Blogs from North America - page 7756

Mercredi 22 août, Aujourd'hui, nous allons observer les baleines.... Mais nous avons encore le temps, c'est seulement cet après midi. Nous déjeunons tranquille et nous retournons à Grice Bay pour reprendre des photos, mais de jour cette fois. La mer est un peu plus agitée qu'hier soir, mais les paysages n'en sont pas moins beaux ! C'est vraiment un beau coin et nous restons là quelques instants pour admirer l'eau, les montagnes, les arbres, le soleil. Nous prenons la route pour Tofino, c'est à environ 25 minutes en voiture depuis le camping. Je m'arrête acheter des cartes postales.... ma dernière dizaine de cartes postales du voyage... J'ai trouvé une place où les cartes étaient vraiment belles et représentaient bien le coin. Nous nous posons dans un café pour que Youri puisse transférer ses photos sur son ... read more

The Niagara Falls are not far from Toronto, so it would be a crime not to go. We hired a car, which worked out a lot cheaper than a coach tour and also meant that we didn’t need to be ready at the crack of dawn. As we learned from Australia last year (see ), the information on these tours is fantastic, but it doesn't quite make up for the rounds of hotel pick-ups and waiting for all the pensioners to amble back in their own good time. We'd been warned that the Niagara Falls town was a bit of a tourist trap and should be avoided, but nothing could have prepared us for the tacky Blackpool meets Las Vegas nightmare that opened up before us. It had to be seen to be believed that such ... read more

Today was Amy's last day in New York City before she was catching a bus to Philadelphia to continue her travels. So today we decided to explore central park a bit better and visit anywhere else we wanted to go but hadn't been yet. Most of the day we just wondered 5th avenue taking photos of different buildings and architecture but we ended up in "F.A.O Schwarz" which is a massive multi storey toy store which is packed full of different toys. We went in a videoed a guy doing a rubix cube in under a minute which was very impressive, don't know how he did it. We then moved on to Central Park and went photo crazy exploring around Central Park. We didn't have too much time left so we did what we could then ... read more

I was up for 24 hours before I even started this trip. You know how sometimes you just don't think things through? When I bought my plane tickets many months before, a 5:30 am flight sounded like a great idea. However...a 5:30 am flight leaving from DIA this morning translated into needing to be at Stapleton to catch the DIA bus by 4:00 am, which meant leaving my humble apartment by 2:30 am. By the time I had run, fixed my bag, packed my bag, run to K Soopers for food to pack, and watered my plants, it was 1:30 am. I spent the remaining hour watching Arrested Development - even funnier when you're delirious. So keeping in mind that I haven't pulled an all-nighter in a long time (was Clinton in office?), I show up ... read more

No Cycling Today Thursday, 23 August 2007 Well, now my right hand is really sore. The pain woke me up during the night and made it difficult to get back to sleep, even with ibuprofen and a wrap around it. It was also amazingly difficult to brush my hair or my teeth this morning - it hurts the most when I bend my wrist. I sure hope nothing’s broken. Fortunately the swelling isn’t particularly bad, so I figure it’s just a bone bruise or something like that. And I’ve got PLENTY of elastic bandages, so wrapping it presents no problem. But as a result of it cycling is pretty much out of the question, sigh. So I went with Bob and Panna to the walking path at Ramsey Lake, near Science North, a museum dedicated to ... read more