Monthly Archives: July 2015

So today, I walked on the ocean floor. The really muddy ocean floor. Thankfully, the fine folks who operate Hopewell Rocks have spray hoses for those of us who couldn’t resist going for a stroll. Which is good because my shoes and feet were positively slathered in mud. That part of the Bay of FundyContinueContinue reading “Journey to the ocean floor”

(Note: Now with photos). Yesterday was a driving day and a somewhat prosaic mall evening.. It wasn’t very exciting, though the scenery coming into New Brunswick from Quebec was just lovely. I did a large chunk of the river scenic route rather than the main highways, passing through Grand Falls and other smaller towns. NewContinueContinue reading “Fiery Fredericton and “calm” capes: lovely New Brunswick”

Watching about six million cubic feet of water fall a minute is quite the awe-inducing experience. In other words, I went to Niagara Falls for the first time this past weekend. My friend from Guelph came with me, and we made a day of it, heading there on Saturday. I even went on the boatContinueContinue reading “Up close and personal with the falls”

It turns out I’m getting the Al Capone tour of Canada. After the rumours of Mr. Capone in Moose Jaw, SK, I’m now in Guelph, ON, and my friend just took me to a mansion that people of the city are extremely sure has connections to Al. So that’s an inadvertent theme of this trip.ContinueContinue reading “Castles, Capone and bears, o my”

The road between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie was astonishingly beautiful to drive. The road between Saulte Ste. Marie and Toronto, however, wasn’t anything special. And that’s what I did today (I just arrived in Toronto in the last hour or so) so let’s talk about yesterday. I idled in the luxury of wakingContinueContinue reading “Yesterday rocked”

For those counting (I sure am) this is my fourth time zone this week. Though I’ll be in this time zone for at least a week, so hopefully I’ll have some time to catch up with myself here. So, I’m in Thunder Bay, in a hotel room instead of a hostel (which is a bitContinueContinue reading “Another day, another time zone”

I’m really glad Winnipeg is flat. I mean, I knew the prairies would be flat. But what I didn’t fully conceptualize is that Winnipeg is the flattest. I mean, eastern Alberta is kinda flat, Saskatchewan is flatish, but the area of Manitoba around Winnipeg? It’s really, really flat. This is a good thing because IContinueContinue reading “Winnipeg in a day”

Not much to report today. I drove from Regina to Winnipeg. I swear Manitoba (or at least the area around Winnipeg) is flatter than Saskatchewan. I realized that the audiobook series I’m listening to keep sane while driving is not a complete trilogy yet and was briefly cursing the name of the person who recommendedContinueContinue reading “To the heart of the continent”

My overly helpful iPhone informs me I walked 8.41 kilometres today. My feet respectfully disagree. But, despite my moaning feet, I have found myself pleasantly surprised by Regina, SK. I don’t know what I was expecting. But a lovely city apparently wasn’t it. I also was surprised by Moose Jaw, SK’s apparently thriving Main Street. Which moreContinueContinue reading “Queen City and Little Chicago”