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Category Archives: Canada
It’s a dang shame …
… that Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. Overall, we’ve eaten extremely well on this boat trip — far, far better than we ever have on any prior experience at sea. The tiniest little fishing villages have offered up catch that we’ve grilled … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, Canada, family gap year, family travel, mussels, paralytic shellfish poisoning, round the world, RTW, shellfish
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Hot Springs Cove
I hadn’t really focused on the exact implications of cruising through the largest Temperate Rain Forest habitat in the world. Turns out — I’m shocked, shocked! — it means, it rains a lot in British Columbia. More here, in fact, than … Continue reading
as small as a world and as large as alone
I don’t generally care for ee cummings, not generally being able to get past his punctuation. But I have, for years, carried this one with me: maggie and milly and molly and and may went down to the beach (to … Continue reading
O, Canada!
Now, I’m not complaining, but here’s a True if Surprising Fact: We’ve had less access to communications infrastructure here than anywhere else in the world. I think Emma would have just about keeled over and died. There are compensations, however… … Continue reading
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Tagged anemone, Canada, family gap year, family travel, round the world, RTW, sea stars, tide pools, Vancouver Island
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Where’s Waldo?
Sorry about our state of incommunicado. We’re currently on a slow boat to Alaska, inching our way northward up the Inside Passage. Though we’ve had loads of adventures while in, and since, the Emerald Isle; and though I believe we … Continue reading
Victoria’s Secrets
Travel makes us wiser. I am ashamed to admit, I don’t believe I’d ever even heard of Victoria before we pulled into the harbor. Guess what? Vancouver is not the capital of British Columbia! We took a great tour of … Continue reading
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