Tag: travel
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Air and Space
Walked around Balboa Park. Gave a 50 cent coin to a magician, maybe he’ll use it in his act in the future. Got lost, found my wag son after crossing a bridge. Saw another Apollo command module, this was 9 Gumdrop. Woke at 5am to some man yelling help a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Baseball
Robert and I appeared on the big screen in the outfield briefly. Two clothed streakers were on the field. 8-0 for the Royals. Got our tickets on sale for $25 together.
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Random grumblings for a Sunday afternoon
Why can’t I buy Yorkshire Gold tea in town? I can buy Barry’s tea, from Ireland, and Morse’s tea packaged in Nova Scotia locally. As well as other brands. Surely someone can bring in Yorkshire Gold… Barry’s tea is nice: a bit on the robust side, which we like, but the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Beach
Boogie boarded today in the Pacific. The water was very cold but I went in a couple times. Supper last night. Tonight was El Indio, a fish taco.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: San Diego, Newport, Santa Monica
Saturday morning at 3:50 was wakeup time to be at the airport on time for the first flight to Calgary. Everything went smoothly and we were in San Diego by lunch time. In and Out burger for supper. Sunday rented car and went to Santa Monica via PCH part of
Continue readingcmkl: Georgia spring break trip redux: Savannah, Okefenokee, Cumberland Island
A lot of Canadians think “Florida” when they think spring break. And we have done that. But this year, I was the grateful passenger on another Irene Jansen organized travel extravaganza to Georgia. Irene came through Georgia some years ago on a road trip to New Orleans and she wanted
Continue readingcmkl: Why I’d support a passenger bill of rights: two words United Airlines
It’s true there are much more serious problems in the world. Poverty, rape culture, climate change. But this morning I want to put that out of my mind and complain about a first world problem. Scene: August. My lovely partner is a planner. If ever she tired of her career
Continue readingMind of Dan: Dancing Booby
A Dancing Blue-footed Booby showing off his stunning blue feet At Seymour Norte island in the Galapagos Islands
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Back from Happy Hawaii
Synchronized phoning, coming soon to a summer Olympics near you… Trivia note: Swedish supergroup Abba’s “Why did it have to be me” was originally titled (and lyricized) as “Happy Hawaii”. But those of you who also secretly bought the 4-CD ABBA box set without admitting it to your friends, already
Continue readingMind of Dan: Curious Sea Lions
This curious sea lion was very interested in the little blue box (camera) I was holding Our last full day in the Galapagos ended with a swim with 4 curious young sea lions. It was all fun and games until the beachmaster showed up.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Saskatoon Shiners #exploresk
Saskatoon is a beautiful city, so don’t let these photos fool you. Every city has a few shiners here and there. “There”, in this case, is downtown. This is the Holiday Inn Supermax Prison. Don’t worry, it only looks like a prison from the outside. You can leave, unlike the
Continue readingMind of Dan: 1000 ways to die in Ecuador
Way #256: Becoming Arapaima food These carnivorous arapaima were 2.5 meters long and very hungry Thankfully they don’t have any teeth so all their food has to fit down their throats, so we were relatively safe. Way #512: This No one in their right mind would ever get on a
Continue readingMind of Dan: Paragliding in Ecuador
Almost chickened out… glad I didn’t.
Continue readingPostArctica: Courage, Neil Young, And The Future
Neil Young doesn’t have to do what he is doing, there are many, many reasons why he shouldn’t, but he is, and he is showing us courage that most of us can only dream of, can barely imagine. He is taking on the whole corporate structure that is oppressing and
Continue readingMind of Dan: Traveling to the land of Boobies…
… The blue footed variety of course source: http://seemorepictures.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-blue-footed-boobie.html
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Food Over 3 Decades Old
Yesterday I ate fruit cake my Mum made for her wedding, and it still tasted good. Few people get to eat food older than they are, and can say they enjoyed it. One of the greatest things to come out of the 70s was me. Another of those great things
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