Posted in Canada on Oct 29th, 2007
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Olympic Sculpture
Garden, Seattle
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We are driven by deadlines. Peel River ferry closes. The journey in pictures. (Map this!)
We are driven by deadlines. We have deadlines because we have weather patterns to observe, lessons to take, people to meet. You would think that fifteen months off would allow a leisurely drive through the countryside, stopping wherever fancy takes us.
We were trying to beat the closure of the Peel River ferry. We just found out that’s closed already. […]
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Posted in Canada on Oct 28th, 2007
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1966 L’Angelus
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Neena’s 41st birthday celebrated in grand style. A snowy drive along the river. 1737.9 miles into the long drive. (Map this!)
Finding a restaurant in Dawson Creek that had a corkage policy proved difficult. The best establishment in town, connected to the local Super 8, seated us at first but then server came up a few minutes later saying that “according to the manager our liquor license doesn’t allow it”. Given that the bottle was a 1966 L’Angelus that we had been saving for Neena’s birthday we decided to try else where. The second restaurant we tried the server said “I don’t think I have ever been asked about a corkage policy”. Bad sign. It was time for take-out, some pizza and Sicilian pasta.
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