Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual mind. I wanted to just update you on new projects (and, as the title suggests, new horizons as well… well,
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Walking Turcot Yards: Coney Island And The Santa Monica Pier
Two amusement parks on the ocean at each end of America. Must have been weird to drive from one to the other seeing that Elmer Gantry, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Jack Kerouac, Betsy Ross America pass by in the never stopping long winding days and happy/sad boozy neon nights of
Continue readingPolygonic: Old Entish Soldier
Along the base of Emeishan in Sichuan Province, a network of forest trails connect temples, pavilions, and spots of tranquil contemplation (despite the heaving crowds!). This solitary figure continues to stand tall – though the tree has died, it’s a home to lots of other new life.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Deer-Tour Around Saskatchewan
Saturday’s road trip through the mist and fog yielded me the best wildlife photos I’ve ever had the privilege of shooting. Some photos from the earlier part of the trip I posted on Sunday morning. -Glentworth, SK Less than a few kms north of Glentworth, just turning toward the highway
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mini Solar Tour in the Fog of Wood Mountain and Glentworth
I went on a road trip Saturday with my friend Adam K., down to my parents’ place, and his grandparents’ farm. On the way around southern Saskatchewan, we saw close to 150 deer and antelope, a snowy owl, a dozen hawks, a handful of Canada Geese, smaller birds, two dead
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Transportation: Where to go, and how to get there in #YQR
– Most of my speech as heard in the video above, and posted to my Regina politics blog: I’m very pleased to have been asked to speak at Campion College about transportation issues. I got my Computer Science – co-op degree from here a decade ago, and I never imagined
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Fly Montreal-Vancouver and get a free trip to Vegas!
Bellingham-Plattsburgh rt via Vegas (Allegiant):$314 ($434 with bag) + 2 hotel nights Vancouver, Twice a Day On the dates I checked in February, Allegiant flies 2 flights a day to Vegas from Bellingham (Vancouver)! Montreal, Twice a Week Allegiant’s new Plattsburgh (Montreal) service to Vegas, in February, is only 2 times a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Winter in Saskatchewan
When it’s too cold to explain, photos will have to do. I don’t go to church anymore, and didn’t want to long before I stopped going. This year I was invited to two different Christmas church services, and ended up going to neither. When I do go, it’s out of
Continue readingTrashy's World: Dirty hotel rooms…
… are everywhere!!! CBC’s Marketplace released some findings of a health study done on a variety of low and high-end hotel rooms across Canada. Warriner (the researcher) tested common “hot spots” in hotel rooms using an adenosin…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mrs. Klein
One of the oddest things about death is that there’s no way to reach that person by their usual phone number. We can call people in Antarctica, in space, in Tehran, on the toilet, or flying through the air. We can’t call people on the phone after they are passed
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Bellingham (Vancouver) to Honolulu, Fall or Winter: $309, return, taxes included
Bellingham to Honolulu: $309, return, taxes included. Ironically, on a direct flight with Alaska Airlines. Most of the dates available are in November and December, but there are a few in January and February. In case you were wondering, going to Alaska would be $515. These people chose to swim:
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Needles Highway
I was nervous going thru this tunnel in Google Street View. Imagine driving a bus! View Larger Map Try this one. View Larger Map Will he make it? Will he make it? Needles Highway.
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Plattsburgh (Montreal) to Bogota, Colombia: $365
If you leave all your bags at home it is even more impressive: $305 from Plattsburgh, New York, 1 hour south of Montreal, to Bogota, Colombia, and back, for $305, all in. Unfortunately, Spirit is one of two US airlines that charges for carry-on (the other being Allegiant). So total with a bag:
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: From Montreal, Cancun is More Expensive then flying Anywhere Else: $398, return, taxes in.
Flying to Florida, Cuba and even Puerto Rico is cheaper, but they don’t have pyramids. Montreal (YUL) to Cancun (CUN): $400, return, all taxes included. (At time of writing, only US Airways via Phili). That’s cheaper than from Toronto or New York! Hotels can be quite expensive in Cancun. Consider downtown
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Travel Deals, Brought to You by Google Flights
Dear Readers, my name is Altavistagoogle, and I'm addicted to shopping for travel. My actual travel addiction was mitigated by my bank account and inability to borrow money. However, nothing stops me from shopping for travel and then sharing my finds here, on my blog. So here goes. For more
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Flying to Puerto Rico is cheap!
If the prices are higher when you click on the link, try changing the dates. However, is also very likely the prices have gone up. You don't need to book directly from the airline. Your favourite travel site/agent is fine. Keep in mind, you probably need a place to stay:
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Obama
While at the Hoover Dam, we were told there were no tours available. We later found out it was not a technical issue and there was a VIP in a limo that had gone by while we were in the visitor centre. President Obama was visiting, on his way to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Holiday Movie Monday
So, the last weekend of summer is upon us loyal readers! I hope that you are currently enjoying the last day of the last long weekend, of this wonderful summer that was. It’s not everyday the Movie Monday falls on a holiday, so I wanted to give you all a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Photos of Gravelbourg, Fir Mountain, and Wood Mountain
Here’s a sampling of why you’d want to take a drive south of Moose Jaw sometime. I left Wood Mountain on Sunday afternoon Drove by Fir Mountain not too long later. Arrived in Gravelbourg under an hour later, after passing Thompson Lake and Lafleche too. Dodged a few potholes along
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Folk Festival Saturday
Some more photos from the Wood Mountain Folk Festival, with videos to come when I send some to YouTube. Little Miss Higgins The backdrop over the audience Scene from that hill Scene on that hill Sunset from that hill – On Sunday, my Mum and I helped out at the
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