Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1234

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Osoyoos June 29th 2007

Bonjour 'a tous, merci de vos messages. Ca fait du bien davoir des nouvelles de lautre bout du pays de temps en temps. Bon, il me reste 6 minutes, alors je fais vite. Depuis le dernier message en provenance de Silverton, nous avons passe une semaine dans le bois sur le bord dun lac, avec les rocheuses en arriere plan. MAGNIFIQUE. Nous avons ensuite passe une semaine a Osoyoos, passer du temps sur la plage, se faire bronzer et chercher de la job. Nous avons passer la St-Jean a Shit-lake...detail a venir. Nous avons travaille quatre jours dans des verger de MARDE. Nous sommes presentement a Keremeos dans un verger superbe, on commence dans quelques jours, la vie est belle. Nous devrions rester ici quelques semaines alors je vais avoir le temps de mettre les images, ... read more

Tidbits from Canada

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck June 29th 2007

Along the way

Now that we have internet access again I feel like I need to use it so a short odds and ends message. We have had clam chowder, fish chowder and seafood chowder in several places along the way from Maine on into Canada. All have been delicious and fun to taste different ones. All of the chowders we have had have been of a broth soup consistency, much thinner than traditional New England chowder, but very good. We both feel we have had a 2 year supply of coleslaw and french fries. It seems like most fish meals you order come with those 2 items. You know you have had too many fries when you start comparing them among restaurants as you would with steak or a glass of wine. We have been expecting more "traditional" ... read more

Drumheller

North America » Canada » Alberta June 29th 2007

Ok, it's not alll work!

Danielson

Today was tour day for RVICS. We went to Drumheller (an hour south east of Three Hills) where we walked across a very looooong swinging bridge made of metal grate, so you could see through it to the river. (Red Deer River~~see how well you’re doing with your geography?!) Then we saw the World’s Largest Dinosaur (even bigger than the cow in New Salem, ND!) There are lots of dinosaur fossils around that area, as well as other fossils. It was interesting, but we have seen dinosaur activity around Montana. Touring is not a requirement, but I can't imagine why you wouldn't want to go. Wait till you hear where we're going next week! Yep, but not a lot. (rain, I mean) Barney and Bea (from Calgary) swear that this weather isn’t normal. I wonder ... read more

It looks like we're thinking, doesn't it?!

Canada: PhD Research Phase II

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa June 29th 2007

Ottawa

madepercy

Overview: Stayed at a hotel for two weeks, conducting interviews with telecommunications industry experts. Worked from the University of Ottawa. Travelled by bus to Trois Rivieres in Quebec. Saw Renoir exhibition at the Canadian National Gallery. Exchange Rate approximately AUD$1 = CAD$0.90... read more

Flying High at the Kite Festival

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Swift Current June 29th 2007

Kites Big & Small

R N O B

If you have a chance to attend the Swift Current Kite Festival; our family would highly recommend it. Owen has been asking for the past couple of years and we have always been tied up with other commitments. With our departure from Eastend being relatively immanent and Owen's birthday coming up we decided to surprise Owen by taking him, his brother and his three best friends to the kite festival to celebrate his birthday. The festival was awesome! We saw some amazing aerial displays, as one-band, a mentalist(magician), and the boys made their own kites. One really neat thing that happened at the mentalist show was the trick where he tears a newspaper into many pieces and then turns it back into a whole newspaper. I know rather standard stuff...BUT...the newspaper was the Saskatoon Planet and ... read more

Lab fun and 24 hours of daylight!

North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Inuvik June 29th 2007

The Lesack lab scene

Ocean lady

Yesterday I arrived in Inuvik, NWT! The land of the midnight sun:) For those of you who do not know where that is, look at a map, you will find me at the top of the world! Inuvik is 2 degrees north of the Arctic Circle on the Mackenzie River Delta. The environment as somewhere between the treeless tundra and the northern boreal forest, and as I saw from the flight in, the is in the middle of an incredible maze of lakes and streams of the Delta. Inuvik means "place of people" and that is what it is in this area. It is also the homeland of the Inuvialuit and Gwich'in first Nations people and a wide variety of other aboriginal and non-aboriginal people. I have not seen very much wildlife up here yet ... read more

Team Chile: Departing Soon!

North America » Canada » Ontario June 29th 2007

GV 2007

Watch this space for updates from Team Chile. We depart in 5 days for South America!... read more

On to Yorkton

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Regina June 29th 2007

super60

On to Yorkton Friday, 29 June 2007 Today we left Regina for Yorkton, a bit further east & north. However, we had to take a slight “detour” to retreive a shirt I’d left in Moosomin. It’s one I’ve had for years, one which I take travelling because it is light-weight, dark in colour, and always looks wrinkled, whether I fold it properly or not. Seems I’d left it at the motel there and only realized it when I needed it to take to a restaurant (they are often too cold for my “West Indian blood”, especially when the air-conditioning is on full bore). I’d telephoned the motel in Moosomin and yes, the gal there did have my shirt. So our plan (i.e., MY plan) was to drive to Moosomin, pick up the shirt, and drive from ... read more

Day One: Arriving at Loon Lake and the Attack of the Winged Creature

North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Loon Lake June 29th 2007

RECOVERED

MazzJazz

Leaving Edmonton Every journey has a starting point. For our vacation trek, it was Edmonton, AB. Matt, having the previous few days off, packed and loaded the vehicle while Laura managed to sneak away from work early. While arguing over what Laura actually meant by 'leaving the city at noon', the Lancer (our vehicle of choice for the trip) backed down the driveway at 11:53AM. Our journey had begun! A quick pit-stop at Petro Canada saw us load up on fuel and we took off towards Lloydminster (or Lloyd-dumpster as the natives call it). Now it is at this point in our story that we must tell you that we had a third passenger on this trip. Our 6 month old puppy Kessler was also going with us to Saskatchewan. Suffice to say, Kessler does ... read more

Regina to Winnipeg

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg June 29th 2007

RECOVERED

Bothan Taistil

Regina to Winnipeg North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg By Bothan TaistilJune 29th 2007Maureen Kelly/Robert Tait June 29. The drive from Regina to Winnipeg is a long one. After settling at the campground we set out to look for a food store. We saw a mall with a sign “The Bay”. Thinking it was a supermarket we stopped, but soon discovered it was The Hudson Bay department store. On to the Safeway and then we were back to our Bothan for the night. June 30. We drove into Winnipeg and found a parking spot near The Forks. The Forks is located on the Red and the... read more

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