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By Bothan Taistil
June 12th 2006

Biking the Confederation Trail

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Kel at the bottle house

It rained last night but just some drizzle this a.m. We are off to Summerside to bike some of the Confederation Bike Trail. This bike trail runs on the old abandoned railway, 350 kilometers of excellent rolled stone dust surface. We did a small section, but plan to do more. The weather is wonderful today. We found the infamous Bottle House. Bob having worked in a bottle corporation for his career, was fascinated by this house built of bottles! There was also a church and a building with a bar, entirely constructed of glass bottles [View Full Entry]

By Tarfeathers
February 12th 2006

Home Sweet Home

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Tuck
He would never survive the heat of Asia.

We made it home just before a major blizzard hit. Thank you, Belinda, for giving us a heads-up and meeting us half way with Tuck. It was so refreshing to feel the wind-blown snow on my face. I don't know how many times over the last month I had been dreaming of the sensation, given the dry 90+ heat of SE Asia. Last night was the Snow Moon. There was enough snow on the ground that the light reflecting from the sun on the full moon bouncing off the snow made interesting shadows of the bare branches. Almost enough light to [View Full Entry]

By Tarfeathers
December 19th 2005

Preparations

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Snow Apples
Should be real crispy now.

I look out the window and see snow drifts while thinking that soon enough I will be broiling in the heat, in a place where people don't know about snow. There are still a few tenatious apples clinging to the tree. The sun is setting, orange against a bright blue sky. The snow on the underside of the drifts is an almost blue, flecked with the red clay blown in from the potato field across the road. Though we don't leave Canada until Jan. 10th, we bid the Island adieu on Thursday for our annual Christmas in Québec . After celebrating [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 6th 2005

Onto a new province...PEI

North America » Canada » Prince Edward Island » Charlottetown

Let the drinking begin...
HAHA

Leaving Cape Breton Bell, amazing inventor Off to PEI. We had a pretty slow start this morning since Carman had to set off and get some much needed petrol before we could head off on our travels. But it's a pretty easy going day today compared to the activities of yesterday. Once we were back in business we headed off to the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. Bell is well known and credited with the invention of the phone but I didn't know what other amazing and wonderful things he also did. He actually was very interested in sound/hearing and worked at [View Full Entry]

By Dave and Nic
August 21st 2005

Lobster Dinners on Prince Edward Island

North America » Canada » Prince Edward Island » Charlottetown

Clown at Charlottetown 150 years parade

Charlottetown After far too much holiday indulgence we decided that we needed to do some good hard exercise and hired bikes to go cycling along the Confederation Trail for the afternoon. This was a very successful move (supported by the sore bums and lack of walking ability) aside from the flat tyre Nic sported half an hour from the rental store. As we started pushing the bike back into town we spotted a car with the bike company's logo on it and called out. The driver called back that he couldn't help and drove on. Disheartened, we stopped for a drink [View Full Entry]

Mini Truck at Charlottetown 150 years parade

By Flying Grandmas
June 7th 2005

Back to the New World

North America » Canada » Prince Edward Island » Charlottetown

First of all, congratulations to my parents, Archie and Phyllis Husby of Calgary, Alberta, as they celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary today. As always, Mom and Dad, you remain an inspiration for everyone who knows you, especially your grandchildren, and soon to be 8 great-grandchildren. You two holding hands is still one of the most beautiful pictures in the entire universe. Sola Nonna is in Prince Edward Island, enjoying the great beauty of place and people in her home country. Tuscany is gorgeous; anyone who has visited there will say so. But, after a couple of days of driving--NOT [View Full Entry]

By Sancho
August 15th 2003

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