travel Archive

April 19, 2010

Coming in from The Cold

My friend Mary Beth Harris from PEI writes to ask when I will return to my blog. I reply: when this foggy head of mine can shake my brain into operation.
I was away for three weeks, and upon return I developed a cold. That is, I came down with “The Cold” as we say here [...]

March 11, 2010

Our gal in the GPS device

Her name is Serena. I’m not overly fond of her voice, but I’m obliged to listen to it if I want to stay out of travel trouble. I’m used to her now, having accompanied her on many forays into unknown territory. In unfamiliar regions, with hard deadlines to honour, Serena’s the gal. Some are not as [...]

March 10, 2010

lost – last blog.

I seemed to have lost my past post. Probably trying to make these photos fit on the page in a sensible way. I have to forget that now, and let them fall where they may. They include: a western sky: me either trying to hide my neck in my sweater or grab a quick nap; [...]

March 03, 2010

Home and its abundant joy

After an early morning drive from Prince Albert to Saskatoon – and following a long flight delay – we departed for home. A bit of concern in making the connecting flight from Toronto to Halifax, but we made it – not without some frantic hustling and hearing my name called over the announcement system. When [...]

March 02, 2010

Best travel tip

Our great guitarist and all round wonderful guy offered up this travel tip. It may be one of the best I’ve heard in some time.
It is: in hotels, slip the remote control into a ziplock bag to avoid the bugs left behind by previous guests.
Very good tip. Thank you, Clarence Deveau.

March 01, 2010

Day 9?

We’re in the Calgary airport, departing for Saskatoon very soon. At least, we hope so. Some question about whether our luggage will arrive with us. Perhaps it will be two hour Q@A
I think this is Day 10, not Day 9. Some confusion on my part, owing to my numbers phobia.

February 28, 2010

Day 8

Bragg Creek.
In many of these community arts centres, volunteers figure prominently in making the shows happen. They’re cheerful, enthusiastic, helpful. They sell CDs, make food appear in dressing rooms, attend to your comfort- they are the lifeblood of the venues.
Bragg Creek is outstanding…in fact, all of our Alberta dates have been smooth and welcoming. There [...]

February 27, 2010

Day 7

Cochrane – one of the good ones. These folks in Southern Alberta are friendly and easy- going. Another great audience, great presenter, and really good hospitality.
Kind of lost track of what day of the week it is, but it’s all good, no matter the day.
I guess my show at the Carleton was erroneously advertised as [...]

February 25, 2010

Day 6

Over another few mountain tops and we were in Kelowna. Great theatre, the Kelowna Arts Centre. These good venues make it so much easier to relax on stage.
Have to say, Raylene and Cindy are singing like angels, and I’m singing like an admirer of Raylene and Cindy. I’m a hanger on for dear life singer.
Another [...]

February 24, 2010

Day 5

What a great time on Salt Spring. It left us with about four hours sleep to make the early ferry, but we’re holding up. After we dock, there’s a five hour drive to Kelowna. It will be a breeze after the drives from Airdrie to Rossland, Rossland to Salt Spring. But what drives they were. [...]

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