http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Ontario en-us Tue, 17 Nov 09 00:15:59 +0000 Tue, 17 Nov 09 00:15:59 +0000 In the first week of october my Natural Disasters class went on a feild trip to see the niagra falls. When we arrived we went and looked at the falls for about 30 minutes then headed closer to them to go on thebehind the falls adventure. unfortunatly the weather wasn't being fair to us and we could do that. so we eventually ended seeing a movie in 3D about the falls and how they were made over t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-452042.html This trip was very exciting. At first I thought my family and my friends were just going to go Cherry picking but we pushed our trip a little farther. We were on our way driving to the cherry fields as we saw some interesting buildings such as the CN tower the hershy factory etc. We finally arrived there and there was alot of cherry trees. We all picked as much as we wanted some of us jumped http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-452021.html HiWelcome to Nat Ve's Peruvian Adventure. Thanks for checking out our travel blog. We're in the final countdown for our trip with 2 days left to go. We leave this Wednesday from Toronto on a direct flight to Lima Peru. Thanks Air Canada Love the direct flight My plan is to post blog entries with photos every few days but you know how things go when travelling... We'll see... Instead of alwa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-452001.html It has been 6 months since returning home after the Water Adventure. Life has more or less returned to normal after a long hard period of adjustment. I am once again becoming comfortable with the difficult business of everyday life.The stress of returning to work dealing with pressing family issues finances moving into a new home and juggling extracurricular activities has begun to subside an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Kingston/blog-450813.html Before anything is said oh my god canada is COLD. I wear everything i own and shiver the locals are still wearing shorts whilst daring to mention the word 'mild' and this is still the fall first snow due 14th then onto 35 degrees thank god i just landed back in NY I didn't see a moose and the handsome mounties must have been on vacation but i didn't exactly go camping with the bears e http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-450758.html No hindsight for twenty twenty at this stage but so far this is what we anticipate in a naive and dreamlike at best Hollywood meets Outward bound scenarioDay one...Siem Reap to Beng Mela temple or closeThe mileage for day one has us a bit spooked. Sixtyfive KM may not be all that long to some but we are thinking that we need to keep the mileage closer to a 4050kmday range.We will spend what http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-450060.html I have returned form my inspiring and unexpectedly delightful time in Toronto and the Niagara Peninsular.I discovered that I could in fact do a blog via my iphone which removed the need for a computer. If you would like to see if then here is the link httptravellingtessa.tumblr.com do check it out and give me a comment or two. Many thanks and I look forward to seeing you all on tumblr i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-450045.html So This is what it feels like to write a blog...I have to admit I have a new found respect for people that write entertaining blogs. I've never been the type to keep a journal or write down and share my thoughts or feelings so this should be interesting. Anyway world tour starts in 5 days next time I write one of these hopefully I will have something entertaining to write. Over and out. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-449431.html Moin ich bins wiederWieder in TorontoDie Nacht verlief erstaunlich mckenfrei sogar fr mich aber vielleicht haben die Mcken auch nur keine freien Stellen mehr bei mir gefunden Wir waren wieder schn im Ontario See baden. Marilyn hatte uns gestern eigentlich noch einen Bananenkuchen mitgegeben aber den haben wir da vergessen. Wir wollten ihn dann heute essen aber er hat schon angefangen http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-449268.html Nat here.... Jeff told one part of the story. How do you describe in a few words a journey that began over a year ago saw us log hundreds upon hundreds of hours running walking and sometimes hobbling in all weather from bogs to deserts over rocks and through water in temperatures that would grill an egg or make you Walt Disneyrsquos best cryogenic tank buddy should you stop moving for only http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-449199.html A day that could not have been predictedhellip.All this brings me to today October 28. Another call with Ray to talk about logistics training mental strategies food and all things that you worry about when you think about running a marathon a day for 6 days. More discussions about water capture and drilling technology what might work in Cambodia how to make this sustainable and things tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-449176.html The history.....Earlier this year after an exceptionally long and hot run sitting on the kitchen floor drinking water and trying to cool off we started talking about how important water was to us and our ability to run. Well that conversation timed with a particular song whose words include lsquoEach dayrsquos a gift and not a given righthellip.If today was your last dayhellip.could http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-449175.html Hi Everyone I'm up near James Bay a few hundred kilometers south east from Dave in Churchill My work has taken me to this pretty little place on an island in the middle of the Moose River and just a boat ride away from Moosonee where my plane landed. The Moose River drains into the James Bay. The landscape is the Hudson's Bay Lowlands and muskeg forests. The island itself and the neighbour http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Moose-Factory/blog-448157.html Hi alle Jetzt melde ich mich wieder zu Wort. Wieder ein kleiner Zeitsprung...Unser Wecker ging schon um 6.30h und das im Urlaub Am Busbahnhof war eine Riesenschlange wir haben uns schon gewundert wie die alle mitkommen sollten aber es wurde noch ein zweiter Bus eingesetzt. Um etwa 10h gings los und wie soll es anders sein Ein Deutscher aus Lbeck sitzt genau neben uns. Er beginnt gerade ei http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-448141.html I couchsurfed at Keira's apartment in Ottawa we had previously arranged this when we had been in the Yukon and it felt nice to be in someone's home for a change rather than a motel or a hostel. Or a tent for that matter.Ottawa is a great little city and you can stroll from the skyscrapered downtown area to the leafy attractive suburbs in under ten minutes. I was determined to make the most http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-447959.html Most of know St Catherines as the wine region...but little did we know that amoungst the vines and intoxicating fruit are Pirates LURKING waiting to attack. Tuesday October 20th Raiders of the Lost Boatyard attack Element Quest the final duel before EQ set sail to head south. We have overcome so much in the past two years and once again we have kept afloat after the blitz of fanatical ragi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/St--Catherines/blog-447908.html Hi everyone We had a change of plans. We got back home in Stratford yesterday. They decided to send to other drivers in our truck out to Victoria. They want to give Hank's foot a little more time to heal. We leave again on Nov. 11 for St. John's. We had a grueling yet entertaining week in TO. We now know what it feels like to be on Survivor. We do have a great team and think we will go a long way http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-447849.html Having contacted loads of outfitters and tour operators about a canoe trip in the Algonquin Provincial Park and being told that the season was over I found a wilderness outfitter who was prepared to set me up with a voyage along the Mattawa River following the route used by the French Voyageurs and the native Indians before them. Two nights and three days on my own paddling my way down the ri http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/North-Bay/blog-447605.html When I agreed to take the two and a half hour flight northwest from Toronto to Winnipeg to meet Ro and then the 5 hour bus ride further north again I didnrsquot quite connect that with the reality of having to get back to Toronto. Overland. Circumstance and some planning meant that we split that return journey into 3 parts. But wersquod done the shorter legs and were now left with the mamm http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-447557.html These photos are from two delightful towns in Ontario Smith Falls on the Rideau Canal and Perth. We visited an historic house in Perth where the remainder of that 22000 hunk of cheese resides you were sent photos earlier. Here are some photos of a quilt for you who are into quilting and needlework and also a remarkable dollhouse. Smith Falls in addition to being the chocolate capitol of On http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Peterborough/blog-447350.html