Scott’s new toy cont…
byThis weekend Scott passed through Edmonton just long enough for some breakfast and to give us a tour of his new plane. I see…
Canada
My home, 152 years young.
Scott’s new toy
bySo my brother has upgraded his plane. Some of you may remember the Red Rocket, those of you that don’t here is a video…
A few of my favorite things…
byPretty much every weekend this summer Erin and I have had house guests…dirty, free loading house guest. Family or friends, its been a busy…
Shaun discovers pie irons
byErin’s sister and brother-in-law have it good. They are both school teachers and therefore on top of having Christmas, Spring break, family day, and…
A day in Jasper – Dani visits Siberia
byA day in Jasper – Dani visits Siberia It was like Christmas in July for Erin. A Joyful Dani had arrived with several sacks…
Giddy up.
byAfter working 12 – 15 hour days in Calgary for a week I returned home tired and exhausted only to turn around and head…
Any Saturday, Summer 2008
byThe idea was to enjoy the summer in the backyard. This idea is great in theory however Erin and I have spent more time…
I think this is what I did?
byPosting without having pictures to reference is a lot harder than one would think. Personally this shouldn’t be a shock, I have a hard…
Planes, Trains, and l’automobiles
byOK, so when I said 2008 would see me travel much less was a farce. I’m not sure if I fooled anyone with that…
Nuts on a stick. A day in Jasper
byNuts on a stick. A day in Jasper A couple weekends ago my friend Dave, his dog Simon, and I headed to Jasper to…
Jet lagged
byAlright, sorry for the lack of posts. I have just returned from a trip that took me across the continent… twice…so back off. In…
New Years eve
bySo after making an “appearance” in Yellowknife, we were off to Edmonton for some New Years eve festivities. First we met up with my newly…
A Celebrity in my home town
byOur short visit in YK wasn’t all ptarmigans and roast beef. We headed out for an open mic night where I played a couple…
A tourist in my home town
byIce roads and pink sunsets. Definitely a northern sight that loses its luster when you have grown up there. Sparked by the ridiculous documentary…
My after Christmas, Christmas
byAs per my last post, Christmas for me was far from exciting. Thankfully Erin came to visit, and even better, she came bearing gifts….
Merry Christmas?
byWith little planned and even less to do over Christmas, I decided to make the most of my free time away from work and…
Visiting Frank’s Slide
byVisiting Frank’s Slide Last week I was working in southern Alberta and stayed in Waterton Park which is a ghost town mid-week in the…
Shaun lives out a boyhood dream – Court side Celtics
byShaun lives out a boyhood dream – Court side Celtics Leaving a stressful couple weeks at work behind, I now had all day Thursday…
Kathy And Jason Fidler
byThe Wedding was held at a ski hill on Edmonton’s south side and was short and sweet. A little too short as there was…
Kathy And Jason’s wedding…almost
byThere was still too much booze to drink so we had a stag round #2. Those who were in town came by to take…
Fiddler’s Stag
byWith little time to recover from my rather exhausting/rather fun weekend (Did I mention I went straight to work after driving through the night…
My Exhausting Thanksgiving Weekend
byI gotta say, for a long weekend I sure packed a lot in. Not one but two Thanksgiving dinners, a cousins wedding, intense mini…
The north #2
byI was able to swing going to Yellowknife a day early so I could go fishing with my brother. Let me just say, fishing…
Pingos, Inukshuks and Bears – A visit North of 60
byPingos, Inukshuks and Bears – visit North of 60 My second visit North of 60 got me as far up as Holmen which is…
September Long in TO
bySo I am a little behind on my updates. It’s not from lack of things going on in my regular day to day, I…