When I was travelling around the country on the second half of my sabbatical, I aimed to send Jeff a postcard every single day. It was a steep goal, that…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s a lovely Thanksgiving Monday in Dawson City. Which means….. yep, the snow arrived this morning! It isn’t expected to stay, but there is a lot out there now! As…
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It’s been a super lazy week
I think I’m just mourning the end of the adventures, or maybe the end of the nice weather, or maybe I needed some recovery time, I don’t know, but I’ve…
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Reflecting on my road trip
I drove 15,590 km over the last two months. That’s a lot of kilometres of deep thoughts. I drafted various versions of summarizing my deep thoughts about it all, but…
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HOME!
There was plenty of construction during my last leg home. It was sunny. It rained. Same ol’ story. I saw a moose though! Any ideas I had about how my…
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I’m back in the Yukon!
Every time I woke up over night, I could hear an owl hooting. I just love that sound! I stayed in the tent until after 7am this morning. Partly because…
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Lots of wildlife today
Today would have been even better if I did it over 3 days instead of just 1. But this time of year, there is no where to stop to camp…
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Zoom zoom
I’m already in British Columbia! I have this new habit of getting up at 5am. I tried to drag my feet today but I showered, had my free hotel breakfast,…
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The West Edmonton Mall
I have always wanted to go to the West Edmonton Mall, so today is spent the day there! It was little over two hours to the mall from Vermilion. I…
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HOT! 🥵
It was a beautiful sunrise this morning in Yorkton. The sky was a beautiful pink before the sun crested the horizon and then it was a nice orange hue. I…
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Mud running, happy rock, and places are closed
It was pouring rain when I left the hotel. Dark. Foggy. Wet. But fortunately the hotel had a free breakfast! I made a waffle! Here it is covering my sausage…
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A rainy day drive
I was up early, which is easy to do when you go to bed by 8pm! I packed up as quietly as possible and then drove to the comfort station…
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Short day of driving, a hike, a can, and a chipmunk
I was searching for any good reason to stay in Thunder Bay longer. There were so many more things I could do and people I could visit, but it felt…
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Winnie the Pooh, Lake Superior, and a walk with Jen
At Pancake Bay last night, I carried my lawn chair to the edge of Lake Superior, plunked it down, and watched the sunset. Beautiful evening! There wasn’t much to do…
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Back on the road!
I’m on my way back to the Yukon! Today was a beautiful sunny, warm day for a drive! I left my Aunt Cecilia’s after 6am in the dark, aiming to…
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Goderich, Jail, and A/C
I know you are all sitting on the edge of your seats, waiting to hear if I now having working A/C in my truck. I do not. I could? But…
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A sample of college dorm life, ping pong, board games, and dead hanging
On Friday I drove through some hideous Southern Ontario traffic to arrive at my eldest niece Hadley’s new dorm room at college! And my how the dorm life has been…
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First days of school
I’ve spent the week at my sister’s new house, getting her hot tub set up (it came with the house they just bought), helping get the kids off to their…
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Sault Ste Marie Locks tour, Grundy Lake, and Cathy’s last day
We were so eager for our boat cruise that we were there 30 minutes early! We had a clear sunny sky! There weren’t too many other people on our boat….
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2 in 1, and we aren’t camping!
2 blogs in 1 because I was too absorbed by Little House on the Prairie to blog last night! Yesterday we woke up in Ivanhoe after a cool clear night….
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