tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89720386562886228262023-11-16T05:45:32.737-07:00Creaky old bonesSo much to see, so little time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-10636709504896400132016-07-20T20:56:00.000-06:002016-07-20T20:56:05.808-06:00Cloud AtlasIt is the start of monsoon season here in the west. Sounds weird, doesn't it? I think of deserts and dryness but not monsoons.<br />
We have been seeing some amazing skies the last couple of nights during our Brody walk. Enjoy. Photos by Kevin<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-17157496524963237692016-07-17T21:06:00.001-06:002016-07-17T21:09:35.676-06:00Back to DurangoWe took another trip in to Durango, Colorado today, about 30 miles north of Aztec, New <br />
Mexico.<br />
There is a narrow gauge steam train that runs between
Durango and Silverton. We didn't take the train as we had already driven to Silverton two weeks ago, but we went into the
train museum which was full of interesting stuff.<br />
As well as train paraphenalia, locomotives, model train sets there was this<br />
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It was part of an exhibit showing how the area and the trains had been used in movie making back in the 50's. It also made me think of my son Jeff, a huge John Wayne fan.<br />
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And no train museum is complete without taxidermy. These animals represent creatures you might see on your train trip and have all been collected by the Parks and Wildlife people (cough, cough). I would be a taxidermy collector if I lived in the states where it is allowed. Can't get this stuff over the border, though.<br />
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And then there are dioramas, all hand carved and painted by one individual.<br />
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This diorama is a replica of the small town where a gentleman (who's name escapes me) lived in Colorado when he was six years old. It was a mining town then but it is a ghost town now. He started building this when he retired. He carved everything...buildings, figures, trees, and painted everything<br />
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And of course the huge model railroad with working trains and roundhouses and other neat stuff. Or perhaps you would like to tour a private rail car. 40 tons of modern luxury, if by modern you mean by the standards of the day in the late 1800's.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-88580062221652381792016-07-09T21:14:00.000-06:002016-07-09T21:14:39.601-06:00There are a lot of places I've been but even more I haven't. Driving around this part of New Mexico I am struck by 4 things there seem to be more of here, per capita, than any place we've been so far.<br />
: laundromats, I mean big laundromats<br />
: Pawn shops<br />: drive in restaurants. The A&W here brings back memories of road trips to Manitoba. The waitresses don't come out to the car on roller skates, though<br />
: Dollar stores <br />
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Today we drove 2 hours north to Silverton, Colorado to visit with our nephew, Robert. He has recently moved from Michigan and is settling in nicely. The view out his kitchen window is something to be envious of. Here are some shots I took with my phone while Kevin drove.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-29514190000013563552016-07-04T11:11:00.003-06:002016-07-04T11:11:56.621-06:00photos Kevin tookKevin occasionally lets me drive :) When I do, he shoots photos out the car window. Here is some of his work.<br />
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In the Castle Valley, just northeast of Moab, Utah<br />
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Montana, just over the border from Alberta<br />
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Castle Valley, Utah<br />
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Montana. There's a reason they call it Big Sky CountryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-46088434410457494882016-07-03T20:21:00.002-06:002016-07-03T20:22:41.753-06:00Out for a Sunday drive on a holiday weekendToday was a bit of history. Located in the town of Aztec is the Aztec Ruins, a National Monument, incorrectly named by the Spaniards who discovered them. The ruins were thought to have been built by the Hopi people around 1000 A.D. The site covers 3 acres and took 30 years to build, without draft horses or other technological tools. It is still considered sacred by the Hopi and they believe their ancestors still reside there. The site was abandoned about 600 years ago and was covered by sand. It was partially excavated and the main kiva rebuilt. You can find more information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_Ruins_National_Monument<br />
