Winnipeg and Beyond

We toured the area near Altona and Winkler Manitoba today.

Beautiful, clean and friendly towns.

Being Sunday morning also every quiet.

Everyone was at church.

I wanted to visit Altona because last weekend

they had their annual Sunflower Festival which 

we missed because, well, we were still moving.

But here we were today.

Nearby there was a wind farm

with maybe 50 of these beautiful windmills.

So kinetic and lovely.

Our new wheels

Then we went to the most famous intersection in Canada

(maybe next to Yonge and Bloor).

Tomorrow .....

we are "Running Back to Saskatoon".

We've reached the centre of Canada

August 3rd we travelled from

Thunder Bay, ON to Winnipeg, MB.

We had wanted to stay in Kenora, ON

(home of the Kenora fedora and Kenora dinner jacket)

was booked solid, so we travelled the extra two hours

to Winnipeg.

After three day of trees, rocks and lakes

it was a shock to see the

flat flatness, of the flatness

which is Manitoba.

It is seriously flat here folks.

The clouds were stunning,

and the road was/is straight and flat.

Murray is loving every minute of this drive.

That is just another reason why he is the best.

North Shore of Lake Superior - #relocating

Today we travelled from Sault Ste Marie 

to Thunder Bay.

This involved travelling along the north and eastern shore of 

"The Great Lake known as Gitchigoomie" aka Lake Superior.

As you can see it rain.

It rain hard, then it drizzled

then a light shower.

It rained a little of everything.

It was still beautiful.

The sun did shine from time to time and Moose and his Dad enjoyed the moments provided.

Tomorrow we head to northwest Ontario where the time changes

and we get to model

our Kenora fedoras and dinner jackets (hehehehe)

We've done it - we're moving to B.C. - North Shore

We're packed and ready to go

It's been awhile since I post to this blog.

We've been incredibly busy purging and packing.

and packing and purging - 

and purging- 

and purging.

It has been physically, and emotionally draining.

Many tears have been shed but

we have packed the pod and it is on the road.

Even our Moose and sad to be leaving our home

in search of our new abode.

I'll be posting our travels west

during the days and weeks to come.

House Hunting Island Style

As I've mentioned previously

my husband and I 

are looking for our new home.

We have need researching for

YEARS

and have decided

on the Southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia.

Our real estate agent

walked us down to the public access beach 

at one of the listings we viewed,

and these individuals would be our neighbours

should we select that home.

Oh yes, Life is Good.

Final decisions are yet to be made

but stand by, 

it won't be long.

Oceans Day 2013

I attended my first (but not last)

Oceans Day on Gabriola Island.

Oceans Day is an international

event where communities

organize events

to provide opportunities

to provide great awareness

of the balance between the land and sea,

and the delicacies of

the various eco-systems

contained in oceans.

As you can see by my grin

I throughly enjoyed

by interaction with

these species of

sea stars.

Very cool.