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By Jogirlgo
November 14th 2007

Finally ..... On the road again

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

Well here we are , "on the road again" , driving out of the driveway on Nov. 3rd ( we always seem to leave 2 days later than what we plan .... next year I'm going to pretend to leave on Oct. 29 and see if we can REALLY get away on Nov.1 ) with that "ahhhhh finally ", .... feeling that everything is covered for the next 6 months .... mail, cable, phone, water heater, etc.,etc. Content in that what we had forgotten would just be left behind and we would just have to "deal with it" !!! Our first [View Full Entry]

By Melville Family Blog
October 12th 2007

Changes

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

Welcome Home
Baby Frances on her first day home.

Hello everyone! What a year this has been! A year ago we discovered that we were expecting a second baby, and boy did things get busy quickly. As soon as Dad found out we were expecting, he started gently hinting that Saskatchewan was the place to be, and after a few months we decided he was right. We knew right from the beginning that things would need to change; our house in Edmonton needed a whole lot of work, and it was just too small for a family of 4. So after a lot of talking we decided to look into [View Full Entry]

By alss51
September 18th 2007

Maintenant en route vers le Manitoba et Saskatchewan.

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan

Mani-Saska

Quand le matin s'est levé en Ontario, Frank a reprit la route jusqu'au Manitoba et a conduit aussi le 3/4 de la Saskatchewan avant d'arrêter dans un petit motel miteux, mais confortable. Une bonne nuit de sommeil nous a donc tous remit en forme pour voir les rocheuses en Alberta. Comme en Ontario j'avais pas dormit, j'ai dormis pas mal toute le long du Manitoba et de la Saskatchewan. Donc j'ai vraiment pas grande photo non plus, héhé. [View Full Entry]

By Hoffa
September 14th 2007

PROLOGUE AND EN ROUTE TO TAIWAN

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon

PROLOGUE The previous few months before we left was quite the rollercoaster itself. A while back we had a huge weekend at our cabin with my cousins and "the boys". Playing V-ball with drunk Dwayne was quite the experience. Then, Dennis and I made a trip to Regina where we gambled with Frederick, played the Wii with Hjorthy and bowled with Dave Gassner. Shortly after was back to Kindersley on the weekend of Blake Evans' wedding. Then I had the chance to make it to Paradise Hill to say goodbye to a few close friends. Next was a garage sale in [View Full Entry]

By Divergreg
August 29th 2007

day 18

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan

elk on the side of the road

Day 18 The earliest start to date, we got away about 0730 and were barely underway when we spotted a small group of elk, they were right on the verge of the road and seemed most unconcerned about people or traffic. Not very much further along we saw another group of animals, this time mountain sheep. Again they did not seem particularly bothered by either man or his machines. We were on our way from Jasper to Dale and Diana’s home by Candle Lake, a drive of a little over 700 miles. As a comparison for you kiwis, if we had [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
August 26th 2007

Blast-Off

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon

Good-Bye Van

There are some things in life that a person can prepare for and feel comfortable that they had done everything possible to make things “just right”. Physically preparing and packing are easy compared to the mental preparation and emotional roller coaster that we are experiencing this week. This week the focus was all about the details. Buying insurance, contacting hotels, confirming travel arrangements and trying to pack 10 months worth of books, clothes, and personal effects into two large, two medium, two carry-on and three back-packs is not nearly as challenging as thinking abou [View Full Entry]

By Cross Canada 07
August 20th 2007

sask

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan

This is saskatchewan....

Our remaining ride from Manitoba to Winnipeg went quickly with flat roads and mild winds. We think we must have gotten lucky in the prairies because we had heard so many horror stories about the wind but hadn’t really experienced its wrath. So we felt very lucky when our first very windy experience was with a tail wind!!! The day we made it into Saskatchewan was an average-weathered day and we made it to our destination in the early afternoon. At about the same time, a huge tailwind came our way. We were told in Kenora that if there is a [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
August 19th 2007

Grandma and Grandpa Camp Time

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Garrick

Forever Friends
Aging beautifully just like a fine wine!

A bit of backtracking to start this week’s entry. After the busy week of hockey school, when Benjamin and I really missed seeing Owen and Dad, we were glad to hang out on Saturday morning after the hockey game. In the afternoon while the boys relaxed I attended the wedding ceremony of a friend from high school, Glenda Gates. It was a beautiful and unique wedding with the groom, Danny Skene, and his groomsmen coming in to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song and the wedding party walking out to bagpipes playing. I loved it and wish the happy couple [View Full Entry]

By Lucky Traveler
August 10th 2007

The Day After Another Lengthy Drive

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan

The Long Road
As you can see, the road is quite straight with little to divert the attention, for good or bad. Good thing I had radio reception, or I would have been more bored to tears.

My trip the day before to Manitoba was very long (638 miles), so I hoped for a shorter one (in miles, not always time). I had to make a decision to either go northwest towards Saskatoon and onward to Edmonton and Jasper, or due west towards Regina, then Calgary and a long northward drive to Jasper, so I chose the former. Good choice. However, I must say that the towns are not much to write home about, literally. They have a marker just before the town indicating the services offered, and an indicator of when the service road begins. Kind of [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
August 6th 2007

Old Home Week...err rather Hours

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Yorkton

Cousins Connecting
Owen and Benjamin loved hanging out with their "big" cousin Monique.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU CAN READ THE JOURNALS FROM THE BEGINNING BY CLICKING ON SMALL PICTURE TITLED THE NOWLAN AND DORE FAMILY. ALSO, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE BLOG PLEASE PASS ALONG THEIR EMAIL TO US OR HAVE THEM SUBSCRIBE THEMSELVES. Can someone please explain why every year during the hottest week of summer the vacuum hose that the controls the heating and cooling vents in my van disconnects itself? As I fired up the van to leave for Yorkton from Gary and Gina’s I was comforted knowing that we would be in a climate controlled cabin [View Full Entry]

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