Archive | February 2013
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Shopping Success
We went to Mountain Equipment Co-op to start kitting out. It was a very successful shop! Derek got long underware, I mean, a base-layer (new fancy word!) Look at his spiffy self (editted for public viewing) đ Derek is modeling a matching set of Patagonia Carilene 2 Crew and matching bottoms. When trying them on […]
Count down!
In exactly 8 weeks’ time Derek and I will be somewhere high in the air, above the north pacific. Hopefully sleeping, because we’ll be landing in Beijing in just under 5 hours (landing 4:05am EST). In 8 weeks’, we will make our way to Pearson International Airport in Toronto and leave this fair continent for a month long […]
Even Mother Nature has to answer to somebody
Is it a bird? A plane? Nope. It is space sending down a large chunk of rock and ice to Earth as a way of reminding us that even the planet has someone to answer to. Normally I would be thinking “that was cool” followed by “glad I wasn’t there”, however in this case I […]
How it is to ride the train
Are you wanting to hide in our suitcases/backpacks? Don’t want to worry about the shots and other minor complications such as language barriers and visas? Do you not want to worry who comes to sit in your train car? Well, thanks to some technology, time, and a dash of craziness you can enjoy the train from the […]
Rails Across the Curtain 