Super 8 Yellowknife Nt Cn

... shuttle which was GREAT. Even had a continental breakfast, so we felt like gold this morning. Kicker? It's snowing and snowing hard! - Airplane boards on time, we lolly-gag on and settle in for our 3 hour flight. Remember yesterday... happy about 3 hours not 4? Well, we had to wait in line (the airplane) in order to get de-iced, which was literally over an hour on the runway! Yes... 1 hour sittin' on the plane and we are still in Denver! Uncool. - We're off... fly ...

The trip is coming up fast and Kiyo and I are busying getting the house ready and doing some pre-packing planning. This is my third trip to Europe and Kiyo's first. The last two times I found I had way too much baggage, as in luggage. I didn't end up using half of all what I packed and lugged around through downtown London, and across airports. So this time we're going ...

Today was beach day. We went swimming for a bit in the gross muddy, sandy moss. There was barely any shade anywhere, so we sat under a small gazebo, watching people play in a volleyball tournament. I chatted with a reporter who was there to cover it while Keith just generally chatted and made a scene. After a restful refreshing day in the sunlight, we went back to camp, cooked some noodles and lounged around the ...

... the announcing team to keep everything straight IE, who was on what lap and who was ahead and even whether it was a guy or a girl coming into the stadium as the exchange zone was 100+m from us. We had to rely on radio relays, to let us know who was entering the exchange zone. This was the final day and it was really great to see the reaction of these racers as they finished their race ...

I hope my Christmas letter finds you healthy, happy and looking forward to the Christmas season. December 2006 in Florence I spent last Christmas in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy and New Years in Venice, (photo in Florence taken just over a year ago) almost half way through my year off work to travel ...

This is where we begin... Liza and I are eager to begin our latest adventure...we've researched, planned, discussed and soon we'll pack! Our much anticipated "honeymoon" will take us from Yellowknife to Thailand via Edmonton, Vancouver, and Hong Kong. While in Thailand we'll visit Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Thaton, Mae Hong Son and Bangtao Beach on Phuket. We hope you'll travel with us along the way...

Note: Since the Travelpod map does not recognize Eagle Plains as a destination, Fort McPherson was used as the pin point. It is the next town but it is 200 north of Eagle Plains. --------------------------------------- --------------------- -------------- The Dempster Highway - Canada's Last Great Road Trip While I said in my last blog that I could not pass up this opportunity to drive to the Canada's Arctic, it was far from being a slam dunk. Since it is a 732 ...

... to satisfy my curiosity about the Deh Cho. It was with regret that I moved on. In realty, the weekend would have transpired in the Slavey language and I am not sure how welcome non First Nations people would have been. Breakfast on this day was not to be Menu Item No. 1 at McDonald's (there is none in Fort Simpson) but instead "the breakfast special" at the Nahanni Inn. Overheard conversation at the next table centered on the next door ...

... to High Level (7 hrs away) and then sleep in the vehicle for the night, but the "Land of the Midnight Sun" changed that a little. When we got to High Level, at midnight, it was actually still pretty light so we decided to continue driving ...

... The sunken right float started to get pulled outward from the beach a little, which at first we were happy with, hoping it would bring the boat back out to water, but then it became a problem because the sunken float was falling off the sandy shelf and the plane was starting to tip slightly. The boys literally spent hours out in the cold waters, standing on the floats and hand pumping the water from them while waves up to their necks smashed the boat. In the ...