A bit out of order

I was so excited to post the pix of the Grand Canyon that I forgot about New Orleans and New Mexico. Well, here they are, along with a shoe tree I found in Nevada after a hairy 40 some odd hours of driving to make up lost time due to the clutch problems I had in Bryce Canyon. Remember the post about to carry or not to carry a gun?

Happiness is.

Happiness is not about avoiding the storm, but learning to dance in the rain. Not my words, but borrowed from someone who borrowed them from someone else. Not much rain in the Grand Canyon, but this road trip was me relearning how to dance in the rain. Self payment for years of work and thinking, "One day..." It also reminded me that it's stupid to spend years telling myself I'm working my butt off today so that I can spend a week doing what I want later.

It never seemed to be the right moment for me to take time off. There was always another project ramping up or in the last mad crunch. Well, guess what? I took the time, and the world kept turning, the projects kept moving forward. And I got to see the Grand Canyon! At sunset!!!

Heading South

J'ai rester une semaine a Montreal. J'ai beaucoup aimer la ville, peut-etre assez pour vivre la. I took a bunch more pictures of Montreal and my trip down to Florida, but I don't like how most of them turned out. Plus a lot of them seem to be of trees, I'm a bit tree obsessed, but I'm pretty sure most of you aren't. So, here are the more interesting shots:

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina. Great view to wake up to the next morning.


My feet in the Atlantic for the first time since I was 9. Oooo, it was so nice and warm!


J'ai pris un tour au bateau aux Everglades avec mes cousins quebequois. La motor etait tellement fort qu'on a du mettre du cotton dans les oreilles. This fine lady was coming to tell us to get out of her space.

I should have taken more pictures ...

Now I'm regretting not having taken more pictures on my way through the prairies. J'oublie souvent que j'ai une camera avec moi, if only we could print images from our brains.

Manitoba, heading into a rainstorm. Big skies mean massive clouds.



This neighbourhood ended up being my livingroom one morning, quite lovely with lots of character. No need to call a cab with a westy around.

playing catch up

The Alberta sunset was stunning. I'm used to Vancouver Island robbing the last few moments from me, but here there was nothing but long stretches of flat. BC's back there somewhere.



The start of sky country.



Somewhere on the outskirts of Calgary, please excuse the dust. Combien de voitures roulent jusqu'a 333,333 kms ces jours ci?