Bones, Bears, Bathing

Our friend Knox told us to go to Drumheller and because it would Not Stop Raining, we did. The week before, Drumheller had suffered from terrible flooding, the kind where all the news is about the flooding. We know this not because anyone told us, but because we were sick and tired of the rain, …


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Amazing Graze

Okay, two brief stories: 1. At Lake Louise, we met the charming and garrulous Neil Cox. Neil plays the Alpenhorn, you know, that big long thing you see the guys in lederhosen wearing in videos of, oh, say, Austria. We had a nice long chat with Neil about where he got his horn (the first …


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Rocky Mountain High, Eh?

After what seemed like an eternity of driving, we’re up in the Rockies. We arrived in Jasper last night to yet another thundershower, but the weather is much better today and we had our first real day of adventuring. Man, is Canada big. Yesterday, when we got to Valemount, I was working through a “big, …


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Eating Jackson Street

Jackson Street VII Serendipitously, last Sunday found four Jackson Street Eaters in Nia’s house right around dinner time. I’d planned to go home and make dinner, but because I missed out on the Friday Feed, it was easy to convince me that what we really wanted to was wander over to Jackson Street for Vietnamese …


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Mailbag

From this morning’s inbox: Hi, for the nerd’s job, is there any age you have to be? Because I am only a mere 12-year-old, but I am equally as creative, intelligent, and as fast as the rest. That’s all I really wanted to know for now, thank you for your time. Sincerely,T. I don’t doubt …


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My new neighbor

This is my new neighbor, Rusty. I have serious dog envy.