Smart and Smarter.
… not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Their trip was “research” for a Globe and Mail article – The Northern Lights (and other delights)
Category: travel
Rick pics
I’ve updated my travel highlights photos. Nearly 300 photos of Rick goodness.
I’ll try to snap more in the Maritimes. Departing today for PEI and NFLD.
my best hikes S.W. USA
On the last big road trip (April-May) were:
• The Lost Coast Trail, California
• Lower Muley Twist Trail, Utah
• Grand Canyon, Arizona
The Lost Coast Trail, California – trip report and photos
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Lower Muley Twist Trail, Utah – trip report and photos
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Grand Canyon, Arizona – trip report and photos
visiting Death Valley
Of all the wonderful parks in the S.W. USA, … my favourite is Death Valley.
It’s so weird.
With so many things to do. And see.
Click PLAY or watch Beautiful Places In HD – Death Valley on YouTube.
The best hike there is Telescope Peak.
Southwest Airlines SEAT SALE
Southwest Airlines announced a fare sale Tuesday to celebrate its 39th birthday.
For travel up to 450 miles, sale fares are $39 one-way. Flights between 451 and 1000 miles are on sale for $79. Fares for flights that are more than 1000 miles are $119.
Thompson Rivers University – Kamloops
Shout out for our accommodation at Thompson Rivers University.
Not only is the best University residence I’ve ever seen, it’s one of the best University hotels.
I score it 10 / 10.
Yesterday I rode up the elevator chatting with coach Wally Buono. The B.C. Lions football team has just arrived for Training Camp.
… I’m loving the University, too.
back in Parksville, B.C.
Safely returned to my parent’s place on Vancouver Island after a 7wk road trip through the States.
Most of those travel misadventures I’m posting on my hiking blog.
My used Honda Civic is still ticking. No repairs (so far) aside from a $75 emergency windshield wiper fix.
The holiday is OVER, my June / July work calendar is filling up rapidly: Kamloops, Coeur d’Alene, Calgary, Baja?, Charlottetown, Newfoundland, Coeur d’Alene, …
north to Canadia
May 15th. …
Should be safe to start back up to the Great White North.
I’m going to miss the dry, sunny “snowbird” days of the American southwest.
On this long driving trip I’ve used only my iTouch as car stereo. Works great.
I should be in Kamloops by May 24th for the Canadian Gymnastics Championships.
hiking / biking the desert
I’ve been posting trip reports of my adventures on my hiking blog.
Navajo National Monument
I laughed aloud at the incredulous poor management of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Signage says that 40% of the Navajo Nation lives under the poverty line. What do the entrance fees for that park go to? Not road improvement. Not campground improvement. Not signage … aside from the poverty sign.
The same day I traveled to camp at Navajo National Monument.
… it preserves three of the most intact cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan people (Hisatsinom).
The Navajo people who live here today call these ancient ones Anasazi. The monument is high on the Shonto plateau, overlooking the Tsegi Canyon system in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. …
Rangers guide visitors on free tours of the Keet Seel and Betatakin (Bitátʼahkin in Navajo) cliff dwellings. …
Superb. That attraction is perfectly managed. Congratulations.
It’s run by the National Park Service, but with mostly Navajo employees, by the looks of things.
One example of the government doing a better job than non-government managers.
