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Regina to Winnipeg  North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg By Bothan TaistilJune 29th 2007Maureen Kelly/Robert Tait June 29. The drive from Regina to Winnipeg is a long one. After settling at the campground we set out to look for a food store. We saw a mall with a sign “The Bay”. Thinking it was a supermarket we stopped, but soon discovered it was The Hudson Bay department store. On to the Safeway and then we were back to our Bothan for the night. June 30. We drove into Winnipeg and found a parking spot near The Forks. The Forks is located on the Red and the... read more

Days 13-24 (by Iain) It's been extra long since my last post mainly due to the places we've been in having limited access or Ben wanting to stick up his super long report before I do mine. So we left Chicago last Saturday morning and are currently just about to get the bus to Las Vegas. In between it all we have stopped at St. Louis, Memphis, San Antonio and Flagstaff (Grand Canyon). It's been several long bus journeys past countless corn fields and desert landscapes- which both get slightly less exciting by the hour. After Chicago our first stop was St. Louis- a small wee city in Missouri known for it's music, the city itself wasn't to crazy but the suburb we stayed in was fantastic, everyone was friendly and had Scottish grandparents, there were ... read more

Since blogging and laptops are new to me, we (my much more technically savvy husband and I) got a little bit ahead of the departure time line to allow wiggle room for LOTS of mistakes. I did not dissapoint him. We were kind of "beta Testing" this whole blogging scenario. Actually, I will not leave until the week-end. This time line discrepancy was brought to my attention when I was performing the time honored act of all women about to depart on perilous journies into unknown places-having a manicure and a pedicure-at my local spa. (Here is an unsolicited advertisement for my manicurist Quincy and my "skin-fixer" Shelly, at the Casablanca Day Spa in Auburn, California-they are both wonderful! If you are ever visiting in the area and need a day of rejuvination, they both come ... read more

Well, as we look ahead and begin thinking about states further east and countries far, far away... there is time left for one last backcountry adventure while we're in California. We drove north of Yosemite/Tuolumne to Bridgeport (home of the highest-priced gas I've ever seen - $4.05/gallon) and Twin Lakes (home of many retired folks with RVs) to begin our three-day trip up to url="http://www.mountainproject.com/v/california/high_sierra/incredible_hulk/105852180" target="_blank"Incredible Hulk. We heard so many good things about here that it would be difficult to live up to our expectations; especially after the trip we just finished into Whitney/Russell. Since we'd just left the backcountry, our minds were fresh with the items we wish we had or hadn't brought... added to our packs was a book (Siddhartha/... read more

Our trip to LA started off on the wrong foot…first we were stuck in the miserable traffic LA is known for, and secondly, the RoadFood guide disappointed us for the first time, sending us to an overpriced restaurant that had great décor but so-so food. Brian literally paid $18 for a cold ham sandwich….miserable. At least as we were driving to dinner we got a glimpse of a movie premiere! We have no idea if it was something big or not but we saw a red carpet, a crowd, limos, and lots of cameras flashing. It was pretty cool and I’m sorry I didn’t get any pictures, but we were tired! Anyway, the motel we stayed in was located right in Hollywood so we had a pretty good location for the things we wanted to ... read more