Trans-Canada

Well we made it from Calgary to Nova Scotia, with surprisingly good weather for this time of year (even through Wawa!). We did the drive in short, long burts followed by a few days in both Winnipeg and Ottawa, and then into Halifax.

I'm curious what people consider the worst part of the drive, as I know many of you have done it. For me, the two worst cities to drive through are Calgary and Montreal. Calgary (on the trans-Canada) because even though the route is straight-forward, it's no longer a highway and you crawl along 16th Ave. Montreal because the road is still a highway, but the route is not straight-forward (or well marked) and you have to make some key turn-offs / mergers.

But I'm here now, and I'd say I wasn't going to do it again, but we all know I'd be lieing! Two weeks here, packing and organizing, and then off on the next adventure. More to come...

Merry Christmas all!

What a cold country..

Within 30 hours we went from the Mojave desert to British Columbia, and -40 temperatures. I think it's warmed up to a balmy -10 or so, almost t-shirt weather.

The fall adventure's are over, the climbing was great, saw some great places and met some great people. I'm going to avoid stereo-typing our neighbours to the south, because I'm sure every place has their share of arrogant a$$holes... 'nuff said.

The trip east has started, though I'm not due to arrive for another two weeks our so. Hopefully the weather's good, but then again we are talking about Canada.

I picked up my plane ticket to Ghana the other day, and am getting geared up for that trip. I'm still finalizing some details regarding the trip, but so far 6 weeks in Ghana volunteering and then another 6-8 weeks in Tanzania / Kenya touring and climbing. I leave Halifax in early January, and will be coming back in early April sometime. I'll post more when it's been determined....