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Day 62 – A New Day in Thunder Bay
62/365 (March 3, 2010) – Sunrise. The time of day when the world just seems to stretch and rub it’s eyes. I love this time of day because it is peaceful and seems to be holding its breath before the chaos of the day unfolds. The thing is, I never seem to witness my favourite time of day unless I…
Read more »Day 61 – Waiting for Spring
61/365 (March 2, 2010) – When I lived in the North I never noticed birch trees unless I was looking for fire starter. Then I moved to the coast and suddenly noticed that there were no birch trees. You never know what you have until it’s gone? Hanging out in Thunder Bay with my girlfriend, the birch trees were plentiful…
Read more »Day 60 – I Finally Found Some Winter
60/35 (March 1, 2010) – I love winter. I admit it. I’m sure I’m not a complete oddity in that. It comes from growing up in the North and then moving South to an environment that exchanges rain for snow (most of the time). Winter brings cold, but it also clears the air, brightens up the world, and affords a…
Read more »Day 59 – Neither Here nor There…
59/365 (February 28, 2010) – On the road again. This time a short hop from Toronto to Thunder Bay to visit a friend for a few days. Kirk was in TO for a week for business and it seemed like a fun way to visit both his family and my best friend by crossing paths and then heading on while…
Read more »Day 58 – It’s Been a long Day
We visited the Art Gallery of Ontario today. Kirk saw that there was an exhibit on King Tut and wanted to take it in. Happily, so did both of his sisters and associated other halves. It was a great exhibit, the only downside was that the sarcophagus was not present. I think they are in England, but not totally sure.…
Read more »Day 57 – Leaving on a Jet Plane….
Heading off to Ontario for a week, so offline for the same amount of time. I’m now playing catchup…. I actually love flying, even with the episode on the flight to England last year. I always shoot for the emergency exit seats. Not because I think there will be a problem, but because i love the extra leg room. They…
Read more »Not the best way to enter the States
Arriving at the US border and when the border patrol holds out a hand to receive your passport…. most people hand it over quietly and say nothing unless spoken to. Not me. I arrive, hold on to my passport and start the conversation with, “See, here’s the thing, I have a problem and I’m pretty sure you’re going to turn…
Read more »Some Random Observations on Travel
You never get the car you reserved… often that works in your favour. When you rent a car in cold climate…. they never include an ice scraper. Work trips always seem either to take more time than you planned for in which case you are scrambling to finish…. or less time than you think and you are left stranded in…
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Whoa…. the plane ride was worth it….
I just took a quick look at the Coquihala webcams… the flight wasn’t cheap, but not having to deal with these roads…. well, suffice to say that the flight was worth it. It’s actually hard to believe these pictures considering I took the third photo this afternoon between Vernon and Lumby!
Read more »Side Trip to Lumby
I am on a work trip up to the Southern Interior, Lumby to be exact. Where the heck is that? Hang an East at Vernon and drive until you reach a four way stop with a flashing red light. You’ve arrived. Not much here. I suppose it’s quaint, probably lovely in the summer. But when you are looking around at…
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