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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]

By R N O B
August 6th 2007

A Happening Holiday-Fringetastic!

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon

Quad Rides in the Backyard!!??
Terry had to move his quad into the garage and the boys cashed in on a short ride.

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. Our return to Saskatoon was met without any fanfare. Not like we were expecting any. Arriving in mid afternoon we interrupted quiet time and both Duffy and Diogi seemed somewhat unimpressed. Mom and Dad had taken off earlier in the day to attend the Elkhorn Homecoming and I think the dogs had plans that were devious [View Full Entry]

By Danielson
July 30th 2007

Moose Jaw

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw Moose

We’re in Moose Jaw, and I thought I’d send these pictures. We should cross the border tomorrow, and we’re just praying we don’t have any problems there. [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
July 26th 2007

Loving the Slow Summer Pace

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina

Rider Pride
What is a football game without the watermelon helmets and 32 degree temperatures. This is at least 45 minutes prior to game time.

As summer holidays go, this year has been so awesome. We have lost ourselves in exploring Saskatchewan and touching base with so many people from our immediate and extended families. One thing that we have been faced with on occasion is a lack of internet access. Of course this does not help us with getting the blog posted in a timely manner. However, for the past few weeks we have indeed had internet access. Why aren’t we up to date with our blog? We have become immersed in the experience of being on holidays and having no deadlines, commitments, or schedules. [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
July 21st 2007

Missinipe/Otter Lake= Destination Decompression

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Missinipe » Otter Lake

Follow the Leader
A trip to Otter Lake is not complete without hiking to to bottom of the rapids

There are many places a person can relax and enjoy a slow pace of life while enjoying the small things in life. Otter Lake is one of our favorites! As a result of the benevolence of Taras and his cohorts who so graciously permit us to use the cabin we have our own paradise in Northern Saskatchewan. The things that make staying at Missinipe so great include: not having to drive to get to the beach, store, and park. Seeing close friends who we don’t see often enough and friends who are not so close but know us well enough [View Full Entry]

By nat_vallee
July 20th 2007

Saskatchewan

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan

RECOVERED

Hey everyone! Sorry for not giving any news lately. I've been on the road like crazy since I got to Saskatchewan on Friday afternoon. I decided to split up my blog by province for now as I visited 3 provinces in 24 hours. I arrived in Saskatoon on time. Stacey's dad was there to pick me up. I was kinda scared we wouldn't recognize each other since we only met once 2 years ago. But it was okay. We drove from Saskatoon to North Battlefort (Stacey's home town). Stacey and her mom were there waiting for us with the dinner [View Full Entry]

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