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Next stop was the Navajo Lake/Dam. Lots of pontoon boats, speed boats, tubing and picnicers on this lovely long weekend. The dam is on the San Juan River, a tributary of the Colorado River. It was completed in 1962 and was originally simply for water storage. It drowned a sacred Navajo site. It is now used to generate electricity for the town of Farmington and provide a recreational area.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-17800566024584346052016-06-28T10:12:00.004-06:002016-06-28T10:36:18.207-06:00Heading for New MexicoThis is a big, beautiful world. Driving through this gorgeous scenery from Edmonton to Aztec, New Mexico I am struck by similarities. The Rockies look like the Rockies, no matter what state or province you are in. I think that is a good reminder that as citizens, we are not so different from each other. I hope I never get tired of staring out the window. A view that stretches for hundreds of miles in every direction around us; driving underneath the biggest storm supercell that was so close I felt like I could reach out and touch it;.the pre-historic feel of the shale cliffs of Utah...it is a beautiful world.<br />
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East Glacier, Montana<br />
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East Glacier, Montana<br />
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Spanish Fork, Utah <br />
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Moab, Utah<br />
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Moab, Utah<br />
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Red Cliffs Inn, Moab, Utah<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598566490613299977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-53295446300003700692012-10-12T15:54:00.000-06:002014-10-22T17:49:28.052-06:00Grandpa's RadioA long, long time ago, in a place called St. Thomas, Cindy and I were small. My maternal grandmother lived with us and she, and my parents, worked shift work at the local hospital so one of them could always be home with us.<br />
My grandma bought my parents the gift of a Grazioso Stereo Console which probably cost her at least a month's salary. She purchased it in 1956 and a couple of months ago it made the journey from my parents' basement in Windsor to my retro family room.<br />
Google is God - through a few enquiries we found George Found (no pun intended) who restores, primarily, the radios in vintage automobiles. He said he could get this console operational and, in fact, he did. It's playing now...am, fm and shortwave. The front door pulls down to reveal a record player that also works. It has a plug in the back for an additional antenna and a remote speaker. It sounds great.<br />
Ah, nostalgia....it's a wonderful thing. Enjoy some photos of George's shop and his amazing collection of vintage radios and other sound equipment.<br />
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A lovely fall day...my favourite type of day. Blue/black clouds, bright sun, red and gold. The dogs are too busy sniffing and don't look up to enjoy the view.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand made stained glass and tiles by Doug Hopkins, owner of The Pump House<br />
Bed and Breakfast in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania</td></tr>
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We drove a paved road with lots of switchbacks to get up here but it was worth it. This is the view from the deck of the lodge.<br />
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And this is my friend Alice and one of her crazy Dachshunds. She refuses to allow herself to be photographed so it's the best I could do.<br />
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Since we didn't have dinner the night before we weren't going to miss it a second time. We asked our host where to enjoy a marguerita and he said Roanoke was 16 miles in one direction and Floyd was 16 miles in the other. The route to Floyd was flatter and marginally straighter so it seemed like a better route to drive coming home in the dark. We had dinner at a mexican restaurant in which the food was not good but the atmosphere was jumpin'. They did not serve hard liquor, only beer...so much for the marguerita; but the fact that it was Friday night Jamboree made up for everything. This was a true old time jamboree. People formed small groups, played together for a while, broke apart and joined other groups. It was like standing in the recording session for the soundtrack of Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?. The folks graciously allowed us to take their pictures and Alice even recorded a bit on her iPhone.<br />
