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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part VII

Nova Scotia is a Province of many parts, and here the expressway winds its way over rolling hills past places like Springhill and Oxford. At Springhill there was a coal mine that experienced several disasters; an explosion in 1891, another one 1956, and the last one a ‘bump’ (the rather innocuous... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Today, a small miracle...

I have told you about our wonderful Baja California Cactus before, who (she’s a member of the family and hence a who, not an it ) in summer lives out on the deck, sort of leaning against the house, and who in winter resides inside, of course. (Since she’s 4 ½ feet tall and, well, a bit corpulent,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part VI

Driving on, I soon cross the border into New Brunswick. On the other side of the border is a service station where les Quebecois line up in droves for cheaper gas. But I hate line-ups, and even though my fuel gauge is giving me urgent messages that things are getting a bit low down there, I decide... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part V

The next morning dawn comes earlier then I’m used to – my watch tells me that I am still on Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun disagrees emphatically and insists it’s an hour earlier, that I am far enough east to be in the Atlantic Daylight Time zone, even though I’m nowhere near the Atlantic. But,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part IV

Driving in convoys has a long tradition in Canada, certainly since the late seventies when they began to really enforce speed limits with radar on the Trans-Canada. And radar detectors are outlawed – you can buy them, but you may not use them. (In some places, cops even use radar detector –... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part III

I’m trundling along, listening to small town radio stations and letting my mind wander wherever it wants to go. At Cornwall I’m pulling into the Fifth-Wheel truck stop to fill up on gas before heading into Quebec, where the price is always higher than anywhere else, and with luck I can make it into... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part II

First, let me answer a question several people asked me: No, Ben did not come along on this trip – I left him in the care of my LSW. Even if she had not told me she felt safer with him around while I was away, I would not have taken him because I knew I would see people who are allergic to dog hair,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Well, I’m back...Part I

...in body if not entirely in spirit, and I’ll get around to reading all I’ve missed as well. (I think I dropped in at Blogit once during my absence!) I had a very relaxing and pleasant if uneventful trip, uneventful if by ‘event’ we mean anything dramatic, the kind of occasion around which to weave... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Hi

I'm having a great and very lazy time, some readin', virtually no writin', but meeting nice and interesting people. And I have no clue what's going on anywhere, not even in Blogitville... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Hi, Folks

I'll be travelling for a bit, and you may or may not hear from me while I'm doing that...Have fun while I'm away, but behave yourselves... Sign in to see full entry.

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