Up at the crack of dawn – 7:00 – about 4 hrs of sleep. We are raring to go. Down for breakfast with the gang. Fresh fruit and scrambled eggs with whole milk. Nice. We had a “team” […]
Ecuador, Travel
At the airport
Here we sit. The airport. Talk about getting to the airport early. We are 6 hours early. The reason being – snow!! The predictions are for 20cm by 6 AM, so out to the airport sooner than expected. […]
Ecuador, Travel
Count down is over
Gear has been cleaned, bags are packed, tickets checked and a little money in the wallet. We are set to go. Off to Ecuador to spend time in Quito (Capital city) ( http://wikitravel.org/en/Quito ), then to the Cuyabeno […]
Travel
Less than a week to go
Now that Christmas has come and gone, it is time to turn my attention towards packing for Ecuador. This will be a bit of a chore as we are going into the Amazon for a few days, and […]
Travel
The snow is finally getting here
So far this fall we have had very little snow – at least around the city, farther south they have had lots!! Not as much as Buffalo, but a good amount. It the next couple of days we […]
Travel
Safe and Sound
We made it home in one piece. Back in Canada and cool temperatures. The drive back up was fantastic, the fall colours were so bright and beautiful. It was hard staying on the road and not stopping every […]