Blogs from North America - page 9366

Salty Bear cancelled What a huge disappointment Four days. Halifax! Well the remaining two day tour with Salty Bear was officially cancelled this morning. Kev, our van, was in desperate need of repairs and apparently there were no vans available for rent. So that means I'll be missing out on Peggy's Cove, Annapolis Royal and the Bay of Fundy. To make myself feel a little bit better I saw on the weather channel that there is a big meteorological warning out for the area...lots and lots of rains are on the way! So after hearing the bad weather forecast it didn’t seem so bad after all. It's not that great travelling about and trying to sightsee when it is pouring rain out. Instead I made the most of my day and had a bite to eat ... read more

8th, 9th, 10th October - Thanksgiving weekend Kat text me and asked me if I wanted to go up to Whistler as she had a ride up there. Thought it would be cool to see the town before all the snow came. The drive up there was amazing... You drive along the waters edge. It will be so awesome when there is more snow. Kat went on a hike so I met up with Debbie, Kendall, Laura and Peter who were all staying down there in a backpackers for the weekend. Whistler was very cute. A classic snow town! It was a lot bigger then I thought. We spent the day looking around the shops. There was a massive sale on called the Turkey sale (its Thanksgiving). Everything from last season was hugely discounted and new ... read more

Planning for our trip...that is what we have been doing lately. We have made so many changes to our itinerary already, and are still trying to figure out airfare. We want our trip to remain spontanious, but also want to spend as little money as possible on tickets and transportation. As I am writing this, I am actually sitting in an i-net cafe nestled right at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. My husband is climbing Mt. Whitney, the tallest Mt. in the contiguous United States! He stared this morning at 3am, and hopes to be done by 3pm. There is snow up there though, which could slow him down (I made him rent some cramp-ons yesterday...just to ease my mind). So, I thought I'd take this opportunity to set up our travel blog instead of ... read more

Well, dear friends, Evi and I are leaving on our trip in 5 days. Currently we are packing, storing, cleaning, planning, but we're ahead of the game! On October 11 we fly to Zurich, Evi's city of birth, and home of her brother, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. Her parents are in Basel, one hour away by train. We're excited but frankly a bit nervous about the great unknown in front of us. However, as a great philosopher once said, it's easier to control the present than the future, so we'll just take what comes our way. (Oh, that philosopher was me!)... read more

Just under 3 weeks to our trip. Time is flying and soon we'll be packing up the bags. Not sure what will be in those bags yet, probably will figure out the night before. The house is almost squared away for those looking after it. We'll see how cold it really gets in the house. Should really put those storm windows up... Another countdown entry soon. Mark... read more