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Mt. Airy, North Carolina is the home of Andy Griffiths. For those of you too young to know who he is<br />
google Mayberry R.F.D.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-1386002663420532222012-09-03T08:14:00.004-06:002012-10-24T21:35:38.593-06:00The 100 yard dashLast night I was honored to be invited to join a group of volunteers monitoring sea turtles nests around the Isle of Palms beaches.(That's in South Carolina). Loggerhead turtles nest on the beaches from May through August. The volunteers relocate the nest if it is too close to the tide lines, remove one egg for dna analysis which allows them to monitor where and how many nests a female has made, and monitor the nest during the hatching. They had cordoned off this one with string and hung a sign letting beachwalkers know what was going on and inserted a sound probe down into the nest. The turtles had actually hatched out of their eggs two days before and were climbing their way out of the pit. The sound probe was picking up the noise of the sand shifting and moving as they clawed their way up. We had a full moon last night. The reflection on the water helps guide the turtles to the sea. It was also an outgoing tide which helps carry them out. A volunteer was seated over the nest to take pictures with a camera mounted on a tripod. They use these photos to produce a variety of fundraising materials.I couldn't take pictures even though the flash was turned off.The tiny focusing light was still too bright and disruptive. We would watch cracks and small holes appear in the sand, using red light flashlights. Every once in a while the sand would move and heave. We started our vigil at 8:30 p.m. and at 12:30 a.m. the first turtle breached the open air. After that, it was as if they boiled up out of the nest and crawled like mad to the water. There were about 90 eggs in the nest and we tried to count the babies as they came out but they were exiting in a mass and too quickly. We spread out the team to make sure none of the late night beach walkers impeded the turtles' way to water and followed the last critter to the sea's edge. You could see the tracks of all the babies in the wet sand, reflecting moonlight. It looked like miniature tractor tracks leading out to sea. There was a party of two families with children and they could not believe their good fortune at witnessing this. One young boy of about ten said he got more than he bargained for on this vacation and he would never forget it. In half an hour the whole thing was over. It was a truly magical event for me. Having watched it on tv many times I got to see it live. Unforgettable.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-41858415086427153592012-08-26T20:53:00.000-06:002012-08-26T20:53:05.495-06:00Coming down the Home StretchOur accommodating hosts, Norm and Pennie, sent us on our way with a lovely paleo breakfast - egg and ham souffle and coffee. Our next stop is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I love Wisconsin and I don't know why. I loved it on my drive out west in February and I loved it again in August. <br />
Wisconsin seems friendlier, lovely, green rolling hills, cows and cheese and the mighty Mississippi River.<br />
Our destination is Milwaukee, a city I've never visited but AGAIN, I just fell for this place.<br />
We stayed in the historic Lakefront District at the County Clare Pub and Inn. We arrived in the early afternoon (for the first time on our trip) which gave us time to wander downtown and take lots of photos.<br />
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All that photography in the wind and hot sun made us thirsty so we trotted back to our inn and enjoyed a couple of margueritas on the front patio. Kevin struck up a conversation with the couple beside us who had come for dinner. She's from Ottawa. He is an American who, after serving in Vietnam, moved to Ottawa to care for someone's Charolais cattle. He met her, married and they now live in Milwaukee. He has farming acreage/interests over a few states and understood Kevin's business. They talked corn, prices and hedging for a few minutes. Kevin's face lights up when he meets someone who understands what he does for a living (I admit it still confuses me)<br />
