Author: Rebecca J Hogue
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And the winner is …
Read more: And the winner is …After lots of analysis we’ve decided the HP Velotechnik Streetmachine Gte is the best bike for our needs. Peter worked hard to not influence our decision, but in the end he did tell us he agreed with us given our plans. The HP Velotechnik Streetmachine Gte won for us because: It fit Becky better (seat…
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I want to buy a bicycle …
Read more: I want to buy a bicycle …I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like by Queen Change the word “ride” to “buy” and you’ll have the song that has been going through my head for the last day and a half. We have…
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Freighter Update
Read more: Freighter UpdateThis update is coming a little late. We have successfully reserved a spot on a freighter from Naples Italy to Port Kelang (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia on or about February 1st, 2009. The itinerary currently takes us through La Spezia Italy and Barcelona Spain. We are hoping that we end up in Barcelona at a time…
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What would you do if …
Read more: What would you do if …you woke up to this? instead of this? We did as any good Canadian would, we strapped on our skis and skied to church this morning. Our neighbours who were brave (or foolish) enough to be out shovelling were quite amused. It’s a good thing we didn’t try driving – there was a car abandoned…
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Another snowy day
Read more: Another snowy dayThis winter has been a little bit crazy for snow in Ottawa. Every time I look out the window, I am reminded of my childhood in Northern BC! To make our lives that much more difficult, this year we decided not to pay for snow removal. Last year, we paid the yearly fee and the…
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Our Values
Read more: Our ValuesOne of our goals on our journey is for us to “live our values”. That statement begs the question “what are our values?” Our values have been influenced by our involvement with the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, the Canadian Unitarian Council, and Unitarian Universalism in general. The values which we plan to live during…
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Freighter frustration
Read more: Freighter frustrationI have been trying for over a month now, rather unsuccessfully thus far, to book a freighter. We want to take a freighter from somewhere on the north east coast of North America (Montreal, New York, Newark, or Philadelphia) to somewhere in Europe (ideally Italy, but we would settle for pretty much anywhere on the…
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Current Plans
Read more: Current PlansAs of today, our journey looks something like this: July 4, 2008 – Depart Ottawa and ride towards Newfoundland. We are hoping to follow the North shore of Quebec until we run out of road, and then catch ferries to Newfoundland. We’ll spend the month of August cycling around Newfoundland, and then take a ferry…