12 May
It was supposed to be a genteel drive through Ontario cottage country. However, dating a farmboy is apparently, not going to lead to a genteel drive through cottage country!
From Goderich on the eastern side of Lake Huron in Ontario, we set off eastwards for our 1 day of car hire. But far be it for [...]
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10 May
Niagara… No trip to Niagara Falls would be complete without a trip on the Maid of the Mist.
Ah… Maid of the Mist. When one looks down on the Canadian falls, you can see a pretty dense white mist rising up above the height of the falls…
When you stand at the viewing platofrm near the Canadian [...]
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29 Aug
This a a tale of an unrelenting hike up… then an unrelenting hike down.
It’s been an abysmal year for me and long distance travelling – very unusual. So you know it’s sad when I view a 2 hour drive as long distance travelling! However, finally circumstances conspired to allow me to do an alpine hike [...]
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27 Nov
Apparently parents with young families and idiots like me with ‘Use it or loose it’ unrefundable credit with an airline…
But that said, it’s weird that taking a flight for 8, 12 or even 16 hours (as one tortuous flight from Los Angelese to New Zealand once was – yes, I didn’t know planes could stay [...]
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06 Nov
I’m visiting a friend in the Yukon, where the road conditions in the last week have deteriorated as the first winter snows arrived. I was collected by my friend in Whitehorse where we then picked up a ‘new’ truck for her partner, which she drove the three hours to where she lives in the Yukon.
Since [...]
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