Then a quick change and into the dining room for dinner - a tasty chicken pot pie for me and I believe Kevin had a porkchop. This was accompanied by a bottle of champagne that was included in the package price of our room. A very nice room..large, clean and quiet, two entrees, bottle of champagne and breakfast for two for $149.50. You can't beat that.<br />
We chose to ride the Lake Express Ferry from Milwaukee to Muskegon, Michigan instead of driving through Chicago and south around Lake Michigan. Unlike the B.C. ferries, this one was smaller and a catamaran style. The wind was up and so were the waves and a few people lost their cookies on deck. Kevin was outside for the duration of the 2 1/2 hour trip while I enjoyed working on my needlepoint in the 'business class cabin' and chatting with the other passengers.<br />
Having landed in Muskegon, we drove another 5 hours, arriving home in Kitchener around 11 p.m.<br />
So many lovely sights, so many nice people, a few exquisite meals and a few crappy ones, too. An R.V. and another month would have been the best way to do this trip....but there's always tomorrow. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-5814676634581413672012-08-26T20:36:00.000-06:002012-08-26T20:36:03.259-06:00Rapid City to Sherburn, MinnesotaRapid City is in the southwest corner of South Dakota. I think it was one of my favourite places, geographically speaking, on our entire drive.The forests were more parklike - the trees were spaced farther apart and you could see deeper into the bush. There were lovely forest meadows and creeks and rivers and few cars. Turns out a lot of kids had already started back to school and so there were fewer vacationing families on the road than we had expected.<br />
We headed southwest about 45 minutes to Mt. Rushmore. We only had time for a quick drive-by then north and east to our next stop of Sherburn, Minnesota.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-20553555298798891992012-08-26T20:21:00.000-06:002012-08-26T20:21:53.833-06:00Rapid City here we comeDay 6 (?) finds us on the road from Lander, Wyoming bound for Rapid City, South Dakota. We stop for a quick breakfast in Riverton at a small restaurant on Main Street. It's been a long time since I ate off Melmac plates with plastic utensils and coffee mugs...but the food was good and the people watching was very, very interesting. Our first stop for gorgeous photos is the Tensleeps Canyon. The road passing through this is often closed in the winter and I can understand why. The views are breathtaking and awesome. It's unfortunate you can't get the true sense of scale of the place...<br />
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</tbody></table>When we left the restaurant we looked down the street to a lovely square in the centre of town. They were playing Men In Black II on a huge digital screen and there were all kinds of people parked on blankets, on lawn chairs, having a picnic and watching a movie outside on a lovely, summer evening. I think this would be my ideal place ....only a ten minute drive to a small but vibrant small city but with a house in the wilderness just on the outskirts. We returned to our lodgings at Hisega Lodge, sat on the second story verandah and watched the bats feeding while listening to the rushing creek somewhere close by.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-26490386305986030632012-08-26T20:08:00.000-06:002012-08-26T20:08:37.633-06:00Still enjoying WyomingSo let's see, we've been to Seaview, Washington; Bend, Oregon; Boise, Idaho; Afton, Wyoming; and have landed in Lander Wyoming at the end of Day 5.<br />
The bed and breakfast is about 5 miles outside of Lander. It is comprised of a main house (which used to be a lodge and served breakfast) and 4 lovely cabins. They are large, well appointed and sitting in a gorgeous, quite spot surrounded by the Wind River Mountains...gorgeous sandstone cliffs all around us, golden ground squirrels, the occasional deer.<br />
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We had a terrific dinner at the Cowfish Cafe in downtown Lander. I had lime marinated flank steak and Kevin had elk. We sat outside, drank our margueritas and watched the crowd next door at the Lander Brewing Company. The brewpub was family oriented with lots of picnic tables on the huge outdoor patio....kids running around, everyone having a great time.<br />
