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Travel Blogs from Edmonton, Canada
A juggling act
... snowing for almost a day now and finally the city is starting to look a little winterish! Its been the weirdest winter here in Edmonton with something like 2cm of snow since Christmas and my plans to escape some of it by going to New Zealand for January ...
Preparations
Barbara and I have been on a trip before, and even one that we called a Pilgrimage.... this one will follow the quintessential Pilgrimage route. For all of you that have been asking us WHERE are you going? and WHY are you doing it.... well ...
Getting ready to go!
Wow, now only 260 km from each other we get to spend every weekend together. This past weekend was a planning weekend with the Alberta Teacher's Association....there is still lots to ...
Oil is In The Air
I had a nice early start as the sun was up and it was clear and cool. I rode for over 100 Km then stopped in Battleford for breakfast and oiled the chain on the motorcycle. It is supposed to be done every 1000 Km but it is easy to pass the ...
Goodbye Cancer, Hello World!
After much ado, we are off to the airport to see the world! Thanks to all for following...we'll do our best to stay safe and keep you all in the loop. We'll miss you all, Kevin & ...
Home
... is no one walks on them. It will be hard to walk on the sidewalk when summer comes, because its like -13 right now in Edmonton (in April!) with a foot of snow. 2. There are a million smells. Mostly bad ones, but lots of good ones. Spicy smells, ...
10 more sleeps
Less than half a month until we leave. Still finalizing all the little things and cutting off all ties to regular working life in ...
Where the buffalo roam
Elk Island Elk Island is the nearest national park to Edmonton and a great getaway on a weekend. It's populated with iconic North American fauna: bison, moose, coyote and beavers. Bison are the most conspicuous. Its pre-European population has ...
Blink and the World is different...
... ." When CWY realized I was home much earlier than I anticipated they renewed their offer: join a Netcorp group assembling in Edmonton. The decision was actually difficult to make considering the emotional strain we were all under, but it was actually ...
West Edmonton Mall
We rode an awesome roller coaster in the Galaxyland area and Allison rode one other ride, then besides seeing a hand carved replica of the Santa Maria, Lemurs, Sea Lions, and eating at the Spaghetti Factory (really good), we spent hours at a water park ...
Back to the City....
I have read about the West Edmonton Mall - largest in the world, 800 stores, waterpark, amusement park,animal park, bowling alley, casino, encompases 48 squares blocks - Ken hates the whole idea and the fact that it is 200 miles out of the way (but also ...
Start of me walk About......
Okay so this is a really last minute trip.....at about 2:00 o'clock the decision was made....yup just do it! Big decider...got a tuneup...and new tires....hate to not wear these ones down evenly...must work on that....:^) ergo part of plan....must ...
Edmonton
... little shopping. We take a highway called Whitemud Hiway to the mall and I was thinking to myself that this would only happen in Canada. Where else would they name a place white mud? There is no such thing as white mud. Amanda bought a ...
Getting ready....
Wowee! Time is drawing ever closer and, as always, it's hard to believe I'm going yet it feels so overdue. I started packing last night and have everything I need but could probably use a few more pairs of yoga pants. This is the mission tomorrow: ...
Back to the Top of the World
After trekking through the Khumbu Valley to the foot of Everest in '06, I have decided to return once again to Nepal and the amazing scenery and majestic peaks that this little kingdom holds within. This time I turn my sights to the Annapurna ...
Catching up with traveling friends
... - I ate the cajun gumbo and had the best sweet potato fries based on everyone's recommendation. I know one other person in Edmonton, Ashley, who I also met during my last trip to Europe. We hung out in Bath, England, while she was passing ...
Adrenalin is starting to flow!
Yikes! Only 12-1/2 more hours before we're on the plane and headed for Italy and I'm still washing and ironing clothes! All that's made it into my suitcase so far are two pair of shoes, a small duffel bag for those things that won't fit into ...
Plans and Preparations
Two weeks before departure: I am rather terrified, feeling sick to my stomach, being a hypochondriac, and generally angsting about everything (both related and unrelated). I feel a little weird about this trip. I haggled endlessly with Case over ...
Australia Day take 2
... . It has a wave pool (designed like a beach), hotel, theme park, ice hockey rink etc. We did it in about 2 hours. Traffic in Edmonton is very polite. If you look like you might want to one day cross the road they stop for you! We had some fun with this ...
Photo of the Day
Well....as part of my 100 things to do in 2011 list I decided to take a photograph a day which I've been uploading onto facebook since I arrived so I thought for those on here who don't have facebook I would put it here too for you to see. So if ...
Alaska Didn't Want to Let Me Go
Been a lot of long days of solitude driving here. Getting out of Alaska turned out to be more of an adventure than I planned. Once out of Anchorage the road was snow and ice for about 800 miles, was trying to make it across the border and ...
Travel Day
Off to China: Free flights through Aeroplan. Tour cost $2200 CAD for 18 days. (Final week in HK by ...
But then I know it's growing strong
So, adventure #1 just before I went to the airport mom and I had dinner at the Frontier up in Gregoire. So when I got to the airport I unloaded my bags and *pow* - puked everywhere. Welcome to the world of food poisoning. Last night sucked, I feel a lot ...
canadian Rockies
... . By the end of the week however we decided it was better to go our separate ways so we headed to Edmonton on a bus to pick up a hire car. Monday 12th August,. Hire car - check Car fridge - check Gas cooker - check Food ...
Slightly Delayed - Extremely Tired - We're Home
Dad surprised us by coming to pick us up. That pissed me off because I was already upset that Chris was not able to come on the trip with us I thought he could have picked us up or at least stayed awake til we got home. Should've known ...
Week Two
... to see Arthur at the cinema in the eve - good film but helps that I love Russel Brand! Saturday involved shopping :o) hit West Edmonton Mall which is huge and spent many hours walking round it........still not managed to get round all of it so what a ...