Yesterday was just a magical day! We awoke early and there was not a cloud in the sky. The deep blue Albertan sky brought out the edges of the mountains in a special way. We headed down the Icefields Parkway to Banff. What a spectacular drive, it may just be the prettiest road in the […]

We are staying in the historic Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Our room is on the 8th (top) floor dead center of the building, so looking out the window is exactly the view you see on all the postcards. Back at Jasper we couldn’t see the Edith Cavell glacier, as the road wasn’t open yet, but did […]

It was great seeing the cousins and sharing a wonderful meal at their home. some of the leftover canadian money I had from the last time I was in Canada raised a few eyebrows, as it was 20+ years old, but they finally took it. The weather has been holding, a few showers but mostly great. […]

Well here it is, I am actually on the road. The past few days have been crazy hectic, with a last minute flail over the change to the RTW ticket. I ended up with multiple phone calls, and promises to correct the rate and issue the ticket which I have 72 hours to then trade […]

After 30 years of working, I have finished. My last cases were today, and I am officially retired. You might think that sleeping in would be in order, but I will be up extra early to have a breakfast with the co-workers, and then an evening party to celebrate the end. I have gotten a […]

The original plan was to stop by Costa Rica on the beginning leg of the RTW trip. However, things worked out such that the wife, daughter and I went there in June 2010 for a wonderful 10 days. The weather was great, the people very hospitable, the scenery spectacular and the wildlife was abundant. We […]

The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began… A long time ago a friend talked me into considering an adventure, and so against my parent’s better judgments I took a year off of college and with $4,000 I travelled east. We crossed the USA together in a ’58 panel […]