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Redemption

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Barry

Following on from yesterday’s disappointments, today went a lot better. After a great meal last night and the fresh air we had an excellent nights sleep. The six of us all had a good (although maybe not too healthy) breakfast … Continue reading →

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Evidently it Rains in Newfoundland

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Barry

There was a choice of a couple of titles for today but I’ll stick with this one as it’s the most family friendly one! Today started out wet, foggy, cloudy, drizzly and anything else that involves liquid precipitation. We had a leisurely breakfast … Continue reading →

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On the Rock

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Barry

Continuing on from our praise of the ferry. We had a buffet dinner to complement our G&T. Buffet dinners are bad for diets! It forced me to eat salmon, beef, ham, pork cod and maybe a vegetable or two. That wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Our Second Cruise This Year!

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Barry

We woke up at a more civilised time this morning, temperature was 14C with overcast skies. We started the day with a quick geo-cache hunt for our first find in New Brunswick. Back at home I had loaded up the GPS … Continue reading →

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Rock Bound

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Barry

We’re on the move again. As you may remember we left the trailer in California and the next leg of our tour will take us north into Oregon and Washington States. Being the brave adventurous types we are, and remembering … Continue reading →

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The End

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Barry

We landed back in Ottawa at 10PM last night. Overall the flights weren’t too bad considering we were at the back of the bus! We enjoyed the trip, and are very glad that we went. The first week was marred … Continue reading →

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Last Day

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Barry

ALL Pictures are now loaded. Our last full day here and yet again it is hot and sunny. I think the locals are prying for cooler temperatures. In celebration of the heat I even wore shorts today! After breakfast we … Continue reading →

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Flying Low

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Barry

This will be a short blog after a longish day. We headed south this morning after two nights in our cell.   We knew there were plenty of roadworks on the main (only) road down to anchorage so we figured … Continue reading →

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Denali

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Barry

We survived the night in our cell / cabin and were up at 6AM. No breakfast around here at that time of day, so we ate a nutritious chocolate chip muffin each! Today was the day for a bus tour … Continue reading →

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Southbound

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Barry

We had breakfast and packed up the car, then walked downtown to visit a couple more places before we left. One of the places was the Visitors and Cultural Centre which had some interesting exhibits of the different cultures of … Continue reading →

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