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Vacation 2017

Day 12-14: Buck Lake Kingston

Finally some R&R at a most awesome and tranquil place. My brother's cottage at Buck lake. Kids killed me at Wally World so its nice to drink some bevies and not have to drain the "shitter" for a change. Family had a fantastic dinner prepared by Aunt Nancy and Uncle…

Posted on July 29, 2017July 30, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 11: Wally World

Well, we made it to Wally World. Drove to the wrong entrance on a single lane and had to back the SportsTruckster out quite a ways into on coming traffic. The rides came into view with Dad indicating that we should start on the Leviathan. Look it up. Then we…

Posted on July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 10: Toronto Zoo and 1000 lanes traffic

Arrived on a short haul from Sudbury. Travelling with the Sports Truckster Behemoth from 2 lanes of traffic flow to 10000 lanes of traffic. She handles like a Mini Cooper S. I never knew my hands and armpits could sweat so much, especially driving on to the Don Valley and…

Posted on July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 9: Sudbury …. Leviathan here we come

We made to Sudbury and construction chaos. Had a dip again on a beautiful beach along Lake Superior. Dash swam too, found his perfect stick then slept. Girls tired, slept most of the way after the stop while I was co-captained with Liam who explained EVERY lego set in his…

Posted on July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 8: Last time Zone/Ontariariario > Wawa

Last time zone makes getting up a wee bit of an issue. Headed to Wawa on hopefully a last leg this week to Canada's Wonderland and Kingston. Travelled around parts of Lake Superior. The drive was, at times, similar to the sea to sky route. Hilly, bends and then breath…

Posted on July 25, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 7: Ontariariario

2 lanes to single lanes and loads of construction. Started to hear the familiar description of weather again.. humidex. I am still awestruck as to the beauty of the continuous changing landscape. A bit of thunder clouds yesterday to bright sunshine again today. Flat prairies to our conifer and deciduous…

Posted on July 23, 2017July 24, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 6: Winnipeg, A Bear and no WIFI

Stayed at RockGarden Campground. A wee bit o Wifi and Cell issue. Natashia again was in withdrawal, poor thing. A bear was 2 doors down while we slept. Rummaged around a bit, Dash slept peacefully. I take back what I said about the prairies not being flat. I guess I…

Posted on July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 5: Buffalo Pound Provincial Campgrounds, Moose Jaw Sask.

Goodbye to DinoLand. It really was fascinationg. So I cannot begin to tell you all the people who rolled their eyes when I said we were traveling through the prairies. Flat and boring. Well, having never experienced it before I must say they were wrong. There were a few flat…

Posted on July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 4: Hoodoos and Dinosaurs

WARNING.....SCIENCE..... Hoodoos in Drumheller, Alberta, are a distinctive feature that continues to attract thousands of visitors each year. The sediments comprising these hoodoos formed between 70 and 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period as clay and sand sediments from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation were deposited. These hoodoos are…

Posted on July 20, 2017July 22, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis

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Day 3: Drumheller

Another festival for the eyes from Banff to Drumheller.In some of the pics you can see how smokey it is still, then it clears as we get further into Alberta.Royal Tyrell Museum tomorrow and a hike to see the Hoodoos.Road flattening preparing us visually for the dash across the prairies.Tash…

Posted on July 20, 2017July 21, 2017 by daugulis by daugulis