Historic, and hysterically stereotypical, visions of Canada usually consist of Eskimos, dog sleds, igloos, Mounties, and clear tracts of land filled with snow-capped mountains and evergreen forests. Oh, and people going over Niagara Falls in barrels. Monty Python also made a huge deal out of our lumberjacks as well.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 2: THE FIR TREES AND BEYOND by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Buffalo, Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Farley Mowat, Jaimie Vernon, Lillian Gish, Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Mounties, Never Cry Wolf, New Brunswick, New York, Niagara Falls, Nipigon Trail, Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, Trans-Canada Highway, traveling, Vancouver, Victoria, Warren G. Harding on July 6, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975: Part 3
Posted in Opinion with tags Assiniboine Park Zoo, Bison, Bob Segarini, Buffalo, Canadian Music Trans Canada Highway, Colorado, Crescent Lake, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, elk, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, Hitching Post Motel, Island Park, Jaimie Vernon, Jasper National Park, Manitoba, Miette Hot Springs, Moose, mountain goats, North Battleford, Pike's Peak, Portage La Prairie, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Skylark, Thunder Bay, Travels With My Amp, Whistler Mountain, Winnipeg, Yellow Quill Motel, Yorkton on June 20, 2015 by segarini
When last we left our intrepid 12 year-old he was leaving the confines of his home Province for the first time ever with his Grandmother Vernon in her 1972 Skylark; excited and inspired to see what was beyond the moon-like terrain of Ontario on the historic Trans-Canada Highway.
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Segarini: The Art of Touring 4 – Look out! He’s got a gun!!!
Posted in Opinion with tags A1 Motel, Buffalo, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, FBI, segarini, The Art of Touring Part 4, Utica on July 9, 2012 by segarini
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It is hard getting up on Sunday mornings, especially when the alcohol content in your blood stream refuses to dissipate. Any sound can cause your ears to bleed, and any bright light sears the eyeballs and creates a pain more apt to be associated with a tooth ache or listening to an American Idol contestant talk about the meaning of life. Maybe vampires aren’t really blood sucking monsters. Maybe they’re just Eastern European drunks who are smart enough to tuck themselves into a closed space to block out any and all noise, avoid direct sunlight, and sleep all day.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 