Inn at the Forks Winnipeg

... and this is all that you'll get. Jump to the October 16th entry for an explanation.)


Mom – Partial Faith

Monique-Logic/Mind

Fake Faith. Confidence and Conviction.

Faith in parts of life, not total faith

Baby-trust/faith needs vs wants

Faith is lying to yourself about some part of your life that you require but logic and common sense can’t fulfill

Lack of faith by current generations due to ...

This summer has been really hard to get it in my head that I was only home for the summer and that I would have to go back to Egypt for another 10 months. It wasn't until Friday did it hit me that I was going back to Egypt in 4 days. I had a bit of a mini-OMG moment and may have had an internal freak-out when I was driving along Broadway. Thank goodness there was no one in the car with me.

When I first decided that I wanted ...

... pointing to the exit in case you need to make a quick getaway. Doesn't exactly make you feel safe! We then climbed another hill, away from the gases, to take in the view of the landscape. From there you could actually see all the way to Granada and Lago de Nicaragua!

After the climbs it was starting to get dark so we made our way to the caves. The first one we went into was used by Indigenous peoples in pre-colonial times and later by people during the Sandinista/Contra wars ...

... a winding street fraught with restaurants and many small shops. It rained briefly, but as soon as Eve bought a "flat" umbrella, the rain stopped. The mail carriers, in Japan, ride small motorcycles, and we ran across one delivering his mail this morning. We stopped in a regular hardware store, and actually found a few items we hadn't yet seen anywhere else, and also at a few more small shops, before arriving at Narita-san Shinshou-ji ...

... So, for a dozen prizes, we personally knew who won most of them out of 800 or so people when we only knew a total of about 50 people. Something to think about! Saturday morning I slept in until almost 11 am. This was a first for me. I'm always awake by 5 or 6 am. My sister was about to call the paramedics...or was it the coroner. After breakfast I went for a drive with my brother in law to my nephew's place. After lunch I went for a drive to a motorcycle shop to ...

I couldn't help but start this new blog a little prematurely. By my count, I have 17 days before the 23rd, a couple family dinners, and one major pain in my %$#@ called my university economics exam on the 14th. But then....I am outta here.....again. It's really only been about 5 weeks at home this time, as I just moved home from Banff just before Easter. This time though the trip is substantially shorter ...

... rocks and tress. An amazing way to see the French River. It was a view I didn't get bored of. The picture don't do it justice. As night fell, its a different story. Trying to sleep in a seat that you've been sat in for 16 hours already is not easy or fun. I've never wanted a bed so badly in my life. I had a sore neck, back, and knees. It was brutal. Elly slept pretty well. She can sleep anywhere. (don't you just hate that!) I just kind of fell ...

... German breads, candies, chocolate and pastries.  Rea had been turning out tales of the great bakeries, chocolate and gummy bears since her last trip to Germany 11 years ago.  After listening to her for all these years, Tim now agrees that their bakeries are great, chocolate the best but Gummy bears not so special.  (Which is a sacrilegious statement in Rea's books.  Do not be swayed: their gummy candies are AMAZING ...

... days in Tanzania in the late '60s. Of course none of us will ever forget the repercussions resulting from the motorcycle encounter with the hyena!

A heightened apprehension was evident the next day, as DC3 wasn't able to change into third gear until 22 km down the road. Perhaps it was simply the heavy rain (what, again?) and even colder temperatures, as she settled back into her normal 6 km routine before reaching Winnipeg where the skies ...