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Las Vegas meets sideshow-alley meets lots of water
Well...as above the only way to describe Niagara Falls is Las Vegas meets Sideshow Alley meets lots and LOTS of water... It is insane here!! There is a big group of us who have made their way along from the wedding, so all up there is myself and Ash, plus 9 others plus three kids... we checked into a great little dodgy motel which after the 5 star …
FAIRWELL TO NANAIMO
... THAT'S A LONG TIME, BUT IT SEEMS JUST YEARS AGO WHEN JOANNE WAS YOUNG AND BILLY WAS COURTING HER. I CAN REMEMBER THE ONE PARTY AT 413 MARJORIE ST. WHEN I WAS ALL OF 11 OR 12. THEY HAD ROLLED UP THE RUG, JIVE MUSIC WAS PLAYING AND EVERYONE WAS DANCING! THERE WAS A MICKEY HIDDEN IN THE BACK OF ...
SUNDAY, OUR RESTING DAY
... TO TALK TO A COUPLE WHO DO CEDAR CARVINGS. THE YOUNG MAN TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN ALL THE ANIMALS CARVED INTO EACH CARVING.
SO FOR ALL THE TOURISTS WHO COME TO NANAIMO THIS COUPLE ARE ON THE WALKWAY BY THE HARBOUR ON NICE DAYS SHOWING THEIR CARVINGS WHILE THEY DO CARVINGS. THESE ONES WERE FROM $40 TO $60. ALL GREAT ORIGINAL WORK.
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Travel Day!
... while packing. I finally rolled into bed just after 12am. My 5:15 wake up came all too soon. My parents were taking me to the ferry, and the airport, so we loaded up the car and were out the door by 6:20. We had to meet up with Karen and her parents prior to getting on the ferry, since my parents were the ones taking us there. So of course we all pulled over, and everyone had to be introduced. Then we had to take pictures, one of Karen, her mom, my ...
Long Beach, Tofino and the middle of nowhere
... The trees are magnificent. The trees are so old and so tall, so when you see one toppled over it is really surprising. They have been here for hundreds of years and then suddenly one just falls down. One massive tree fell quite recently and created quite a mess. A large section of the trail was blocked off because a tree had uprooted and pulled the ground away with it, smashing into a little wooden bridge. So our walk was much shorter than anticipated.
It was early ...