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Summer in Canada, Health Insurance and SIM cards

September 23, 2024September 24, 2024Susan
Flying into Calgary

We were warned Japan was crazy hot in June so we left a month earlier than originally planned and flew to our home town of Calgary, Canada where we spent the summer.  The 15 hour time difference between Tokyo and Calgary was brutal to get over Read more →

Calgary, 2024, General Travel Info General Travel Info, Calgary 2 Comments

Calgary, blink and you’ll miss us.

November 4, 2023November 6, 2024Susan

After Paris we stopped in Calgary for a very quick visit, in fact we were here less than a month.  It was such a busy few weeks consumed with follow-up testing for me, doctors visits and dental visits for both of us Read more →

Calgary, 2023 Calgary

A Trip Home and Planning Future Travels

April 30, 2023October 25, 2024Susan
It’s pretty much a straight run to Calgary

Leaving St. George, Utah in mid March we drove for 10 hours and made it to Butte, Montana.  This got us over the Monida Pass and a couple of other potentially treacherous spots under clear blue skies Read more →

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Christmas in Calgary

December 31, 2022October 25, 2024Susan
Glenmore Reservoir with the Rockies in the distance

We returned to Calgary on November 30th squeezing our travel days over the mountains between 2 major snowstorms.  Arriving in Calgary we were greeted with minus 26 celsius Read more →

Calgary, 2022 Calgary

Summer’s End

October 23, 2022October 25, 2024Susan
Fall colors on the golf course

The summer heat has left us and along with the leaves the temperature has started to fall.  We have had a fabulous summer and fall in Calgary Read more →

Calgary, 2022 Calgary 2 Comments

Mountain Therapy

September 6, 2022October 25, 2024Susan

We are so very fortunate to have a good friend who owns a mountain retreat in Canmore, Alberta. This popular Rocky mountain town Read more →

Calgary, 2022 Calgary 4 Comments

Another pause in our travels 😢

August 22, 2022October 25, 2024Susan

Kinda how I feel right now!

After 16 months of staying close to home because of covid, we felt confident to resume our global travels in early March as we jetted off to Europe.  After only 3 months away Read more →

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February in Calgary

March 1, 2022October 25, 2024Susan

While in Mexico we heard horror stories of the chaos at the airports when returning to Canada, so we prepared ourselves for the worst and ended up with the best.  Read more →

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We are in Budapest, Vienna and Prague for the next six weeks, flying to Calgary in early July where we will spend the summer.

“My life was so Good, that I would do it all again.  One Life is not Enough”

My friend, Bruce Goodall,  who passed away in August 2024

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We went ziplining for the very first time in our l We went ziplining for the very first time in our life in Storms River, South Africa.
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I was lamenting the fact that during our Tanzania I was lamenting the fact that during our Tanzania safari I did not see a Rhino close up, so we visited a couple of private game reserves just so I could see some.
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Agulhas, South Africa and the southernmost point o Agulhas, South Africa and the southernmost point on the continent.
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Franschhoek, South Africa, what a charming little Franschhoek, South Africa, what a charming little town.
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My absolute favorite South African wine discovery My absolute favorite South African wine discovery 💕 So sad it will be very hard to find now that we have left South Africa
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