In the middle of June 1975 my grandmother yanked me out of school so that she could give me the eye-opening experience of a lifetime – a road trip across Canada. Six days and 2,438 miles later we were putting around on the Alberta side of the Rocky Mountains.
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JAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975, Part 4 – The FINAL CHAPTER
Posted in Opinion with tags archaeology, Athabasca Glacier, Athabasca River, Badlands, Banff National Park, Banff Springs Hotel, Bob Segarini, bobcats, Bridal Veil Falls, Calgary, Canadian music Alberta, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drumheller, Fraser River, Glacier National Park, Gondola Lift, Granny, Icefield Highway, Jaimie Vernon, Jasper National Park, mountain goats, Mt. Robson, Niagara Falls, oyster beds, paleontology, Prehistoric Park, pterodactyl, Red Deer River, snowcats, snowtrucks, Sulphur Mountain, Sunwapta Falls, T-Rex, The Flintstones, Trans-Canada Highway, triceratops on June 27, 2015 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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JAIMIE VERNON – MY GLACIER WAS GONE
Posted in Opinion with tags age 11, Athabasca Glacier, Banff National Park, bears, Bill Murray, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Columbia Ice Fields, coming of age, Cross Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, elk, Global Warming., Grade 6, Grandma, Ice Age, ice sheet, Jaimie Vernon, Jasper National Park, Lake Superior, Miette Hot Springs, Moose, mountain goats, moving, new home, pre-teen, Saskatchewan, Scarborough, Skylark, Snow, snowmobile, Summer of 1975, Trans-Canada Highway, Whistler Mountain on May 31, 2014 by segarini
There is an old adage that says that you can’t go home again. It has a double meaning – not only can’t you relive the past but in many cases the places where the events in your past actually happened are no longer there.
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