I’m really glad this trip came together, it was a let-down when the April trip to Belgium fell through. Things seem to happen for reasons though, and this is certainly a great trip to offset that disappointment. Wim and I have been talking through the nitty-gritty over the past few days and I like how […]
Ready? No. Set? No. GO (regardless!)
Thursday is almost done, I have less than 3 days before I fly and I’m very much not ready… That’s not all bad, I do like to think things through and then act on the sum of the thoughts. This feels later than usual though… I’m still imagining and visualizing the packed bag, that’s something […]
Back, for a brief “visit” home
Home! I never expected this to be as busy a job as it’s become. And I am totally enjoying it.Note: The photos I’ve put up here are mostly from this Picasa gallery, you’re welcome to look through all of them. When I sat down to put an entry up on Friday I knew it would […]
From Camper Land to Wonder Land…
Surrounded by massive campers, listening to bingo by the beach… that was camper land. And for some reason the Quebecois love their camping, good on ’em! I was happy to be there for the night, my second visit to Lake Louise (thousands of miles and around 40 years between them). I woke up, had a […]
Happy Canada Day!
I saw a lot of Canadian flags out on the road today as I made my way to Quebec for the World Cup MTB races at Mt Ste Anne this weekend. Including ones on cars pulled over for speeding violations… there were a lot of police out today! My last post was part one of […]
Two Down, Two to Go
The Canadian National Road Championships are underway with the Individual Time Trials and Elite women’s road race done and the Elite men and Criterium races still to come. David Veilleux The ITT was held June 23rd in the area around Belfountain, ON which has lots of rolling countryside. It was a fast 21.6KM course with […]
A Weekend Off, Getting Ready For a Busy Few Weeks
This past weekend was my first one in months without an assignment, so don’t say “retired” to me! And it wasn’t a relaxing weekend spent at home weeding the garden or puttering about, seems I don’t have time for those activities these days. Instead we loaded up the camper and tried to beat rush hour […]
A weekend of Buses, Bikes and a birthday
What a great weekend! (warning, this is a long post).Well, to be fair it was a great long weekend since we set off a little after noon on Thursday with the camper packed and bikes on the back. The weather was not the best, although not as bad as the day before. There had been […]
Off to Almonte and BusFusion on Thursday
A year ago I was getting serious about the idea that has evolved into this Next Chapter including the VW camper aspect. So Andrea and I went off to our first bus event, the 10th annual BusFusion at Almonte. Peace, Love and VW I’d been reading up and discussing VW buses for a couple of […]