Days Inn Orillia

We got up at 6 am and had our last breakfast in Venice. This has been a wonderful trip and I am sad to see it end.

We headed for the airport at 10:30 am. No dragging our suitcase across the cobblestones this time. We had a taxi pickup our luggage at the hotel. He had a cart and moved the bags. Drive to the airport was about 20 minutes. Once ...

... we were able to see their new home.

On the way to my parent's home in London, Ontario, we stopped so Googoo could have a lube job. I figured the van could use an oil change. We also needed a new winshield wiper blade.

Rain continued to chase us across Ontario. It was so strong, for almost an hour it slowed traffic to a crawl on the 401.

Canada Day (AKA My Birthday) Nels and I left Minnesota on June 30th with the best intentions of soaring across the top of Lake Superior on the Circle Drive and getting to Niagra Falls in a couple of days. Today is July 2rd and we are still on Lake Superior. It truly is the biggest damn lake in the world. I want to thank the Canadians for helping me celebrate my birthday with all those red and white flags flying. I spent my birthday in Sleeping ...

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 ...

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We're out of Toronto into trees and fields. Even on a Saturday we saw people working in Toronto - crazy! There are many photogenic moments that I've seen in the blink of an eye, too quick to capture. When our train was traveling past a rainy marsh, I caught a glimpse of a monarch fluttering erratically by our window - the butterfly looked still ...

... 7,000! Holy moly! Our shows had to be cut down to 90 minutes with no intermission. It was fine with me. It was kinda fun to do something that was a little different. It made the show new and exciting. Apparently tons of famous people have played there, everyone from Diana Ross and Faith Hill to Bill Cosby and Jay Leno. So one night before the show, I was walking down ...

After a long 7 and a half hour flight Leaving Canada landing in Gatwick London airport I found myself alone and waiting. Excited as I was and not knowing a thing about England my first experience of British culture was not that welcoming at all to say the least. Tired, Alone, and wondering when that boy would show. Curious of this new life I had coming for me, I stepped off the coach bus and had a drunken man yell in my face...................

... currency. Exchange rate was about $1 Cdn ...

What better place to start than with orientation! Last week was spent at the SIM guest house in Scarborough (the hood)-basically Toronto. It was crazy busy, involving chapel, lectures, praying, presenting, cooking (I know this one's tough to imagine me doing:), discussing, organizing, arranging,laughing, and chillin'. I was excited to meet several people who have lived in Zambia during the week. They assured me that, although most of my valuables would be stolen, and I am sure to ...