Norton Ranch Prince George

... January 23, 2009 - try and do some blogging from Mexico with the emphasis on photos and not much blogging - forget about blogging Mexico - start my video blog of the 23,000 km road trip when I come back At this point I really don't know how I will proceed. A lot will depend on Barbara and her willingness to be part of this. So why are we going to Mexico? My interest was piqued by a website called International Living (www ...

... The drive to Prince George was long but uneventful. We stopped at Kitwanga to see the church and original bell tower and the many original totems that line the road. We did find where the three bears live. They live on the Cassier Highway. We had three black bears run across the road in front of us. Too bad they went too fast for me to get a photo of them. Other than stops for gas and a few geocaches we ...

... a week of very long days, we celebrated our success with 'all you can eat bread and salad' at East Side Mario's. We stayed that night in Ester's, an almost resort-like hotel with what looks like a jungle in the courtyard, and a bunch of pools and hot-tubs. We were disappointed though, because the waterslide we'd heard about was closed. In the morning we got up early for the long drive back to Victoria, very excited to see our friends and family.

... Once again, panic set in as I realized that I would not make it out the door in time. There were still too many items on my to-do list. In a panic I called Wilf to come over an hour earlier to help get me out the door. His last act was to vacuum the place before we left for the airport while I was still stuffing underwear into my suitcase. Over the years, the only relief from all this has proven to be the great feeling of relaxation that comes with the ...

... The flooding and subsequent freezing has caused a general shut down of production in these plants. Brink Forest Products is located at the western end of River Road. They specialize in the production of 2 X 4 lumber. It is manufactured from smaller pieces of wood, finger jointed and glued, to produce a 2 X 4 that is straighter and stronger than the traditional unjointed two by four. http://www ...

... summer. However, the idea ed that I had been there twice before and somewhere new would be more appealing. Costa Rica became a finalist in our selection process but I wondered whether four weeks would be too much time in Costa Rica and the air fare would be more than double the price to Hawaii. Ultimately, Hawaii won out partly on the argument that we presently live on the west coast of Canada and Hawaii is in relatively close proximity ...

... For me, the flight over Finland was rather anticlimactic, only because I was too tired to appreciate it. We arrived in Helsinki in one piece, and so did all our luggage! It was funny, being shocked that our luggage had made it to Finland with us (even though it was all a bit bumped and scuffed when it finally came into our possession.) Due to a slight mix up with times, Mikko (our cousin, with whom we were planning on staying with ...

... Bella Coola,BC. On Monday morning the Discovery Coast Passage will be a 13 hour voyage from Bella Coola to Port ******** the tip of Vancouver Island. Since I will be traveling long hours for the next seven days, I am not sure what my blogging schedule will be.

... line. Being British Columbia with its mountainous terrain, there is no alternate routing which can be used on a temporary basis. VIA RAIL (Canada's national passenger railway) is unaffected by this accident since the only passenger service that stops in Prince George is the SKEENA, a train that runs east-west between Jasper and Prince Rupert. It therefore does not travel south along the Fraser River.

... on weekends, throughout the year. Anyone can enter after paying a small entry fee. A control card is stamped at various checkpoints and the total kilometers can be accumulated in a passport for medals and awards. The ultimate goal, for the fanatics of the sport, is to accumulate enough kilometers to circumwalk the globe. The sport is governed by the International Federation of Popular Sports, or the IVV (International VolkssportVerband). Volkssports came to ...