Jill Browne, from home and away

Clue Number Three from yesterday:

Have you figured out where I am yet?

The third clue: This is where you can see the Big Canoe in winter.

The name of the Big Canoe in Ojibwa is Chi-Cheemaun.

Yesterday’s Clue Number 2 post said:

Where am I?

Clue number two: Once you get here, you can jump in the lake.

And the answer:

This place is so close to the water you have to cross a piece of Lake Huron to get from one side of downtown to the other.

Yesterday’s post for Clue Number 1 said:

Away on a whirlwind trip.

Clue: Famous First World War flying ace is a big name in aviation around here.

Here’s the answer:

Billy Bishop Regional Airport

And on to Clue Number 2 in the next post.

Where am I?

Your final clue (should be pretty obvious by now): Everyone likes the sound of this place so much they want to own it.

Where am I?

Used to be pretty hard to get a drink around here.

Have you figured out where I am yet?

The third clue: This is where you can see the Big Canoe in winter.

Where am I?

Clue number two: Once you get here, you can jump in the lake.

Away on a whirlwind trip.

Clue: Famous First World War flying ace is a big name in aviation around here.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Away: Guelph and Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

The drive from Guelph north on Highway 6 always makes me feel like I’m heading up there to make my own clearing in the Queen’s Woods.

Nellie McClung was born along this road. There are still two or three of what I take to be original cabins. Please don’t tell me they’re only repros.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
and
Away: Guelph, Ontario, Canada

My first trip of the year!

Guilt: flying so far for such a short trip.
Guilt: leaving home when I really shouldn’t.

OK, that’s over with.

The in-plane experience was OK, crowded but OK. Usually I’m lucky and get on flights that are less than full, but this one wasn’t.

I can’t report any big travel experiences from today. I got safely from A to B and when I got to B, I went to bed!

I’d love to regale you with tales of Guelph, which is really a beautiful and historic city, but that will be a story, or many stories, for other days.