state is saved from rampant mass destruction from whatever lurs in Canadian firewood"...."the deadly bundle was ordered back across the border. Jeff gave it to some camper in a park, then came back and we finally got across into Washington" July 25th..."Staying at Oak Harbor...visited Fort Casey (old early 1st WW fort). Never fired a shot as did most of the early forts. At it's time, and even now quite impressive installation - retractable guns could lob a ... read more
August 18th 2011
Well our trip is coming to a close soon. We are back in Canada, sad to see our trip ending, but we are enjoying visiting with our oldest son and his family for a few days. Winnipeg is a beautiful city, just cold in the winter. But this summer the weather is warm and the bonus is no mosquitos.....we have enjoyed the travel through the US. It is so diversified with the many landscapes. We only touched on the places we would like to see, but for another time. We enjoy traveling very much and we know we will be doing it again. ... read more
Winnipeg Folk Fest, Beluga experience, and Dave's Orchid Tour
Published: July 24th 2011North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg
July 21st 2011
Hey Everyone! We are finally feeling settled in Churchill as our "work season" continues to bring us great weather here in the sub-arctic. The last few weeks have been a flurry of movement for me (Theresa) as I travelled to the James Bay area for work, came back, then a couple of weeks later, flew to Winnipeg for the Winnipeg Folk Festival. I used to go to Folk Fest regularly when I lived there 10 years ago. Now, I was able to reunite with this splendid 5 days of music, entertainment, friends and camping at the Birds Hill Provincial Park. I now have the music back in my soul! That would be the only way to describe a complete immersion of music, good food and dancing from awesome bands from around the world. A special mention ... read more
July 17th 2011
well...Steve is off. We took him to the airport early this morning. He was happy to be going. I think he will have an amazing time. He will be picked up today in San Francisco by his prof. and from there go to Oakland to pick up two other students who are arriving. He had a ton of gear with him--his scuba stuff. Cause after all he is our 'scuba Steve'! A week in San Fran and then off to Burmuda. He has been working really hard on this course and has shown a lot of interest in getting good marks. I hope all his efforts will pay off for him. John and I are both packing today. I have to pick up a few small items but packing is our main goal for today. Tomorrow, ... read more
July 15th 2011
Hello family and friends....I keep writing about our pre-trip preparations for two reasons: first, it is a lot of little things to remember to do before we take off and this kind of keeps me focussed and second, we keep getting requests to join our blog and when I add people I need to know if they get the notifications. So, today I made my own packing list. I used the internet to help me with this but I am pretty good at packing and if I do it early enough I weed it down by half. I think I have a good idea about what we will do in Sydney. I have read through a ton of other blogs and websites too. There is a lot out there. I try to see common threads and ... read more
July 12th 2011
Only one more day until Heather and I leave to meet up with Maddy and Brighton in Lausanne Switzerland. Maddy's ONE email from Switzerland let us know that she is having a great time and that everything is very expensive.... read more
