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By Travel Guy
September 22nd 2008

Switch to Facebook

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

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It is true. I have finally caved and joined Facebook. While I will try and keep this blog going, chances are my adventures will now be posted there. Please add me as a friend and read along there. Thanks for reading, Seth (Cornelius) [View Full Entry]

By Golden Years
September 22nd 2008

People on the move

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Victoria

Sailing
Gulf islands

The first two weeks of September were spent sailing through the Gulf Islands with Ian and his girlfriend Sarah and friends from Golden. Great winds, great weather, great sailing and a close encounter with an orca made for a very pleasant two weeks. We had decided to spend a week visiting with old friends who have been moving west. In Surrey we walked on the beach with Bob and Chris who took a break from packing for a trip to France. We had dinner and stayed with our neghbours from Calgary 15 years ago, Stu and Kathy, who are also in [View Full Entry]

By Kelly and Kotah
September 21st 2008

Some more pictures

North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Yellowknife

Rock- chip some away-build on the rest
There's Dakotah standing in front of one of the $700,000 plus houses in one of the new subdivisions in Yellowknife

We finally got out and took some pictures of the wobbly roads. They built ON the BOG and disrupted the permafrost. It’s a really weird experience driving on these roads, the pictures really don't do it justice. It feels a lot like you are driving on a roller coaster. Like that kids elephant ride at the PNE. We can’t believe that the road has sunk so much in places and the concrete doesn’t crack, it just bends down and sinks into the ground. Oh and I got some pictures of a couple of guys working on building a house too. It's [View Full Entry]

By PEACE WALK EARTH
September 21st 2008

re/acquainted... so grateful...

North America » Canada » Alberta » Lethbridge

pacha-mama power...
sunset over the rockies and windgenerators east of pincher creek, alberta...

the last two weeks has been an amazing opportunity to get reacquainted with a long-lost brother, as well as to meet a very special new sister and little brother... cannot put into words the welcome and kindness afforded by steve, beverly, and tyson... so much gratitude and appreciation to and for them... also had two opportunities to visit with one of many of my adoptive families, the wellivers... you will see many of them in the photos... know that they are so kind, with huge hearts and beautiful smiles ;-) if you ever see them in person, and they require anything, [View Full Entry]

By Brit Girl
September 21st 2008

A Weekend In The City

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

Kensington Market
Even the shop names were interesting

Before we got to Canada, some of the exchange students and I had decided to go and see a baseball game; the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the Boston Red Sox. In the end, because the stadium was in Toronto itself, we decided to make a weekend of it. Due to the fact I had a field trip and some others had lab classes on Friday afternoon, we split up. Alex, Natalie and I were to get a lift into Toronto later on and meet up with the others at the game. It takes about an hour and a half to get [View Full Entry]

By WheresMaddyGone
September 21st 2008

There's a bear in there... somewhere!

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver » North Vancouver

For the last 2 weeks, I've been in Canada. It was a thrill to go from the busy streets of New York to the beautiful country. In motor home number 3, we went to lots of places and had a wonderful time. Our first stop was Banff. The first day was too cold to go anywhere so we decided to stay indoors and keep warm. The second day was started by going to the Banff Information Centre. We watched a short video about Banff National Park. It was very interesting. After, we travelled to the Banff Hot Springs. as soon as [View Full Entry]

By WheresAlbert
September 20th 2008

Canadian Rockies

North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Lake Louise

Well here we are in Canada. The motorhome is bigger and better than ever. It is huge and even has a wall that extends out the side. We have it for 2 weeks. We have been travelling through the Rockie Mountains. It is very cold at night but nice in the day. The scenery is really good and you can see snow. We went to the Colombia Icefields and saw the glaciers. We went in a special truck that has huge tyres so that it can drive up snow. We tried hard to find a bear but we didn't see one. [View Full Entry]

By Kelly and Kotah
September 20th 2008

This week ...near the end of Sept

North America » Canada » Northwest Territories » Yellowknife

Free Vegetables...
On my way to work I pass this Garden out in front of the Northern Families Resouce Cente. One morning there were three people picking vegetables out to eat. There are still beets, carrots and potatoes... [more]

This week Its funny that the main thing I have the urge to talk about is my walks to work in the morning. It was rainy and cold here almost all week. It warmed up to 4 degrees Celsius this afternoon. There are digital signs up on the street that tell you temperature. Yay. The school board sign also shows the day of the week in English, French and one of the Native languages here. I haven’t figured out what language it is yet. The puddles on the road were frozen solid on Monday morning but in many ways it reminded [View Full Entry]

By AlexundGeorg
September 20th 2008

Richtung Heimat...

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Abbotsford

hallo ihr lieben, erst einmal muessen wir euch sagen, dass wir seit heute offiziell in richtung heimat fahren. unsere richtung heisst fuer die naechsten zwei monate osten! und zwar quer durchs land! aber es geht uns gut, und wir hoffen wie immer, euch auch. hier der resieverlauf: seit anchorage sind wir - wie immer - ein bisschen rum gekommen. von dort aus ging es zunaechst nach valdez. dort haben wir dann entspannt unseren ersten hochzeitstag genossen. wir haben nach langem mal wieder in einem bett geschlafen, und sind was essen gegangen. ausserdem haben wir uns in valdez auch wieder mi [View Full Entry]

By Cielle
September 20th 2008

Biological control of Knapweed

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Osoyoos

Knapweed flowers

Hello My final weeks in Canada were spent, crawling on my hands and knees, hands in the dirt, pulling weeds out of the ground in order to help my sister out with her PhD research. On the plus side - her project was located in the Okanagan valley, a very beautiful part of British Columbia. The landscape is similar to that of Central Otago, NZ (including the numerous vineyards). It's also the fruit basket of western Canada - loads of fruit. The weed we were pulling out was Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa), an agricultural weed in Canada, that probably slipped its way [View Full Entry]

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