This morning was the most gorgeous of our trip so far. Hardy a cloud in the sky. Too bad we were leaving this morning for the Canadian border. I woke up every late and I was very slow this morning. You would think that Pooh and I could pack up this RV really fast by now. Not this morning. We left around 9:00 for the short 20 min. ride to the bor...

Well, because of the fact I can't study spanish in a city where the only Latin word known here is cerveza, I am planning my return to Latin America. So far, the list on my radar is Mexico, Guatemala, Belize (not because they speak spanish but becaue I have dreamt about it since I left), Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina. K...

Right before we were about to leave I had my friend call the border just to be sure we had everything right. It turned out we were missing 2 things. He needed to have his plane ticket in his hand (or they would assume he was also moving) and the car needed something called a 'letter of compliance' (for emissions). I was disappointed because I re...

Ms. Pacman (the yellow car) and I had some excellent bonding time on the 7 hour trip to Calgary. The highways were pretty empty, so we munched some highway lines to keep ourselves entertained...

Holy cow! I just finished uploading all the fotos for this entry. There are a ton of 'em. I hope you'll enjoy them. They start in Chile during my last day there and continue into Los Angeles, then north on the road through Oregon, into British Columbia and now into Alberta. I'm not sure if you all know how to upload the fotos...you need to go to...

The Calgary Stampede is billed as the "Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth". Being from Southern Ontario originally, I was fairly biased towards the Canadian National Exibition (CNE) which I have to say is pretty darn great. The two, however, are quite different. The midway and home show aspects of the Stampede don't quite compare to the CNE, but the...

Happy Birthday to me!!!! Last year for my birthday I gave myself a new alternator on my car. This year I'm giving myself a trip to Australia. I have to say this year's present is going to be hard to top ;) In other news I've teetered on the brink of breakdown over a sleeping bag, learned that chocolate bars are kept in the freezer in Australia, ...

Winter has arrived and it looks like a good time to get out of town: it's -14 C in Calgary and +25 C in La Paz! Everything is packed and ready to go, and if it's not, it's too late now! Tomorrow after work, the adventure begins and two families start heading south to Baja California, Mexico. The travellers include myself (Kevin), my wife Daniela...

Well after the longest journey of my life, a grand total of 2 days and 4 hours spent on a greyhound bus I have landed on the other side of Canada!! I was planning on stopping off a couple of times on the way over if I saw anywhere nice but we only ever seemed to stop at gas stations that were in the middle of nowhere - there is just way too much...

Back at home, again. This time I am enjoying being home - summer is now here and I don't have to go off to a stuffy office, yay! John and I are attempting to get back into life at home, and are finding it funny that the simplest things, things we used to do daily, have been forgotten... like this morning I was making coffee and couldn't remember...