Apple Creek Bed and Breakfast
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Last Night
When Deb and I set out on this trip it was meant to serve two specific purposes. First and foremost, it was a trip east to see my new granddaughter Hannah and second it was to re- live some of the days, some forty-five years ago, that I traveled CN to be with my cousins in Sioux, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Nearing the end of the trip, some 180 hours in total, it ...
Vivacious Vancouver
... blog onto our trip from Jasper to the West of Canada.
Our train journey from Jasper to Vancouver was delayed by 2 hours but when we finally got going ...
Last leg of the journey
... couldn't find our booking, (typical the first time we book it goes wrong) but they had room for us so that was soon sorted. Once we'd settled in our spot we had lunch and made a plan for the afternoon. After lunch we drove down to Guildford centre to get a mobile sim card and some meat and veg for dinner. Mobile sorted, we headed back but we got on the wrong road and ended up going the wrong side of the river across the bridge, so we had to do several loops, on and off ramps to ...
Home
... ve actually done all that, but looking back the blog entries and the photos, not to mention bank and credit card statements, assures me that it was real, it really did happen.
There comes a time we just need to head out into the world, and I'm so glad and fortunate to have had the opportunity to the do just that, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I worried about being travel-d out when I got home, but I find I'm ready to find my next ...
Pure Canadian Snow
... Grouse from where we live is only a 40 minute drive if you have a car, otherwise Vancouver's public transport system will get you there for a total of about an hour. Pretty darn awesome considering it takes us 4 and a half hours to hit the slopes from Auckland.
Ever since we arrived, I've wanted to get a taste of Canadian snow and at last we had saved enough to go! Equiped with over sized jackets and pants (well for me anyway), we ventured into the snow with our ...