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Northern Lights
... At 1am Rachel woke us up which scared the life out of us, but we're so greatful she did as directly above us we could see the Northen Lights. We stood watching the sky for ages, the stars were really clear and the Northern Lights were a shimmering green colour, it was amazing to see - thanks Rachel. Casey told us he had never seen them this far South in Canada before, we defiantly felt very lucky - the trip keeps getting better and better. Shem ...
Sidney (the Canadian town)
... bus in Swartz Bay and first went to Sidney (on advice). It is a very quaint little sea side town. By sure our favourite part was seeing a seal hanging out by the fishmongers which was situated one of the piers, waiting for them to throw her tit bits.
It was also interesting to see all the washed up timber on the ...
Back in Canada
... office and local community – making it a part of our everyday life. Through media, the group builds awareness and creates a community of advocacy. For more information see http://unitedconservationists.org/.
Other family things we did – we had a chance to celebrate with our niece Dhyan her 14th birthday (a house full of twelve 14 yr. olds was interesting to watch – all grown up and ready to take on ...
The Beginning of this year's adventure
... spent in classes and on-board other boats looking at Nordhovins, Krogens, and of course the newest Selenes.
Ken, Betsy, Manley & Sally then spent a couple nights on-board and a couple nights at the Pursley's beautiful island home on South Pender.
Liz and I returned to Sidney on May 31st. for an afternoon of provisioning and then June 1, 2010 we began the trip.
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Don''t look down!
... taxi up to the stables.
The lady running the stables was very friendly, if a little scatty. It took us an hour to get the horses ready, us ready and us sitting on the horses. We decided to just go for an hour’s ridde as budgets were tight, which meant we couldonly really go so far, and while it was a nice trail, half of it was alongside a (quiet) road. And we walked, the whole way, which was a bit disappointing. BUT when I got back, she said I could go for a trot ...