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We decided to walk a bit of Main Street snapping photos. Small as it is, there's money in Lander and a great energy about the place. I would definitely re-visit this little slice of heaven.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-74787350782376922552012-08-26T19:21:00.000-06:002012-08-26T19:21:27.537-06:00Floating on the Snake RiverDay 5 had us up bright and early for the 2 hour drive from Afton to Moose, Wyoming. This is located about 20 minutes north of Jackson Hole and is the meeting place for most of the rafting companies that float down the Snake River. There are several companies...we chose one called Solitude Tours. We pile into a van with our guide Jeff Saunders and head for the launch point. All floats leave from the same place and float down the same 11 mile stretch of the Snake River. It's an inflatable raft and Jeff mans the oars. He moved from Arizona in the 70's and was a very informative guide. He has a remarkable knowledge of geology, biology and history and we learned a lot on the two hour float. We saw pronghorn antelope and lots of eagles but no bear, moose or elk. The backdrop of the Teton mountains was stunning and the weather was gorgeous.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-14804202784191653542012-08-26T08:45:00.000-06:002012-08-26T08:45:59.072-06:00Day 4 - where are we again?I think I'm just starting to miss home cooked meals. Shake it off - 5 more days to go. This stretch of drive will take us from Boise, Idaho to Afton, Wyoming.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At times I thought I was back in Santa Fe - geography is so similar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw so many old trucks in beautiful condition. I'm jealous</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They even had a police escort.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> Afton is in the southwest corner of the state, about an hour south of Jackson Hole. The scenery is much of what we have already been driving through, sage, desert, gorgeous hills, small towns, ranches and cattle......Black Angus seems to predominate with a few Red Angus thrown in for interest.<br />
We are driving back into the land of high mountains, huge trees and gorgeous rivers. We pass the Palisades Reservoir on the border of Idaho and Wyoming. The only word I can think of to describe this structure is massive. We seemed to drive around it for half an hour. I wished I could close my eyes and see what this area looked like 60 years ago before they flooded it. It reminded me of Lake Powell - calm water, lots of pleasure boats and people enjoying themselves. Lots of groups of 5-6 R.V.'s huddled together on the shore in mini-camps. It looked like a lovely place to spend a weekend.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-58870060861567361552012-08-26T08:33:00.000-06:002012-08-26T08:33:52.682-06:00Day 3- Bend, Oregon to Boise, IdahoOk - by now it's all becoming a blur. I remember that it was very, very hot during this drive. Temperatures were still between 33 and 35 degrees. It was dry, desert-y with sagebrush and few trees and the colour was mostly brown. We deliberately stayed off the Interstates because it was a more interesting drive. Someone had mentioned the fires they were having out west and we saw evidence of this (and smelled it). There was quite a large fire about 35 miles from Boise and we could feel the effects of it in our eyes. The road to the town of Priceville (?) was closed off. It was also interesting to see the effects of winter snow in this area. Many of the roads had those railroad type crossing arms with signs that said "If this is flashing the road is closed. Turn around and go back to ......". We saw these all through the western states, and not just up in the mountains, either. When we stopped at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho Kevin commented on these poles at the side of the road with reflectors at the top. I told him this marked the road edge in winter and he laughed at me saying they didn't get that much snow. The guide later told us they get 3-5 feet in the winter and the poles, indeed marked the road edge.<br />
We stopped in Boise and stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast. It was another century home/mansion that had been converted to a b&b. It was only about 5 blocks from the Basque Square section of Boise (the city is divided into sections, or squares). There was something going on. One of the sidestreets was closed off and there was a concert going on. We ate at Mai Thai at a table on the sidewalk patio. Watching the flow of people in downtown Boise on a week night was so interesting. All shapes and sizes....again we were struck by how clean, friendly and busy these american cities are at night. We have never seen anything like it...certainly not in Kitchener or Toronto.<br />
The taxi drivers all lined up along the curb along the stretch of road where our restaurant was located. The first guy in line got the fare, drove away, and everyone else moved their taxi up one spot in the line. New guys pulled into the end of the line. It was all so civilized.<br />
