Blogs from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, North America

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Day 18 23/05/2019 Edmonton- Breakfast with the Boss We needed to wake up early as Karly and Scott’s boss Jason decided that he wanted to throw a “Meet Karly’s Mum Breakfast”. Jason had arranged for a pancake breakfast with all of the trimmings at the office so that all of the workers including the techs, installers and the office staff could get to meet Ron and me. It was a really lovely thought and we appreciated all of the effort that Jason and Deanna went to. It was great to finally put faces to the people that Karly always talks about. We needed to be mindful to not eat too much because we were on our way to the High Level Diner to have the most amazing Cinnamon Buns. We decided to order one each with ... read more

OK, kids – go get a map of Canada. When we completed our drive along the north shore of Lake Superior and left Thunder Bay in western Ontario, we traveled west (mostly) on the Trans-Canada Highway, leaving the eastern and relatively populated region and headed into the prairies. Canada is the second largest country in the world, a little larger than the US, even including Alaska, though much smaller than Russia. However, there are few people living in “the frozen north” (Nunavit and the NW Territory) and even in the southern provinces, the population is spread very thin. I did my Google homework: Manitoba has 250,116 square miles with 1.272 million people. That’s 6 people per square mile. Tennessee has 42,143 square miles and 6.716 million people or 153 people per square mile. I’d always thought ... read more

Finally! After a year and a half of paying down debt, followed by another 15 months of saving, we are almost on our way to Australia. We got rid of everything we owned, (save for whatever we could fit into two suitcases and a backpack), emptied out our Toronto apartment, said goodbye to our friends and quit our jobs. Locking the door to the house we had happily lived in for seven years, it was surreal to walk out onto our lawn at 5 in the morning, the sun beginning to rise over Lake Ontario, and not knowing when we would be coming back. It was an exciting feeling, but also a bit daunting as well. Flying from Toronto to Edmonton, we are spending a month here, staying with Kevin's parents. Here, we are stocking ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Ce soir Je suis atteint par le syndrome de la page blanche. La journée à été tellement fade, banale que je ne sais pas, où commencer. Je voulais aller faire quelques photos ce matin du lac Lesser, à Slave Lake. Il faisait un soleil splendide, les conditions idéales, malheureusement pas d'accès directs, le seul, par le camping, avec un droit d'accès. 25$ pour quelques photos, c'est niet. J'ai bien étudié ma carte, soit je prends Edmonton direct par la nationale 44, soit en passant par Athabasca. Ce nom me dit quelque chose mais quoi. Ce soir je n'ai pas trouvé, et sur place rien ne m'a aidé. Petit à petit le paysage se transforme, de moins en moins de forêts, de plus en plus de cultures. Je laisse le sauvage derrière moi, et ... read more