Bye Bye Precious Vic

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I stood at the front door talking with someone the other day and found my foot blocking egress to an imaginary animal. Our dog, Jasper, was in the back yard and Vic was gone --- to kitty heaven. Almost a month and a half, and it's still hard to fathom --- my precious kitty is really gone... forever. His demise began back in 2003 when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Two shots of insulin a day … [Read more...]

I Swam 5 Great Lakes

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I don't much care for water or wet things. I try to stay out of the rain and refuse to walk on wet grass. So, it was a shock to me when we were staying at East Harbor State Park on Lake Erie and my mother took me to the beach and pulled me into the lake. It wasn't enough that my feet got wet, but she pulled until I could no longer touch bottom. Eureka! I was swimming. I swam back to my dad, … [Read more...]

10,262.2 Kilometer Road Trip

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On May 14th, we left Penticton for Lakeview, Ohio to pick up our new trailer. As Lakeview is a mere 8-hour drive from my mother's place in Toronto, we made that our ultimate destination. On the way eastbound, (before we had the trailer), we overnighted in and saw places around: Spokane, Washington (pics) Butte, Montana (pics) Sheridan, Wyoming (pics) The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South … [Read more...]

Visual Travel Tours Now on Amazon

Amazon Travel Tours

I thought these walking and driving tours for cell phones, produced by VisualTravelTours were pretty cool. So, families that travel together, but with different types of mobile devices, can now take a walking tour at the same time, and/or at their own pace. The narrated tours have images throughout, a map to print before you go, and an interactive one as well. Let your cell phone be … [Read more...]

Aren’t You Just a Wee Bit Curious?

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Do you know anyone who can talk for hours about themselves or other people, yet never stops to ask you a question about your experience? I am bound by blood and long-term association to several folks who seem similarly incurious. Over the years I've come to appreciate that their apparent lack of curiosity invariably leads to the same result. … [Read more...]