The taxi driver waiting in front of where we were sitting must have been an artist. He got out of his taxi with a sketch pad and came around to the the passenger side of the cab. Leaning against it, he opened his book and started sketching. Because he kept looking at Kevin and I, I assumed he was sketching us. I took out a my camera and took a photo of him sketching us which brought a funny smirk to his face.<br />
And can I say that Mai Thai (despite being a thai restaurant) makes the best Mojito I have ever had (with the exception of the ones that John Craven makes....no one can muddle mint like Johnny can). I miss you guys.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something distracted Kevin from dinner - that doesn't happen often.</td></tr>
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Kevin found us a Mexican restaurant called El Jimador. This just happens to be the name of our favourite Marguerita in a can. It was 9pm and there were people walking all around that part of town. Turns out the MuchMusic studio is down the street and everyone was leaving a concert. But it wasn't rowdy. Also, a lot of the kids were already back in school by this time so there were a lot of college kids walking around. We spoke to our waiter, a fellow from Mexico, who had come up to Bend 14 years ago to study at the college and stayed on. He said about 20% of the population of Bend is Mexican and he loves it there.<br />
Mt. Bachelor is just outside of town and is huge for mountain biking, skiing, hiking. A lovely place I hope we can return to one day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mill St. Inn - she's from Brooklyn and the statue was a gift from a friend.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-8173938772725514242012-08-26T08:03:00.000-06:002012-08-26T08:03:22.291-06:00The long road homeOh my, the current adventure is over and I'm tapping my toes until the next one starts. The trip home to Ontario from Salt Spring started out on August 15th with good blogging intentions. We drove for long hours during the day and often had to get back in the car to find a place to eat after we'd checked in. I took a notebook with me on the first night to record some of our observations over the course of the day. That good intention pooched on day 2. I consoled myself by saying I'd try and memorize new items for my blog. Fat chance when you have Menopausal Alzheimers.<br />
We were up super-early (for me) on the 15th to catch the ferry from Fulford, Salt Spring Island to Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island. Another ferry took us from Victoria, B.C. to Port Angeles, Washington. The scenery in Washington was gorgeous and the weather was much hotter than we anticipated.In place the in-car thermometer was registering 35 degrees centigrade. We drove east from Port Angeles to the Hood Canal and then headed south and west to Seaview.<br />
Someone with a well established sense of irony named Hood Canal. It is one of the largest fjords in North American and cuts into the state from north to south. It was odd to be so far inland and see salt marshes and tides and seabirds. We stopped along the way at Cannon Beach and Newport, old haunts that Kevin wanted to revisit. We were in Oregon 6 years ago for Devon and Debra's wedding and did the coastal highway drive with Jeff. <br />
Washington certainly wins the award for interesting place names. I think my favourite is Dosewallips, followed closely by Lilliwaps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Cannon Beach, Oregon - they love their hydrangeas in the northwest.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>We also loved these funky coffee huts we saw everywhere. On our last trip, too late, we realized we should have been making a photo documentary of them. With the exception of "The Human Bean" and the Dutch Brothers Coffee the rest we saw were individually owned. All of them are these coffee huts placed on a parking lot. All of them are decorated in a really funky way. All of them are drive through only and they ONLY serve espresso. Can't just get a normal coffee. Anyway, we saw them in all the states we drove through to get home and have photos of anything we could shoot through a moving car window.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-82912433022696743762012-08-14T19:33:00.000-06:002012-08-14T19:33:15.055-06:00Colours by KevinJust a few more pictures of our Salt Spring experience....brought to you by kevin.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-65673834822072725142012-08-14T10:53:00.001-06:002012-08-14T10:53:55.518-06:00night walk through the Duthie GalleryThere's an interesting gallery near the Ganges Harbour. During the summer, from 9pm to 11 pm you can access an illuminated sculpture garden. It's quite magical wandering through the forest and coming upon light installations or illuminated carved wood and bronze sculpture.<br />
