http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Saskatchewan , Regina en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:08:29 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:08:29 +0000 The snow is now here and it's time to do arm exercises every day... plus a WHOLE LOT MORE .... getting ready for the long snowbird flight south. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-449726.html Just testing http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-433849.html There have been many travels since my last blog Berlin Andorra the Pyranees Alicante Albarracin Majorca Picos de Europa Bilbao Asturias and Teruel. We travelled a great deal of the country overland by car as the realisation came to us that our time here was coming to an end and we had spent too much of our free time and money travelling abroad. Spain needed some attention and finally w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-433284.html just figuring out how this works for sept 7. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-426498.html Day 56. 15319KmAs I was getting ready for bed last night there was some lightning in the sky and I did hear a few drops. That is the first rain I have seen in weeks. On the drive today though it rained for an hour or so. The sky was very dark to the North so I think they had it harder. I could'nt get the camera out fast enough and being on the Trans Canada it's not as easy or smart to just pull o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-422204.html It's Sunday night Father's Day and I'm in Weyburn Saskatchewan about 112 hours away from the US border to N. Dakota. It's just about midnight here and I've just received an email from Heather Brett with a letter attached for me for father's day and I still have tears in my eyes. On top of that Field of Dreams is on Bravo and I'm crying as I always do when Kevin Costner plays catch with hi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-411019.html We are already having taco withdrawal so we go shopping and buy a bunch of fresh veggies and peppers and make up some salsas. Next day we even go and buy masa flour and a tortilla press along with a bottle of tequila. This cold is crazy You can't even take in a deep breath without your lungs going into a spasm from the cold air. People down there asked us how we lived in such a cold place. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-377914.html Hello from Regina SK. A very cold flat place. Reminds me of Iowa in the winter We have a split week this week. So we go back to work tomorrow after just loading out in Grand P. last night. And then we load out here Wednesday and head to some other forsaken and cold Canadian town. It's our last week in canada. Next monday we fly thankfully to Billings Montana. I am very excited to get b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-376272.html I thought I would make a trial run with my blog since I still refuse to get on creep book to ensure that you do not miss out on the mischeif and toomfoolery that I plan to get in to in the Land Down Under. The reality is starting to sink in when I packed my back back courtesey of Hofer and realized that the Fking thing is heavy. This fat kid worked up a sweat trying to adjust the straps http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-374080.html Flights to Auckland Sunday January 18 2009 955 am Depart Regina and fly to Vancouver 1024 am Arrive Vancouver Monday January 19 2009 200 am Depart Vancouver Tuesday January 20 2009 750 am Arrive Hong Kong 325 pm Depart Hong Kong Wednesday January 21 2009 730 am Arrive Auckland NZ Flight from Christchurch to Sydney Saturday February 21 2009 325 pm Depart Christchurch 440 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-360162.html Regina Saskatchewan. It was a time for family friends and finding filters. All the family was joyed to see us excited for our journey and sad to see us go. The strangers we met were intrigued about our adventure and eager to help us out anyway they could. At times the generosity left us speechless.While the guys were on the hunt for the perfect filtration setup Emilie aided Chantelle in her s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-350400.html Though our filtration system was not yet fine tuned the guys wanted to get collecting used oil for our stock pile so they went ahead anyways with what filters they had. Almost 4 hours outside in the back alleys of downtown Regina they slowly pumped used oil from the collection bins during the first real snowfall of the season. Getting back after dark cold and wet they took the oil over to the neig http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-347250.html Ya ya I know helliphellip. by the look of this blog it appears like we ldquosummered overrdquo in Palm Springs area and never got back to Regina in the Spring. Well we did Got back to Regina that is Just NO TIME to blog We arrived back at home at the end of April in time for the income tax ldquodue daterdquo and spent the summer with Tasha Dave and the kidlets http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-343438.html It's always dangerous to write about experiences that occurred almost two months ago. With the passage of time comes a natural romantisization. The nostalgic part of my brain has already added a soundtrack and cut out the down time. But my warm feelings of Saskatchewan in summer never change. Dennie and I touched down in Regina tired and excited in early July with high expectations of weddings bb http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-327102.html The drive wasnrsquot too bad but we were both exhausted from the trail. We arrived in Regina around 9 and went to the hostel where we wanted to stay but it was all full. So we had our first night in a half decent motel. In the morning we headed to the farmers market downtown which we were expecting to be pretty good since wersquore in farm country. However we were pretty disappointed at th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-299400.html 5 hours to go. Am sufficiently pretired. Pretired is sort of like predrinking except that it doesn't involve booze. No wait... pretired is nothing like predrinking. So my plan has been to get up 2 or 3 hours earlier than usual which makes the time difference only 6 rather than 8. Next on the 8 hour flight to Amsterdam is to stay awake for the first hour but then to sleep http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-271838.html Hello everyone Only 3 sleeps until my folks and I depart for Europe specifically Portugal and Spain. I'm vibrating with excitement I haven't done the blogging thing since my last trip to SouthEast Asia last January and thought it might be nice to do it again to share my travels with you my family and friends. We are spending the first week or so travelling around Portugal and then wil http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-271114.html Okay... so all that remains is to pack. I think. Routes are planned bookings are made passports are valid... all that good stuff. I'm going to try to figure out if it's possible to show our first excursion in Vienna on a map. Until we get to Europe there will likely be more posting at the Broads Abroad site. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-271069.html The Time Has ComeThe day has finally arrived and tomorrow I will be setting off to South America for my first real trip. The general route that is planned is to fly into Bogota Colmbia. From there travel will take us north to the coast to see the beaches then back down the western side of Colombia until we reach Ecuador. Some time will be spent in Ecuador before travelling down the coastline http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-269320.html TEN days to go.Crap.I have a lot to do in the meantime. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Regina/blog-268392.html