Author: Rebecca J Hogue
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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…
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Trip to the travel doctor
Read more: Trip to the travel doctorToday, we paid a visit to the travel doctor. I’m of mixed feelings about the visit. I found that I trusted the Doctor’s advise, and that he really knew about the various things; but I also felt that he didn’t do a good enough job informing me about medications and shots. If I hadn’t done…
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Scott and Becky are Going East!
Read more: Scott and Becky are Going East!When we tell people we are going on a 15 month bicycle tour, the first question we are asked is “Where are you going?” The simplest answer to the question is, “we are going east.” When we first talked about this trip in September 2007, it was only 4 months and involved cycling across Canada…
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Skating away
Read more: Skating awayTuesday, we didn’t ski. We each had a complimentary Thai Yoga massage, which felt wonderful. The weather wasn’t conducive to skiing on a lake (it rained and warmed right up), so we spent the day relaxing. I discovered that it was glorious to turn the steam on in the steam shower, and then compliment it…