What a fantastic day! First we went to ‘Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump‘. This tourist attraction was set into the hills; you would have passed by other than the sign telling you about it. How did it get its name? See if you can find this out by using the internet. The jump is in [...]
Out of Kamloops today after staying at the Country View Motor Inn, which was great accommodation with helpful staff. Still trying to look for wild animals in the forests. We often see the Trans Canada Railway line beside us but haven’t seen the special Rocky Mountaineer yet. Would love to travel in that another time. [...]
Left Comox Valley in the rain – the same type of weather when we arrived – headed to the ferry terminal to catch another BC Ferry across to Powell River and drive up the Sunshine Coast. Still not seen much in the way of animal life – how can you tell the difference between a [...]
Miss W and I have had a fantastic time on Vancouver Island, especially in the Comox Valley where we based ourselves for two days. On our way through to Comox from Nanaimo, we pulled over to a rest area and checked out the facilities. To our amazement, the toilets were not the flushing kind but [...]
Firstly, a big thank you to the Grade 6/7 students and classes that gave Miss W a pen and notepad before she went on holidays. She has been using it to make notes ready to write these posts each day or couple of days. Well, we left Newport, Oregon in fog. Not just a little [...]
Thank goodness, there was no tsunami last night so headed off again further north up the coast into Oregon. Miss W was expecting to have the car searched for food as we went into Oregon, but apparently it is only when you go into California. That is a bit like Tasmania – searched by dog [...]
We headed to the Redwoods National Forest today. Many people staying at the Days Inn at Ukiah (another plug there) were going south to a car rally but we preferred looking at nature. The place to be was around Eureka. But on our way there, I noticed there were lots of casinos and smoke shops. [...]
After a fantastic night’s rest in the Days Inn motel in King City (we said we would promote it), Miss W and I headed off to San Francisco. We had left messages for Mr Miller in King City but didn’t get a reply in time so off to Kami Thordarsoni and her students in Santa [...]
We are finally in the USA. But we had a few funny things happen to us on the way. First a get out of bed at 4am on Thursday morning, then shuttle to the airport only to be told the flight was going to be delayed three hours. Why?” you ask. Well apparently some birds [...]
Did you know today is Threatened Species Day in Australia? There are over 1600 species of animal that are currently on the list; this does not include plants. Many of my relatives are on this list. Back in 1936 on this day, the last Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine died in the zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. [...]
