http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Ontario , Collingwood en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:48:58 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:48:58 UTC 30th June 2008After a very late night catching up on the diary while Amy and Richard tried out the first drive in movie of the season back at 2.00 am we got up quite late and then set off to see the Blue Mountain ski resort which is an extension of the Niagara Escarpment behind Wasaga Beach. Unfortunately it was raining so we could not even see the mountain I think we would call it a big h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-293993.html What a fantastic weekend. Estelle and I got away for a girls' weekend in Collingwood Blue Mountain. We stayed at a nice Bed Breakfast called Pedulla's Mountainside BB. It was literally mountainside as the ski hills were right across the street The woman who owns the BB with her husband was SO helpful She leant us everything from sunscreen and Tylenol to Snowboarding helmet wrist guards http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-261608.html A few days have now passed since departing Vancouver and it definitely doesn't feel like my journey has begun. Currently I am in Will's hometown of Collingwood Ontario having just spent an amazing weekend in downtown Toronto reuniting with some of Dalhousie's finest. It is now hitting me that Nairobi is only a few days away and all the typical emotions one feels before travel are becomin http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-222889.html UntitledGeoff Burt On our second day in Toronto we took the plunge and hired a car to drive north. Driving on the wrong side of the road took a deal of concentration with Pat doing some exquisite white knuckle work on her seat. David would be interested to know that we had a Pontiac Impala sorry silver Pontiac Impala. After battling the Toronto suburban traffic we headed north on National http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-155584.html Howdy fellow Aussies Well our working days are almost over The ski season at Blue Mountain is coming to a rapid end aided by increasing temperatures today it is a balmy 14 degrees and a lot of rain Next week we will head off on our cross Canada road trip for about 5 weeks before heading back to Collingwood for aunty Cathyrsquos wedding. Then we will only have a few weeks before hitting http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-140935.html Hi Nackers Well it has been a while since i last reported on our shenanigans but that does not mean that we have not been out and about. Canadians love their beer almost as much as Aussies so we thought we would go and see it made first hand. We took a short trip up the road to a small town called Cremore with a not so micro microbrewery. After quite as few free samples of their fine product s http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-140918.html Hi all greetings from Collingwood.Hope you are all well and behaving yourselves. And of course staying cool the weather has been a bit intensely hot from what I hear. Hope you have those fans out and in good useWe are glad to report that we think our bad luck is finally behind us and we had a successful trip to Mont Tremblant in Montral Quebec at the beginning of the month. Well that is af http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-131197.html Hi againAnd Happy Australia Day We had a few Canadian beers over here to celebrate don't you worryWe are pleased to announce that the snow has finally arrived in Eastern Canada and we have stopped being poor bums and are now are honest working people After continuing to bide our time in Toronto and mooching off Marks relatives we decided it was too dangerous to drive over to the West to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Collingwood/blog-122546.html