We both came back from Holland with a terrible cold. I’ve had weeks of a cough and green filled gooey chest. But I’ve come through it! And I’m sure Jeff…
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Reflection on our trip to Holland
I’ve been long overdue with my last blog post summing up my thoughts after visiting Holland. It was always this place I always knew about, but never thought I’d visit….
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Amsterdam, a boat ride with Paul, and a funeral!
Back in Amsterdam, I had pre-booked us a hotel room for three nights at the Doubletree by Hilton, right beside the Amsterdam Centraal station. It worked really well and was…
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Back to Rotterdam!
After visiting the farm, Jeff and I took the train to Rotterdam Centraal station, and then an Uber to the Inntel hotel, back on the waterfront, across the bridge from…
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Alphen aan den Rijn – Brentano!
In 1914, my Great Grandfather, Johannes Verkleij, bought a farm called “Brentano” at the edge of Alphen aan den Rijn in South Holland to start his life with his new…
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Amsterdam!
After the Grand Meetup, I met Jeff when he got off his flight and I took him to a hotel to nap (ok me too). We stayed for three nights…
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2019 VIP Grand Meetup – Rotterdam
I’ve just attended the 2nd Annual Automattic VIP Grand Meetup in Rotterdam, Netherlands! I’ve travelled to a Grand Meetup every year while working for Automattic. I went to San Francisco…
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Another good check-up, stitches, and I’m off to Rotterdam!
I took a quick drive down to Whitehorse on Thursday – Friday for some medical appointments. I left at 5:30am and drove half way in the dark, stopping once in…
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Snow is here!
On Thursday, during the noon hour, I ran some errands downtown and while I was outside the Bonanza Market, a native elder came up to me and said: Snow. Two…
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More cranberries, camping, colonoscopy, Hank, and smoke
On Saturday we headed back out to our berry covered wilderness, and gathered more cranberries! There were way more where we stopped this time, and some of them were ripe….
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Cranberries, fall colours, Pokemon Go, and a new way to walk
Fall colours have just hit their peak and are starting to fall like rain here. It’s funny to think we were camping in snow a few weeks back! Since then…
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Operation firewood, and quadding adventures
Yesterday we went out to our firewood source, an old forest fire burn, about 15 years ago old now? We like this place, because Jeff can pull the trailer right…
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A snowy August long weekend spent along a river
On Friday after work, we drove up to one of our favourite spots, about 100 kilometres up the Dempster Highway for a weekend with friends and to try out our…
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Camping… or is it “glamping” now?
We had plans to go camping about 90 minutes north of here this weekend with some friends. This weekend is a long weekend in the Yukon. It is “Disco Days”…
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My brother’s family came up to visit!
On a three week long, trip of a lifetime, my brother Brian, his wife Leanne, and their kids Hadley and Easton are touring around the Yukon. We’ve spent two long…
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Mt. Denali, Fairbanks, old cars, and plane parts
After leaving Seward, we drove north, back through Anchorage, and up towards Mount Denali, the highest mountain in North America! To set the scene for the next part of this…
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Homer, the Kenai Peninsula, and Seward, Alaska
We spent an afternoon in Anchorage, doing some shopping. It probably sounds strange to go on vacation to shop, but we can’t shop for too much at home! We hit…
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Musk Ox in Alaska!
When we travel by truck for a vacation, it gets really easy to end up just driving and looking out the window without stopping. To prevent that, I picked a…
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Back from Alaska!
We’re back from a week long vacation in Alaska! But before I get to that, let me catch you up on a few other developments. First! The fire situation calmed…
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Visitors, and fire update
What a great couple of days! Pat and Dale, my uncle and aunt, were in town with a tour group! They started on a cruise ship and then took the…
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