Quality Hotel Downtown Saskatoon

... and wouldn't have had to if I hadn't been told by the Greyhound employee to get on the wrong bus!<br><br>Well, first I just wanted to cry because to be honest, by this stage, I was over travelling and Greyhound Canada just was not as good as it's US sister. So I had a whinge to the driver of the bus I had just got off. He was actually nice, and organised with the guy at the ticket office for Greyhound to pay my ticket on the other carrier, since it was their fault ...

... camp about 50km from Saskatoon at a small family run campground, again we were laughed at for tenting but are used to this by now. The location of the campsite was amazing though. About 100 metres from our tent was a series of ponds that were used by thousands of Canadian geese as a resting point on their long migration south for the winter. The sound and sight of them taking off on mass every time we showed ourselves from the tent was ...

Hello! Ok! Leaving Saskatoon doesn't have the same ring as "Leaving Las Vegas" but we don't live there! So, here we wait in John G. Diefenbaker International Airport for our departure to Calgary, our first leg of flights that will end in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow morning! Hoooray! Can you feel the excitement! Cheers, Rick &amp; Elsie!

... to what Paris has along la Seine river.  There are also many older buildings that photograph very well.  In this blog I am going to include photos of the College Drive Lodge, the unique accommodation I am blogging from right now.  It was unique because there is no classification to give to this place.  It is not an inn because we don't have a washroom in our rooms, it is not a hostel because I get my own room for pretty cheap. Also it is ...

Fleeing the Scene on Route 15 After our short Christmas break - about 10 days for Laynni and about 3 weeks for me - it was time to hit the road yet again. Laynni had already flown to Mazatlan to meet up with her parents, Tahnni, Gordie and the kids. From there they drove up to LA, and it would be in Anaheim, the capital village of Sir Disney's empire ...

I scored a free busride all the way through the entire city and the drivers hooked me up with the best spot to hitch out of. I popped the thumb and had a ride within an hour. A couple guys heading to work took me about 40 minutes down the road. From there I got a ride from a dentist 3 hours down to Medicine Hat. The two of us got deep into the realms of psychology and religion and the ride was over before it even began. He offered ...

... gave some direction as to what needed to be done. The camp director called for an ambulance and we moved her to the nurses office on the spine board, now fully immobilised. The ride to Saskatoon in the ambulance was a bit strange. Between hope and a gut feeling I knew she'd be fine, and yet I knew nothing, my mind not going in a negative direction except once when I imagined pushing her in a wheel chair knowing of course that I would do anything ...

... sister's Christmas concert I snuck into the house and waited patiently as I sat in the window until I saw the vehicle lights come into the driveway. I ran downstairs and hid in the sewing room until I heard my 'cue'! After everyone was settled and one present was opened with the camera rolling I heard the words! I ran up the stairs and when at the top I yelled 'SURPRISE!' with my arms open for ...

... in Venice all those months ago. My arrival wasn't perfectly timed as I was staying with a bunch of uni students most of whom still had a couple of exams to go so the first few days were reasonably quiet but I did manage to get out and finally do my roots shopping, because after all leaving canada without something from roots is like coming to Aus and not seeing a roo! Apart from that though it was great just to sit back and relive the toga party ...

... of saying toast and jam. If you ever get anything more, you're damn lucky. We wandered around a bit, shopping, playing with the remote-controlled mini pirate ships, watching the dolphin show - and yes, this is all STILL in the mall. Mario bought me Orange Julius to sooth my pain. He's such a gentleman. On the urging of Mario's mom, we head to the town of Vegreville for groceries, ice, and ...