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It was raining in Fort Nelson when with left this morning, but before we left, Les noticed that 2 of our tires where looking pretty bad from bouncing so much and driving over rocks. So we found a tire store (I guess you could call it a store) The parking lot was mud and full of pot holes and so were all the other parking lots of the other businesses there. All the mud was then carried onto the road so our ...

Today was the 4th day in a row with quite a bit of riding, and our muscles are letting us know that. However, we had perfect weather today, hot, but not too hot, and sunny and great. We rode from Fort Nelson, BC to Grande Prairie, AB. Shortly into the ride Brad saw a moose just hanging out in the grass at the side of the road having some eats. We were so close! He checked us out ...

Hello everyone,

We finally made it back to Grande Prairie and are taking a break from the blog until we continue our journey to Europe... we leave on July 23 and arrive in Paris on July 24th!!!! We likely won't be able to write as regular as we were on our U.S ...

... We met the new farm dog, six week old cutie Toby, and triplet calves (a first for the Cassity farm).

We also got Calvin's car road ready after a year of sitting idle for the long drive back to Calgary.

Stay tuned for some trip highlights and other ponderings.

On February 22nd I will fly from Grande Prairie via Calgary and Frankfurt to Venice, Italy. My wonderful friend Simone has offered to pick me up there. We will spend the next two weeks together in Europe. The plan is to hang around her home in Cison di Valmarino, which is in the province of Treviso and the region of Veneto in Italy. This is the northern area of Italy in the mountains. It looks really ...

I took a few weeks before submitting my last post of my Europe trip. I wanted to wait a few weeks until things were back to normal. Waiting a bit allowed me to really appreciate my trip. During my previous blogs, I always spoke about a few moments that made me appreciate home. One of the things, I appreciated about my trip to Europe was how people are much more relax. In Alberta, the concept that "Time is Money" literally holds true. The economy is booming and you quickly start ...

When in doubt, do nothing… quickly… so that's what I do. I may be high and dry, but at least it’s level. It’s time to quit thinking on my feet and start thinking in the rocking chair. So I kick back in High Level a couple days and buy some groceries, crunch some numbers. The mileage count is critical by now, but maybe if I just skirt the foothills, I’ll come in under the ...

"Whew! It's been busy. So- the family came home early Saturday-- it wasn't the end of the world afterall. Yesterday, (Monday) for work we were helping Tammy teach a non-violent conflict resolution seminar to a bunch of local grade 7's. I was really excited about it-- I really enjoy that type of setting. The program is called Eureka, and focuses on teaching kids personal power based on ...

... We walked back to the mall to use a pay phone to see if we could get a ride home, but there was no answer. We started walking home. Half an hour in my books started feeling really heavy and I was starting to rethink my purchase. My stomach wouldn't stop growling. Yulia felt bad, so she offered to carry my bags. But I figured, it wasn't her fault, and since I bought them, I ought to carry them. She was sniffling, and asked if I ...

... driving until it was taken away. I was among the older crowd on the trip, and my 'parents' weren't that much older than me, it made it difficult to have defined boundaries. I have also never experiences culture shock like this before or since, it perpetuated itself almost physically. I was extra stubborn and resistant to doing things differently. I never thought to be prepared for differences, I never thought I would have to work at being open-minded in my own country... I ...