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 2
Posted in Opinion with tags Atikokan, Bob Segarini, Cree, DBAWIS. Canadian Music Thunder Bay, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dryden, Fort William, goose, Holiday Inn, Husky the Muskie, Hwy 17, Ignace, Jaimie Vernon, Kakabeka Falls, Kenora, Marathon, Moose, Ojibwe, Ontario, Port Arthur, railroad, Sioux, Terry Fox, Trans-Canada Highway, Wawa on June 13, 2015 by segarini
We continue this week with the second part to my vacation with my Grandma Vernon to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my awakening as a world traveler. We begin with a western push out of Sault Ste. Marie toward Thunder Bay, Ontario and BEYOND!
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.
