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Friday in Toronto

The plan for today is to walk south towards the water and east towards the St Lawrence Market and then circle around and about. As we walk towards the Distillery and the St Lawrence Market, we notice a definite lack … Continue reading →

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Dead Can Dance

Who? That is the response to my statement, ‘We are going to Toronto to see Dead Can Dance’. You Tube them to get a better idea as to what they do. When we heard that the band Dead Can Dance … Continue reading →

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Next Stop, Toronto

On Sunday we were in Lethbridge. Today is Wednesday, so it must be Toronto! We are up early this morning to catch our 8 am flight to Toronto. Everything goes off without a hitch. We even time the express bus … Continue reading →

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Lethbridge, Alberta

Yesterday, M&G toured us around Lethbridge’s important sights. We started out at the Farmer’s Market where we bought goat cheese and raspberries. Geoff was saying that it was crowded, but the crowd was a drop in a bucket compared to … Continue reading →

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Heading West

August 17, 2012 I am not sure what it is about sleeping outdoors, but we rolled out of the tent at almost 9 am this morning.  It’s cool in the shade so I have my usual 5 layers on. As … Continue reading →

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Saskatchewan Riding

August 15,2012 The weeks of house renos and a taxing weekend at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival have taken their toll. We could not keep our eyes open last night and finally surrendered at 9pm. We arose promptly at 7am … Continue reading →

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East

We have been sequestered in our house for about 4 months. Renovations had taken over our lives and we hadn’t really thought about anything else. Since this is a TRAVEL blog we could not figure out how to twist house … Continue reading →

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The Africa Trip’s “Do List”

I suddenly realize that it is only three months until we leave on our Africa trip, so in between watching Olympics, I sort through our Africa file and make a list of major items we haven’t done for our trip. … Continue reading →

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House Renovations and Blogging

We have been rather negligent with our blog and hope to reacquaint ourselves with the blog and our Africa trip next week after our new flooring is in place. After 20+ years, our carpet was looking rather sad.  It was … Continue reading →

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Bow Valley Parkway and the Two Bear Day

I tumble out of bed onto stiff legs and I open the drape, check the sky.  Blue! White clouds too, but not too sinister looking. The plan for today is to ride Hwy 1A, the Bow Valley Parkway, from Lake … Continue reading →

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