Was great to visit/meet you here and at the meetup. Really hope that your decision to go to Montreal, instead of Niagara, results in a good view of the eclipse.
Safe travels back to Calgary.
Dabblings
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Safe travels back to Calgary.
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
Thanks for all the safe wishes - we'll be as careful as possible.
@kevin.decelles I'll text you about a day out from the Sask/Man border...
more family visits done today. Leaving tomorrow morning to get closer to the centre of the umbra. Then another trip into Montreal... lots more driving!
@kevin.decelles I'll text you about a day out from the Sask/Man border...
more family visits done today. Leaving tomorrow morning to get closer to the centre of the umbra. Then another trip into Montreal... lots more driving!
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
we had an adventure on eclipse day.
We wanted to see the Quebec countryside, s we set out on highway 201, then east on 202 to Hemmingford, just north of the us border. On the strength of a very short random meeting, a complete stranger invited us to their house. We thought it was for lunch, as w were 3 hours early, but they intended to have us stay for the whole eclipse!
My french is almost non-existant, and chris is semi-lingual, but our hosts hardly spoke any english at all! They invided a neighbour who is bilingual, but we mostly communicated by almost understanding, and used her only as a last resort. Sounds like it could have been a nightmare, but it was great! Amazing how much fun it was, just patience from both sides and a willingness to accept the language gap.
We had a ***fantastic*** time!
We left this morning from Montreal, and are typing this in Wawa. Next stop Brandon. It has been a super trip!
We wanted to see the Quebec countryside, s we set out on highway 201, then east on 202 to Hemmingford, just north of the us border. On the strength of a very short random meeting, a complete stranger invited us to their house. We thought it was for lunch, as w were 3 hours early, but they intended to have us stay for the whole eclipse!
My french is almost non-existant, and chris is semi-lingual, but our hosts hardly spoke any english at all! They invided a neighbour who is bilingual, but we mostly communicated by almost understanding, and used her only as a last resort. Sounds like it could have been a nightmare, but it was great! Amazing how much fun it was, just patience from both sides and a willingness to accept the language gap.
We had a ***fantastic*** time!
We left this morning from Montreal, and are typing this in Wawa. Next stop Brandon. It has been a super trip!
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
Relaxing today after arriving in Calgary at 1AM. Just over 10,200km total in 18 days.
I wan to thank everyone that opened their shop and spent time with me. Truly an inspiration to get cracking on cleaning up my own!
After I get everything unloaded and the necessaries of truck maintenance taken care of, I'll be sharing here the wonderful bounty that I acquired along the way!
I wan to thank everyone that opened their shop and spent time with me. Truly an inspiration to get cracking on cleaning up my own!
After I get everything unloaded and the necessaries of truck maintenance taken care of, I'll be sharing here the wonderful bounty that I acquired along the way!
If I just drove 10,000 km in two and a half weeks, I'd need to sleep for 2 months to recover!
By then, I'd have forgotten how organized everyone else's shop was and just be happy to be making messes in my own.
Glad you made it ok, and happy that you shared some of your precious time with us.
By then, I'd have forgotten how organized everyone else's shop was and just be happy to be making messes in my own.
Glad you made it ok, and happy that you shared some of your precious time with us.
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
... got lots of sleep!...... well, you get the shop cleaned up today?
140mower
Don
Excellent, got the cobwebs cleared out of the eyeballs did ya? Always good to look at things with a fresh perspective, things rarely look as bad after a good sleep, so, perhaps the shop is fine as is after all......
Glad to hear you made it home safely and enjoyed the trip, it was a pleasure to meet you last week,
hopefully someday I will get out west again and meet more of the Calgary clan.
hopefully someday I will get out west again and meet more of the Calgary clan.
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
We'll try for August.........or you could keep coming west and see how the other half lives......
With all the fleur de lis and I heart Trudeau stickers on my car I would chance a quick jaunt into cowtown say when something big is going on like a CHWM meetup or a lesser event like the stampede but not chancing anything outside city limits unless I am going 140!!
140mower
Don
....might as well sew a "Kick Me" sign into your jacket while you are at it....
Not fast enough...
12ga @ 1500 fps is hard to out run
Ironman
Ultra Member
3" magnum slug?