Belair 1 Cottage Wasaga Beach

First port of call - Visit Elsa and Ken who are about to become first-time parents at the end of December. We're very excited to meet our new grandchild, probably by Skype the first time, in late December. Our travels will take us to Florida, Texas, Arizona and Utah, with a possible trip to India in May to celebrate Eugenie's 50th. birthday.

The bump is very big!

... strapped to every limb curled up on the sofa or laid on top of the woodstove because i can't feel any part of my body. Dave promises me it won't be as cold as what it is here in Ontario, but somehow i have my doubts. I am sure drywalling, mudding, sanding floors and figuring out how we are going to get enough money to live out there will keep me warm and busy. Daves idea of how much money we need to live on and ...

Da heute die Sonne schien, haben wir beschlossen, auf dem Skylontower die Aussicht auf die Niagarafälle zu geniessen. Der Turm hat eine Gesamthöhe von 160 Meter.

Nachdem wir dann die Fälle nochmals unten besichtigt haben, machten wir uns auf den Weg Richtung letzter ...

... br>I laughed, reached down to her, hugged her, and gave her a kiss. She recognized who I was. What a joy. The long trip there, at that moment, felt all worthwhile. A tear came to my eye as I held her hand, asking her questions before the other relatives arrived.

The rest of the day we spent with other relatives. Fourteen in all. My Aunt hosted us for lunch in Mount Albert, and we were able to see ...

Great family camping weekend of campfires (i think we must have burned the equivalent of a small forest), frisbee, swimming, volleyball, canoeing, hiking. And the main event of the weekend: eating.

Some of us camped over night (me, Matt, Anice, Piyali, Calvin, Aunty Ivy ...

... to stay at a Best Western, have a good bed, internet and do laundry. The last two days we did not have cell phone reception. We saw phone booths at funny place we stopped and asked if they had internet, they responded "yes, $3 for 3 minutes of dial-up. They also had stuffed wolves and bears for sale so go figure. Tomorrow (July 4) we are going to Niagra Falls-on the Canada side and hope to take the Maid of the Mist under the falls. Nels

On our way to Sail the Element Quest to her new home in Canada, We were half way around Cape Cod only had a few more hours of sailing then we would have been clear to sail east to long island NewYork, but with the radio calling for heavy storm warning, we disided to loose the last day of sailing and turn backwrds from were we came to get shelter, of coarse before we truned around we got to see 3 pods of northern right whales. seeing whales in your own boat 1) makes you feel ...

... and in those 2 weeks I probably learned more about what I was capable of doing and wanting to do, and will to do. How much effort I was will to put into something, and I don't think my heart was truly in it at that time in my life.

I ended up spending the rest of the summer at home.

... airmiles, only pd taxes of $213 Bangkok ...

This was my first attempt at basic, I was pumped to be there, but the reason I was sent home, was because I had a panic attack while doing the shuttle run and couldn't get to level 4. Now that just totally bummed my summer, I ended up going back home, and was put to work on the farm. That so was not what I thought my summer was going to look like.