The Twizzler http://thetwizzler.wordpress.com Great travel food for the road trip of life Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/fd37b4ef71ad23bfe6b6988f6f05b37d?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png The Twizzler http://thetwizzler.wordpress.com Thunder Bay on Remembrance Day http://thetwizzler.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/thunder-bay-on-remembrance-day/ http://thetwizzler.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/thunder-bay-on-remembrance-day/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:08 +0000 Nate http://thetwizzler.wordpress.com/?p=1196 ]]>

Vancouver to Thunder Bay - 3000 km

Thunder Bay Marina - photo by Matt Kawei

Just in time for their Remembrance Day celebrations*, I (virtually) rolled into Thunder Bay last night, 3000 km from January 1st.

(* I can’t tell what Thunder Bay is doing for Remembrance Day.  The city web site says nothing about it on their home page, and searching their site only shows that veterans can ride transit for free today and the waste collection schedule has changed.)

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Posing with a neighbour’s cat.

Posing by a neighbour's cat

 

Jynxed by yesterday’s post, S has a fever today and H isn’t feeling well either.  :-(   K & I are feeling fine though!

 

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(Kenan insisted I put that picture up, but I like this one better.  You can click on it for the full size.)

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Kenan's pumpking is throwing up. Shana's is singing the ABC song.

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We woke this morning to huge soft wet flakes coming down.  Had no choice but to go out in it before breakfast.  And after breakfast… well, our stuff wasn’t too wet so we went out again.

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Five steps to a perfect snowman:

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1. Roll

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2. Pat

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3. Lift

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4. Decorate

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5. Introduce yourself

We gave our snowman two faces. One looking at the house, the other looking at the neighbours.

We gave our snowman two faces. One looking at the house, the other looking at the neighbours.

Throwing snowballs with Grandpa:

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Taking one of our Singaporean distributors up the Sulphur Mountain Gondola for his first experience with snow.

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We took advantage of the “warm” weekend (temperatures got above freezing!) and finally did what we’ve been wanting to the last several years:  a family outing to a pumpkin farm.

It’s too cold for the pumpkins to still be on the vine, but there were plenty of other fun activities for us, including a corn maze, a pumpkin canon, pumpkin slingshot, hay ride, and more.

Corn Maze

Corn Maze

We're lost!

We're lost!

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Pumpkin slingshot

Pumpkin slingshot

Bring out the big guns--a pumpkin canon!

Bring out the big guns--a pumpkin canon!

Ride 'em cowboy!

Ride 'em cowboy!

Oops, caught myself!

Oops, caught myself!

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Priceless!

Picking the best ones

Picking the best ones

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The weather warmed right up this weekend so all but a few shady clumps of snow are gone, but here you go with some shots from last week.

Snow angels

Snow angels

Not sure what they're doing

Not sure what they're doing

Loved it!

Loved it!

Hot apple cider to warm up with

Hot apple cider to warm up with

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Saturday:  a breaker broke so we’re doing laundry by candlelight

Sunday:  prepared for Thanksgiving

Monday:  had Thanksgiving dinner with Dad and Mom.  Replaced the broken breaker.  Lights still don’t work.  Oops, guess that wasn’t the problem.

Tuesday:  biked to work in fresh snow.  Winked at the frustrated drivers as I pedaled past them.  Called an electrician.

Here’s a picture of Shana:

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There.  Ya happy?!

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