A tick list of animals

North American animals and birds spotted:

moose (Algonquin Park, Ontario & Toronto Zoo)
bald eagles (New Brunswick, Vancouver & Toronto Zoo)
skunk (dead – near Owen Sound, Ontario)
brown squirrels (St John, NB and Ontario)
grey squirrels (Toronto and Vancouver)
Woodpecker (Ontario)
deer (Gulf islands, BC)
chipmunk (St John & Ontario)
ground hog (St John & Ontario)
fox (near Owen Sound, Ontario)
grizzly bear (Grousse Mountain, [...]

Canada, eh

We didn’t get an early start afterall. We stayed up late with our hosts Ellen and Mary and their neighbour, Cidy playing on the Xbox. We formed a band and played bad rock music until 2am. What a hoot!
Pam sampled the local beer (Molson Canadian, Alpine Summit, Moosehead). Molson Canadian was the winner (thanks Ian for [...]

Oh Canada!

We left the hostel at 4.10am Monday morning for the short shuttle ride to the San Francisco airport (20 mins). The freeway was six lanes (going one way) in places and I was glad I wasn’t the driver! How Americans cope driving on the right side of the road with six lanes is beyond me.
We [...]

Welcome!

This blog was originally set up to journal our travels through North America in June-July 2008.
We departed Wellington for Auckland on 20 June and arrived in San Francisco the same day (after 16 hours travel) for the beginning of our adventure.
We have since added our additional travels. We hope you enjoy being part of the [...]