Comfort Inn Cambridge

My dear friends: It's getting colder in Canada and my thoughts are wandering to warmer climes. On January 12/2010, I fly to Managua, Nicaragua and then work my way north ending up in Cancun, Mexico. From there, I fly to join many members of the Gaudun family in Daytona Beach. If you would rather not get notifications of my travel blogs just send a brief "no thank you" to this travelpod . No problem. Hasta la vista baby. Steve

... 8217;s just nuts.

LONDON:

On Halloween night, we went to see the football quarter final of the U of Western Ontario Mustangs vs. Guelph but didn’t care who won because our main purpose for attending was to watch our granddaughter Tiffany perform with the Western Mustangs Cheerleading team. She is awesome and an admitted “Over Achiever” by tackling a full course load (towards ...

... back to Toronto.

The backpacks have had a trial packing and we're "OK", there's still some space for extras as we go.

The checklists are getting smaller as we get closer and things are looked after.

Santa arrives here on November 7th, so now we're heading into "Christmas" mode and anticipating fun, gifts and lots of turkey ...

It's finally here! The adventure has begun! I've made it from Thunder Bay to Cambridge in one day! I don't recommend ever doing that, but so it goes I guess. I only ended up in the hood once and did not manage to find an open Starbucks between TBay and Cambridge anywhere....not impressed!
The week S. Ontario has been fantastic thus far and I'm ...

... into my old pants! I was worreid I would feel too unlike my old self and I needed something to bring me back quickly so I could concentrate on being with Tenzin. Fitting into old clothes isn't about size really, but about knowing you're still the same person, and healthy :) Thank goodness because the constantly morphing wardrobe was starting to drive me freaking bonkers! One day this fits, a week later, forgettaboutit! Ok, so DETAILS!!!! Name ...

... biggest tests of all. One day back in November, closer to the end, I had a thought, a feeling. I had no idea it would ever be a life changing thing. In some ways the thought scared me. So much so, I began to feel uneasy about it, which is rare for me. I passed it off. Brushed it off my conscience, where it was weighing a little too heavily, and I didn't think about it for a little while. A little way down the road this thought pulled at a small corner in my mind. And again ...

... that began my obsessive complusive need to travel and I blame it all on dear 'ole Dad. Jonathon Swift was great writer and above anything else he wrote was Gulliver's Travels He'd read to me before bed. I'd make him go on even when my eyes felt like weights were holding them down and dreams of traveling danced in my young and truly innocent mind. Boy have times changed ...

... much faster. Jen's godmother left her an antique desk which has been in the care of her niece for several years, so this was an opportunity to pick it up. We weren't sure how it was going to fit in the van, but it was no problem at all. It just means an end to sleeping in the van from now on. We picked it up around 7:00 then still had to drive over two hours to Jason's uncle's place in Cambridge. But we made it and had an excellent sleep in a real bed.

After a rather rocky start, things have managed to go surprisingly well (please don't ask about the leash flying off of the car in the middle of a NY road). The Toronto area is experiencing record high heat, and today is supposed to be the hottest day of all. So, we cut our camping short by one night and have checked into a Super 8 with wireless access and A/C- what more can we ask for? Hopefully, this too shall pass... Niagara Falls was lovely, and my dad and his wife managed ...

... Course. This course has been rated the finest in Canada. I played it two years ago and absolutely adored it. I didn't have my clubs with me so I was just out for a walk around the holes. If you do get a chance to play this course I would recommend not using a golf cart, as you don't get a chance to see all the beautiful vistas incorporated into the layout. From there I followed the Cabot Trail (with Fu Manchu's "The Action Is Go" blaring ...