http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha A BootsnAll Travel Blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:20:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think this year is the year I've taken the most holidays ever! In May I went to Australia for 3 weeks, September to Toronto for 10 days, and October to Las Vegas for 5 days. Needless to say that there will be no more vacation for me until Boxing Day. I met ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/aussies-in-las-vegas.html I am so behind on posts; it's not funny! I just wanted to sum up Toront by saying that there is so much fabulous food to eat out there! Sampling so many different kinds of ethnic foods is so much fun! You can do all the touristy things for a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/toronto-part-2.html Beautiful ceremony at a quaint church outside of Christy's hometown of Busby in mid-September. Although I was early for picking up Charlene and Dan at Spruce Grove, we were confused about the direction to take to find Hwy44 and therefore ended up about 10 minutes late for the ceremony. Luckily, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/beau-and-christys-wedding.html I've been here about 3.5 days now and the weather is absolutely perfect! Sarah arrived at the airport about an hour before I did so we took the TTC (subway) into town together and easily found our hostel. (Thank you Julie from WestJet for being so helpful when I realized ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/toronto-part-1.html Charlene, Dan, Jane and I took the time to do a small hiking trip after driving out to Mt. Robson for Jana and Jonathan's wedding. It was my first back country camping experience and I think Jane's also. We had a great experienced leader who planned everything and all we had ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/mt-robson-hiking-trip.html This weekend I invited Angela out to Lake Wabamun for tubing and swimming on a friend's boat. It was a great day as the weather was hot (+30) but the lake was cool. We were trying out her new 3 person tube. It was huge and very stable so the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/lake-wabamun.html Drove out with Charlene and Dan on Saturday morning to Mt Robson, BC. Watched as Jana and Jon were married right near the mountain they love to hike so much. It was a very interesting wedding ceremony as they had a dog as the wedding bearer, the wedding party danced ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/jana-and-jons-wedding-at-mt-robson.html Starting this evening, the Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival will run all weekend. My team, Platinum Ratz, is racing on Saturday and Sunday. There will be entertainment, food and lots of stuff to see and do. Come by Louise McKinney Park if you are looking for something to do this weekend! The Edmonton Queen ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/edmonton-dragon-boat-festival.html http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/next-up-toronto-in-september.html This is the tenth year of street hockey for the group! I can't believe it! 9 of them were at the Duggan rink. Yay for us for going so long!! I've uploaded pictures to Facebook with the group of us that were there last week because Dustin was in town ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bertha/10-years-of-street-hockey.html