Last winter, I got up every morning in the dark, at 5 am, so I could write til 8:30 or 9 and pull together some of my thoughts about my trip, maybe a book. (Thanks to Kevin for suggesting that early morning is a good time to write. At the time, I didn’t believe...
It rained all day today. A perfect day to think about my amazing summer in the middle of Canada. I met so many wonderful people, some of them actually reconnecting me to family I had lost touch with. It was great. So many beautiful memories. Wednesday I took Vincent...
Well, here I am, a full month or so before I expected to be. The last few days of driving was almost other worldly, as I skimmed, barely touching the asphalt. I stopped in Callander to visit with an friend I have just recently reconnected with. It was so nice to see...
There is something liberating, exhilarating maybe, about putting the petal to the metal and just going. No stopping except for gas and the occasional walk about. Setting the cruise just a little over 10 km over the ridiculously low Ontario speed limit and just hitting...
I left Kenora early today hoping to make it through to Nipigon (I did). Right now I am inside, not camping in the high winds, cold weather and rain. All that and it was still a good drive. I think I have mentioned how I feel about trains. At Gail’s, every time I...
When I was in Winnepeg, I stayed with Anne and Ram. I really enjoyed myself with them. Again…go out and couchsurf, it is a great way to meet the best people. Before I left, Anne suggested a scenic route to Kenora. She said I would have to go through Rennie....
Being in Fort Qu’appelle has really lent appeal to the idea of living in the prairies. The town is nestled into a river valley but the flat prairie is very close. People are friendly. The two women in the tourist centre kept me there for for at least an hour...
I found my cousin Ryan and his family, Melanie, Isabelle and Erik, in the small town of Lefleche. They live in a big old house with a main living floor, a second floor with bedrooms and a 3rd floor attic bedroom. I slept up there and from the windows I could see...
OK, not really running “back” to Saskatoon but all day yesterday as I headed into town, that old favorite from The Guess Who was playing in my mind. If you want a blast from the past click here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0HIXt5IME I met Cori,...
I drove away from Vermillion this morning. It is a pretty little town, tucked into the rolling prairie on the banks for the Vermillion River. The town was started in 1905 and named after the red mud in the river. I was staying with Howard and Carol who really made me...
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