Amy Macdonald

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• The Sum of Our Affection

  September 30, 2009 in Highways To Fairways

  Phase One is complete. The rabbit is back in the cage. We are home, anticipating Phase Two (the networking networks stage).
  To summarize an adventure like this is like asking a grandmother who her favourite grandchild is. There was simply way too much that happened to pinpoint an exact moment. Suffice it to say there was [...]

• Winnipeg traffic

  September 24, 2009 in Highways To Fairways

  Dateline September 24: Downtown Winnipeg
  The tour draws to a close and further east daily. We are in downtown Winnipeg tonight, three days from the finish line. Our rationale was to avoid a hurried rush home. Why blaze through so much potentially interesting geography? The trip is as much about the people as it is about [...]

• Walmart Loves RVs; Shiny loves horses

  September 24, 2009 in Highways To Fairways

  So here we are in the parking lot of the Wal Mart in Regina Saskatchewan. We had heard (and seen) during this trip about how much the big mega corporation loves RVs. I suppose they’re smart enough to know that smelly overnight campers have next-day needs like deodorant, fresh water and the occasional toilet. We [...]

• I want to pet a dinosaur (and play some golf)

  September 22, 2009 in Highways To Fairways

  In some ways the Drumheller Golf and Country Club has always been central to this trip. While we had targeted Indianapolis’ Brickyard Crossing and Idaho’s Coeur D’Alene we’ve always known for this to succeed we would need a strong and interesting Canadian component. It is a Canadian-based show after all and what better way to [...]

• Badlands? They look OK to us..

  September 21, 2009 in Highways To Fairways

  So we made the arduous journey from Calgary to Drumheller today.
  Arduous only in the fact there are no turns or curves on the road between the two cities(?). I guess I’m a turn type of guy and the driving inertia got so bad I decided to get up and make myself a sandwich to cure [...]