Monthly Archives: May 2010

It’s the largest fresh water lake in the world and Lake Superior’s shoreline is one of the most gorgeous I have seen. National Geographic’s Traveler’s Magazine rated Kailua Beach on the leeward side of Oahu one of the ten most … Continue reading →

Canadian culture is largely a driving culture. One of the reasons for this, I have reasoned, is that Canada is just so large. There are opportunities that entrepreneurial types see as a means of supplementing our drive to drive and … Continue reading →

I have heard about the bugs back east, that they are supersized and super persistent, but I admit to skepticism and even condescension when it came to responding to easterners’ complaints. I have since learned that Manitoba employs a method called “fogging”: a practice in which … Continue reading →

Before I dictate our travels for the day, I want to say thank you to Tara and Jason for their warm hospitality these past 2 days. We left feeling satiated and satisfied, warm and fuzzy, but most of all grateful … Continue reading →

Fort Whyte Sanctuary is Winnipeg’s equivalent to Nanaimo’s Buttertubs Marsh where dozens of school children congregate in the spring to learn more about marsh life and the great outdoors in general. That’s where we visited in the morning on Monday … Continue reading →

The surprisingly warm weather here has allowed us to keep the pop-top up on “Vanna” (new name for our Eurovan) at night and since the highway was just on the other side of the trees, I used my earplugs for … Continue reading →

Our intention was to stop driving once we crossed the Manitoba border but it was before noon and it seemed good to us to keep going. Gord found a Saskatchewan radio station so we listened to, “I will never smile … Continue reading →

The majority of our day was spent in Saskatoon enjoying a walk along the South Saskatchewan River and visiting the Western Development Museum. The architecture in the downtown area is interesting and there’s an honest-to-goodness castle. I once spent a … Continue reading →

My only real brush with palaeontology happened because our son, James, was a bit dinosaur-crazy for his middle childhood years. Those were the days that we ate, slept and breathed dinosaurs; Allosaurus, Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and many more names almost … Continue reading →

I have already introduced you to the primary members of our team; the Van, Gord and me. There are also secondary members of our team that deserve an introduction so I thought I would start with the most vocal of … Continue reading →