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We catch the ferry from Victoria to Port Angeles, Washington and from there work our way south to Seaview, Washington, just north of the border with Oregon.<br />
Wish us luck and a safe journey - I'm hoping that the accident I've already had is a talisman against anything else happening :)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-60495207727885474402012-08-11T16:57:00.000-06:002012-08-11T16:57:37.985-06:00It's Blackberry Season - and I don't mean the phone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIdAWIErvIax1BneBuakM4Kkz01tjaeLV3qqOYdPhMoRBlqqpfF_I5TSjiiRaiArtzr8FDT_4mtyIHfjxHCaalQsYHons89jGOzFY05iOmvw-roBrsQmDZ5efDLDCXcvSzyfUhy9bYaQ/s1600/IMG_1168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIdAWIErvIax1BneBuakM4Kkz01tjaeLV3qqOYdPhMoRBlqqpfF_I5TSjiiRaiArtzr8FDT_4mtyIHfjxHCaalQsYHons89jGOzFY05iOmvw-roBrsQmDZ5efDLDCXcvSzyfUhy9bYaQ/s320/IMG_1168.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Wednesday we went out on a zodiac tour with Ian Gidney from Gulf Islands Safari Tours. There were 4 of us on the boat and the orcas weren't in the area so we did a wildlife tour instead. We headed over to Active Pass where the Fraser River meets the incoming tide. Lots of churning up of the water creates great feeding. We saw seals and eagles.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We leave on Wedesday morning so it was our last Saturday for the "Saturday market". Just took a few shots down McPhillips Street while having a mint tea on the patio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-525sByXtJK35iRx_4Tiwm1csDHu6nvttXxfyFxupig7-SNcYEEuZpNTgg4D5ef0PbXBGugLvUJuNujLR123uwt7U0PTpZUCdCxhop0C3ipol-if6xZMpJqnjp8qHEtOGngILQGgbNwk/s1600/IMG_1163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-525sByXtJK35iRx_4Tiwm1csDHu6nvttXxfyFxupig7-SNcYEEuZpNTgg4D5ef0PbXBGugLvUJuNujLR123uwt7U0PTpZUCdCxhop0C3ipol-if6xZMpJqnjp8qHEtOGngILQGgbNwk/s320/IMG_1163.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972038656288622826.post-46222981638805073132012-08-02T15:00:00.000-06:002012-08-02T15:00:35.899-06:00Sand and waterWell, water they have a lot of around here....sand, not so much. Wednesday we booked a two hour kayak paddle with guide and group. Kevin and I shared a tandem sea kayak which was great fun. We both paddled but Kevin had foot pedals that allowed him to steer which is so much easier than steering via paddling. We were a group of 6 and we paddled past 4 small islands just outside of Ganges Harbour. Took us about an hour to get out and about 20 minutes to get back in. We had the incoming tide and the winds at our backs on the home stretch. We stopped at Goat Island, originally the sight where early homesteaders pastured their goats. It's now private and turned into a nature preserve. I spotted an eagle and a mink on this island. There was a harbour seal and her pup near us on the way back in.<br />
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We stopped for lunch in Parksville. Grabbed some take out Thai food and headed to a picnic table on the beach. Toured the sand sculpture competition - sculptors from all over the world.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25jZDzST1Yg7tJyAEk1ejRt1lmUNpzS02kCB3ZTONHa88qv2zTpaJlt5YRqdhRnDcJBCcyb-gEYETFQcFqJenmQrOP5R9Lh82CGvkbXhWVcAbqRvUPl8r0oM8EXOkzMBTL0TslEKmC38/s1600/IMG_1111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25jZDzST1Yg7tJyAEk1ejRt1lmUNpzS02kCB3ZTONHa88qv2zTpaJlt5YRqdhRnDcJBCcyb-gEYETFQcFqJenmQrOP5R9Lh82CGvkbXhWVcAbqRvUPl8r0oM8EXOkzMBTL0TslEKmC38/s320/IMG_1111.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>It's hard to believe that in two weeks time we'll be heading back for Ontario. We are going to meander but our stops for the night are already booked. If anyone has suggestions of what to see on this route let us know. Our stops will be:<br />
Night #1 - Seaview, Washington<br />
Night #2- Bend, Oregon<br />
Night #3 - Boise, Idaho<br />
Night #4 - Afton, Wyoming (just south of Jackson Hole)<br />
Night #5 - Lander, Wyoming<br />
Night #6 - Rapid City, South Dakota (near Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood, Custer State Park)<br />
Night #7 - Sherburn, Minnesota<br />
Night #8 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin<br />
Night #9 - hopefully home.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0