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By clairebw
August 18th 2008

1390 miles later

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

Waiting for the train

Turns out Candian trains are interesting lol!! We have just spent 36 hours on a train form Toronto, Ontario to Winnipeg, Manitoba. which according to google maps and driving would be around 1390 miles, but we took a more diverted route than that. There are three Via rail trains that go across Canada a week a journey that on a good day would take around three days. At the moment though for some reason the Canadian National freight trains (of which there seems to be about one every 3 hours) is using the same track as the passenger trains, who [View Full Entry]

By Chocolatemonkee
July 31st 2008

2008 Tuk Tuk Tour .... In Canada?

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

My son Quincy called me at work the other day. He had caught the tail end of the story on the news that there was a man driving across Canada in a Tuk Tuk! Q couldn't give me any more info and although I thought it would be cool to show the kids what a real Tuk Tuk looks like, I dismissed the idea as it was highly unlikely we would be able to find the guy! The next day I read a brief article in the paper that the Tuk Tuk had come through Winnipeg. Missed a little bit of [View Full Entry]

By lzthompson
July 28th 2008

Flatliners

North America » Canada » Manitoba

Day 5 Ok so i lied, we are on the internet again in another motel. It's just so much easier to stay in a motel on the side of the highway then to find a campsite and set up camp after dark, we figure it's worth the extra 25ish bucks tonight...plus it means another night of free wireless internet from our motel room. (i promised Jesse we would camp the next 3 nights) All the motels lure people in with free internet, or continental breakfast, we get both with our stay tonight at the Redwood inn, in Brandon Manitoba. Brandon is [View Full Entry]

By Chocolatemonkee
July 25th 2008

Scuba Diving

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

Summer seems to be almost done although there is still a month left. The weather in Manitoba has been less than ideal for hitting the beach and our brand new pool has not seen that much use. Both Payton and Quincy are off for Summer vacation and they both seemed okay with not doing a large vacation out west to Alberta or British Columbia this year. Instead we have tried to keep them busy with various activities including trips to Birds Hill Park, Winnipeg Beach and different things around town. Candace and the kids are planning to head to South Dakota [View Full Entry]

By ambersadventure
July 16th 2008

My Final Blog

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

So this is it: my last travel blog! Nearly six months later and here I am, sitting at my parents' house in Winnipeg, with nothing more than a few souvenirs, a LOT of photos, and fantastic memories. It's a bit hard to reconcile starting "real life" again after such a phenomenal experience, but I suppose in time I'll be readjusted. Our flight back was fine, although we were stuck at the very back of the plane because I think we were likely the last people to check in (by a considerable margin, too!) The plane also held the world's loudest baby, [View Full Entry]

By Mel and Nige
July 4th 2008

July 4 - Gorge Creek Trail (Riding Mountain National Park)

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Riding Mountain National Park

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Pretty narrow trails most of the way

We packed up quick in the morning and headed to Gorge Creek Trail, which is a 6.5km one way trail with the rating of difficult. At the beginning we were like “this trail isn’t very difficult”, then we started going up and down all sorts of stairs in and out of the gorge, and we quickly changed our minds. Check out the pic of Mel’s, it’s red as a tomato from the hike. It was a tough trail and it was super hot and humid. Great though! After the trail we were so hot and nasty and sweaty we desperately need [View Full Entry]

By Mel and Nige
July 3rd 2008

July 3 - Winnipeg to Riding Mountain National Park

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The Winnipeg Mint (Where they make our Coins)

We headed back to Winnipeg, because it was on our way to our next stop, Riding Mountain National Park. So we took the opportunity to stop at the Mint and take a tour. We learned how coins are made, which is really amazing how many steps it takes. It was cool to learn that they also make coins for 100 other countries! It was also cool to learn that a loonie only costs 11 cents to make and penny is now costing less than 1 cent to make… crazy eh!. We had the rare opportunity to hold a solid gold bar!! [View Full Entry]

By Mel and Nige
July 2nd 2008

July 2 - Grand Beach Provincial Park

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The Entrance to Grand Beach... nice dunes eh

In the morning we did a few errands then got on the road with Brad and Stephanie to Grand Beach Provincial Park, which an hour from Winnipeg. It is known to be one of the most beautiful beaches in North America! When we got there we quickly set up our tents, ours took 2 minutes, and Brad’s took 15 lol. After we finished up we hit the beach! When you walk in on the sand path, you see 20 foot sand dunes which stretch the length of the beach. The sand is a beautiful golden white colour and has very little [View Full Entry]

By Mel and Nige
July 1st 2008

July 1 - Canada Day in Winnipeg

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

Just a reminder from the last blog - we have been awake since yesterday at 8am! We arrived at Brad’s at 11 local time, and we served a nice refreshing wrap for lunch, which felt great after eating mostly chips and a greasy breakfast. After that we hung out for a while, played guitar hero and had a few beers while we did our laundry. After supper we headed downtown, where there was a street closed off and there was all sorts of music and other things going on. We searched for a place to sit outside and drink/eat but failed… [View Full Entry]

By Bobcat
June 21st 2008

Week Nineteen: Shocked to discover there isn't a woman called Barbara dressed as Santa in....Santa Barbara

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

Santa Barbara, Malibu, these are both places I'd heard of and knew were not far out of L.A. I still clutched onto the thought that Hollywood was a glamourous town -- even though I'd seen for myself and surmised it was a bit of a shithole. Driving up the coast to Santa Barbara through Malibu wherein lots of millionaire celebrities reside I assumed it would be a lil slice of heaven. Seeing as we'd only stopped in Malibu for dinner I thought it wise not to make any rash judgements and form an opinion during daylight hours. Santa Barbara was an [View Full Entry]

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