Rae | December 4, 2009
I can thank hurricane Katrina for my road trip around the Great Lakes in 2005. I had scheduled a tour of the southern US, including Savannah, Pensacola, and New Orleans, but two days before I was slated to depart, Katrina swept in and my plans for my first vacation in four years went down the [...]
Category: Canada, Dawson City, Manitoba, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Travel, USA, Winnipeg, Yukon |
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Rae | September 24, 2008
I haven’t given too many details on the campgrounds in which I’ve stayed because I don’t think it’s wise to give too much information on exactly where I am at the time of posting, so consider this a bit of a catch up edition. So, my first campground was the Ottawa Municipal Campground in Ottawa, [...]
Category: Alberta, Campgrounds, Canada, Edmonton, Manitoba, Nipigon, Ontario, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sidney, Travel |
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Tags: dyer straits, gordon howe, ottawa municipal campground, rainbow valley, shady oaks, stillwater
Rae | September 14, 2008
I’m presently just east of Regina, Saskatchewan, within very easy commuting distance, and will be here till Thursday. The last few days have been quite the adventure. I thought I would be rested and ready to go when I left the campground on Saturday with Brandon as my destination, but something felt off. The feeling [...]
Category: Brandon, Canada, Maintenance & Repair, Manitoba, RVers, Friends, and Other Nice People, Regina, Saskatchewan, Social, Technical, Travel |
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Rae | September 13, 2008
Warning: This post is not for the faint of stomach. The reason I splurged here on full hookups including sewer was that I knew I had to do something about my black holding tank. I didn’t want to find myself again in a situation where I was so desperate to dump I had to follow [...]
Category: Black Tank, Brandon, Canada, Manitoba, Plumbing, Sidney, Technical, Travel |
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Rae | September 12, 2008
I am presently in nowheresville, Manitoba, somewhere between Winnipeg and Brandon (closer to the latter), taking a much needed break. It has been a long, long journey from Nipigon to here. Now, it’s time to slow down and spend a couple of days at various strategic locations. So, last you heard from me, I was [...]
Category: Brandon, Campgrounds, Canada, Cats, Communications & Electronics, Cooking, Driving, Homemaking, Itineraries, Kenora, Law and Government, Maintenance & Repair, Manitoba, Musings, Nipigon, Ontario, Personal, Selkirk, Sidney, Technical, Thunder Bay, Travel, Weather, Why I Do This, Winnipeg, iPod Touch |
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Tags: bridges, oops, shady oaks, walmart, zoos