Blogs from Saskatchewan, Canada, North America - page 3

It is always strange to leave one side of the planet, in the southern hemisphere, on a particular date, travel for eighteen hours, and arrive on the other side on the planet, in the northern hemisphere, relatively early in the day on the same date that we departed. It is also still a little shocking every year to adjust to the cooler climate upon arrival. And it is always a delight to rediscover that daylight hours here don't end at 6:30 p.m., but go on long into the evening, delivering the dramatic beautiful prairie sunsets for which my home province, Saskatchewan, whose vehicle license plate reads "Land of the Living Skies", is renowned. All things come and go, and the Dreamchasers adventures are no exception. Another season of global travel is over. After a few days ... read more

Geo: 50.448, -104.595We left Winnipeg this morning at 8:10 AM and 66 degrees. Winnipeg is the capitol of Manitoba. Since our hotel was on the west side of the city, and we got in late last night in rush hour traffic, we never did get to the Legislative Building (we call them Capitol Buildings in the US), or into the city proper. Poor planning on our part. Heading east this morning was not in the plan, so we hit the road and pointed the car west. Most of the day we were in farm country…very flat farm country. Montana would call this "big sky" country. We saw more of the same thing that we saw yesterday…golden fields of wheat, dark green fields of soy beans, an occasional field of corn, one field of asparagus, many fields ... read more

Pix of me incl travel since 2000. Compiling this album reminded me of all the wonderful traveling I've done over the years, a lot of it before 2000. My world travel before that: Hawaii (83/84), carib cruise (84), Mex bus tour in Mx City & Ixtapa, Cancun/Merida (88/89), carib cruise incl Dom Repl stay (90), Cartagena Columbia (91), Puerto Plata DR (92), Pto Vta Mx (93), Costa Rica (94), Venezuela (95), Indonesia (97), Spain, Portugal, Morocco tour (98), Indonesia 1999, Pto Vta/GDL Mx (2000), Acapulco/Taxco/Ixtapa Mx (2001), Penang Malaysia 2002), Penang/Malaysia + Thailand (2003), Penang (2004), Queretaro Mx + San Miguel de Allende (2004), Penang + northern Thailand tour(2005), Penang +17 day tour of Vietnam (2006), Penang +northern India (2007), Penang +south India (2008), Italy & Sicily tour (2008), Penang + Laos & Cambodia tour (2009), ... read more

Today was just a day. We actually drove less than yesterday, but got a later start and stopped earlier. We only saw the sun once, right now after a rainstorm. The rest of the day was just gray. --- Miles Driven: 503 Geocaches Found: 4 Creatures Seen: An elk, in Elk Island National Park. We also saw a number of foals, including one nursing, and then the usual animals. Approximate Yards Knit: 99 Conversation of the Day: K: Cole, you're going to need to write a blog entry. C: What am I going to say? Dad sits there (pointing at the driver's seat) and drive all day. Mom sits there (pointing at the passenger seat) and knits. What else is there to say? We forgot placemats. We learned that pysanky are Ukrainian Easter eggs. Unique License ... read more

In Which Four New Nursies Depart the Saskatoon Airport May 13, 2016 Our journey commences. Today I left my home in Saskatoon to embark on the internship of a lifetime. I’ve gone from the warmth and comfort next to my lovers’ body 14 hours ago to soaring about a quarter of the way across the Atlantic Ocean. In the time building up to this day I half-heartedly hoped I would suffer a minor fracture, or there would be just enough political turmoil in my destination country to disrupt my journey, but not to seriously impact anyone else’s life. Because the truth is this: I am as scared as I am excited. I am the seven-year-old girl eager to attend her best friends birthday party sleepover, but who had to call her mom to come rescue her ... read more