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Civilization at a Harley Rider's place?, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Civilization at a Harley Rider's place?

A travel blog entry by therin

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... the trees. Are the trees-only sections plantations, or is there some other explanation? We roll into a big gas station in Pembroke and phone Harley Dave, so-called because he rides and restores only Harley-Davidsons. He has ridden out to the coast on ...

BACK to Ontario!, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

BACK to Ontario!

A travel blog entry by adamandtara

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... spoke so highly that he convinced us to do just that: cross over (oh, and FYI, he had done that route just today, Ottawa to Pembroke and back!  186km!).  So we made our way, got a little bit lost via his directions (sometimes too much info is as ...

Étape 1 - De Laval à Pembroke, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Étape 1 - De Laval à Pembroke

A travel blog entry by bogit

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... qui avaient commencé leur migration et qui s'arrêtaient pour la nuit, sur la rivière. Le 6 septembre, nous avons visité Pembroke et leurs fameuses murales; vous en voyez quelques unes sur le blogue, mais si vous faites une recherche sur le mot ...

Esprit, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Esprit

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

We are in Esprit now, which is actually in Davidson, Quebec but this map doesn't seem to know where that is so I have chosen Pembroke as the next nearest location on the TravelPod map.  However, I have found the googlemap for this area, which can be ...

Bodies Swimming Everywhere, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Bodies Swimming Everywhere

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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Yeterday I went rafting, which means yet another early morning (I think this is it for the next 3 months) at 7am. WILD starts today and there are many more early starts to come! It seems like I'm still working except that my job isn't half as much ...

Catching up, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Catching up

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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... last - the Rupert has been given the death sentence and in a few years it will be dammed to make hydroelectric power for Canada. Unfortunately, the attempts to save the river have failed and the amazing rapids and epic views will be lost forever, not to ...

Wednesday, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Wednesday

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

We decided to borrow kayaks today and paddle out in to the bay.  It's beautiful; the sun is shining, the water is calm and there are little sparkles on top.  I could stay here for ever. Will just arrived, and apparently Kelly arrived this ...

Christmas Day, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Christmas Day

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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Christmas came at last this morning and we got some of the gear which we ordered so that everyone had enough to go paddling. We were supposed to be doing day two of the Wilderness First Responder, but Jim (who is supposed to be teaching it) broke down ...

Christmas is cancelled, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Christmas is cancelled

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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The WFR course started today. A whole day of CPR - oh no! It's like work, but on the decking in the sunshine. It's supposed to be Christmas today (when we get our kayaks and gear) but I've just been told that Christmas has been postponed until ...

Search and Rescue, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Search and Rescue

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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Last night we had a search and rescue scenario. We picked a leader who picked five team leaders to manage smaller search teams. I was a team leader of a group of five. We were taken by bus to the Chutes Coulonge, which was the search area where an ...

Ottawa Middle Channel, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Ottawa Middle Channel

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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River level 8.5. I went kayaking on the Ottawa Middle today. It is BIG. Much bigger than I'm used to. Karine and Karine looked after me very well and talked me through it all. There was also a guy called Gavin (an RMP Officer from Ottawa) who was ...

Rolling Contract, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Rolling Contract

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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I have made a rolling contract with Karine C. This means that whenever I want to practice my roll she has to go out on the river and help me but whenever she decides I should go out and practice I have to go. If we have time we are going to practice ...

Rafting, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Rafting

A travel blog entry by smartmishmash

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The last two days have been spent rafting on the main channel of the Ottawa River. We learnt the basic guide strokes and techniques, including several flip drills and lots of ferrying and breaking into and out of eddies. It's very hard work - much ...

OK I'm visiting, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

OK I'm visiting

A travel blog entry by visionrider

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Yes, I am staying more than one day. Have to catch up with everyone. Not going to the fiddle festival though. Grew up with more than enough of Don Messer's Jamboree. I'm waiting for the Pembroke Blues ...

Sunburn and souvenirs, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Sunburn and souvenirs

A travel blog entry by xtour

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Reporting tonight from the Travelodge in Pembroke.  Hectic day in that we had registration at Aviation Museum in Ottawa. Our previously soaked group of riders and crew were joined by over 100 additional bikes this morning. What a great sight it was ...

50 some odd days, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

50 some odd days

A travel blog entry by natashamariee

... would really apreciate some advice, on this topic. but ont the better side our group was supposed to switch planes in halifax canada, and now were switching in switzerland thats always funn ehh ? so plz everyone out there in travel land reading my blogs ...

Hello from the office, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Hello from the office

A travel blog entry by clayton.scott

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Ahh, the bucolic Ottawa Valley, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Ahh, the bucolic Ottawa Valley

A travel blog entry by visionrider

Left Ottawa before the festivities of Victoria Day (Queen's birthday for you non-Cdns). Chatted with some Aussies who were googling what the holiday was about! They celebrate the Q's Bday in June apparently without any fanfare, 'just another public ...

Visit with Laurie and Chris, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Visit with Laurie and Chris

A travel blog entry by steven.therese

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Today we arrived at Laurie and Chris' place in Pembroke. This is the first time we are seeing their house! Laurie and Therese are old friends so its been real nice stay for our first stop in Ontario.   On Saturday we went hiking with them and their ...

65 days, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

65 days

A travel blog entry by natashamariee

... to suck it up get on the plane and fly to italy, but im going to be a nervous wreck the entire time! I personally like the fact of gravity and that my feet are always on the ground lol. well please help ! excited and waiting in canada. ...

Fiddling & square dancing by the Ottawa River, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Fiddling & square dancing by the Ottawa River

A travel blog entry by visionrider

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A mere 400 or so miles later I pass into very familiar territory, the Ottawa Valley. Rolling farm fields, barn smells and small towns after you bypass Ottawa (which has a charming hostel - the old Ottawa Jail right in the downtown). There's a fiddle ...

Day 1 - at least for us...on the tour, Pembroke, Canada travel blog

Day 1 - at least for us...on the tour

A travel blog entry by dougyb

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... weather, no accidents or mishaps, just lots and lots of sunshine.  We ended the ride at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, near Pembroke.  The ceremony was nice, the souvenir stand was open for business (2 t-shirts and a sticker), and the BBQ was ...

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