Chateau D Amos

We left Relais Routier 381 with two full tanks of gas and found the road was not as good south of the turnoff to the Route du Nord. We stopped at the Rupert River and were very impressed with the size of the rapids and the very interesting bridge that was designed to carry the very heavy loads of materials that were transported to the hydro dam sites.

The weather turned ...

... 113, rien n'est égal ; non seulement rien ne se ressemble d'un kilomètre à l'autre, mais en plus nous avons toutes les températures, en cette fin de mai : pluie faible, pluie forte, grêle, nuages menaçants, vent, soleil. Plusieurs fois, je dois ralentir pour pouvoir conduire d'une façon digne de ce mot. Et c'est sans compter les petits villages que nous rencontrons, dont certains font franchement pitié (je ne spécifierai pas le(s ...

Did you know Canada celebrates Labour Day? It's like Labor Day in the US, except they have an extra "u". We chose this day of closed businesses to enter the beautiful Algonquin Provincial Park to take a little canoe trip. There seemed to be nowhere to buy any alcohol in the entire country on this day. We enjoyed the ...

... attended the Feast of Tabernacles last fall in Estonia. While visiting with them we plan to have a church service where a number of other families from Sweden will come. One family from Norway may be there, too. A letter of invitation was was sent to all Good News readers as well. I plan to do a PowerPoint presentation about Chernobyl from where I'll be coming. I'll talk about the ...

... Lithuania as well as Basil and Liza Kopey from Moscow. Otherwise, it will be mostly people from Tartu and a young man from Tallinn. We also plan to visit the religious radio station that is the anchor for three sattelite stations around Estonia. From these studios there is continuous programming in Russian and Estonian. We have built up our Bible Study Course from advertising on this station three years back. We plan to resume our advertising in both Estonian and Russian and ...

... we laughed and said that we would get right off, however, he wanted a confrontation that we wouldn't give him. he reiterated, "you wouldn't drive my car would you?!!!". ok, bud. chill. after listening to more of his preaching and yelling, we untied our canoe. he instructed us to "play nice", like 27 year-old me and my 50 year-old father were tearing up his dock. too funny. now, whenever i see my dad, he tells me to "play nice".

Seven years on the shore of South Tee, the source of my wandering soul. From Monday night campouts to eight-day canoe trips, learning to live without extras taught me how to live. How How to camp Tamakwa, for your traditions and insistance on living without blow dryers.