Blogs from North America - page 9371

Our campground is cool. It has been taken over by elk in rut who have free reign of the grounds and emit their screeching bellows all night long, trying to woo females but, in reality, just keeping everyone awake :-). I've strapped up Quin's ankle so he able to hobble short distances now, mainly lured on by the promise of food. More trips to the bakery, haha. After checking out the job and housing scene in Jasper (which seems more promising than Banff), I went for a short walk called the Valley of Five Lakes, largely because the Lonely Planet promised beavers and evidence thereof. Well, the beavers were nowhere to be seen, nor was the evidence, unless you count bark missing from some of the trees (which we tried to convince ourselves was indeed caused ... read more

So we started by driving though Death Valley and camping for one very hot night right in the middle. It's one of the dryest places on earth so obviously the night we were there it rained. The lightning was quite spectacular though. Fortunately the car didn't break down and Sara didn't decide to murder me and bury me in the desert so we made it out alive though our little weedy hire car only just made it over the mountain range on the other side.... read more

Left Vegas after that and we spent last night in Barstow, a little town with the distinction of having once been the number 1 meth producer in the USA (according to the nice young man I met at the motel after hours window who was “going out to get drunk”)! Left Barstow the next morning, and thank goodness we saw a Starbucks. The coffee you get at motels etc is crap. We had McDonalds for breakfast, so we now know what biscuits and McGriddles are. The Americans really do have a sweet tooth. ... read more

It's been a while since I’ve chatted with some of you . . . so what have I been up to?? Well, it's been a great few months. A lot has happened but I have to admit I’ve been slacking on the e-mails, so I’ll give you a bit of a summary . . . From May to July I spent 3 awesome months in South East Asia with Nicole Marcotte. We had a great time touring Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Some highlights include trekking, beaching, tubing, kayaking . . . I could go on and on! Then I spent the last couple of weeks in Australia visiting Dylan Smart who's lovin' the hockey life down under! I also got to spend a weekend with Steph and Omar who Nicole and I had ... read more

. . . to my online travel journal!! I've set up this travel blog so that you can read about my travels for the next 3 months. I'll try to make an entry as often as possible, and you can check it out whenever you feel like it! I've set it up so that you receive an e-mail every time I make a new entry. If you talk to anyone else who would like to know when there's a new entry, just have them send me an e-mail and I'll add them to the list! Or they can link to this blog and click subscribe at the bottom of the page. And don't forget, I love to hear from you, so send me an e-mail back when you get a chance! Michelle... read more