Finally the day is almost here. We will be leaving on our 22 day trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji in less than 2 weeks. You can’t imagine how excited we are……TOTALLY!

We have been working very hard with long hours over the past few months and this will certainly be a well deserved break and one that we have been planning and thinking about for quite some time.

We found this specific tour via Go Ahead Tours. Visit them at www.goaheadtours.com and since it has always been a dream of Kevin’s to tour Australia and well me-I’d travel anytime any day, we took the opportunity. We fly from Canada into LA, LA into Brisbane and Brisbane into Cairns. It’ll be a long couple of days flying but well worth it since our first excursion is to the Great Barrier Reef and onward from there to various locations all over Australia, then New Zealand and capping it all off is 4 days to relax on the beach in Fiji. It’ll be a wonderful, pleasant escape from the stress and busy lifestyle of daily living in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

We will be updating you along the way throughout our journey but if for some reason we are unable to do this we’ll provide all the details when we return.

Happy & Safe Travels to All.
Stay Tuned.
 

My mind is always dreaming about vacations. Where to go next? When to visit here or there? I think I have begun to make Kevin's head spin with all my new ideas and vacation dreams.

There is so much in this world we live in that I want to do and see. Don't get me wrong; we have the same passion for travel but where I would love to just drop everything and go.....he's a little more practical than me. You know there is something called work which gets in the way.

Generally we try and book at least 2 vacations in a year. This year we have worked a lot of hours and different shifts but we have managed to arrange two vacations for the months left in 2009 and several already decided but not yet booked for 2010.

First and foremost, we are travelling to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji this coming October for 3 weeks. Yippee......we are so excited.

This coming December I am travelling home to Newfoundland to visit my family for Christmas and Kevin will be meeting me there to celebrate New Years . The plan is to ski & snowboard Marble Mountain to ring in the Year 2010.

My ideas for the remainder of 2010 are likely too many ;-) However we have decided to train hard to run a half-marathon in Paris in April. It'll be my second but Kevin's first. Paris has always been a dream of mine, mainly because I can speak fluent French.

There is also the opportunity of travelling to Italy to ski for a week in May.

Plus I would quite enjoy going somewhere warm to escape the long Canadian winter........will we fit it all in? That's something we'll have to wait and see. One thing is for sure though dreaming of vacations and exploring this wonderful world we live in- is a passion that will never die for either of us.

Please feel free to tell us about your own vacation experiences. A place you particularly enjoyed, a dream you also want o fulfil. We'd be happy to hear from you.

Once again Happy Travels to you all!!!
 

How many times have you heard "Take me with You; I'll fit in your suitcase".

I found this picture a few days ago. It made me laugh, smile and think of all those times someone has said that to me or me to others.

Too Cute! Enjoy :)
 

I recently read this article and being a Newfoundlander, myself, I was immediately proud of my roots, my heritage and the culture that is Newfoundland. I wanted to share this one with all of you.

I recommend that if ever you have the opportunity to visit the great province of Newfoundland in Canada----be sure to take it………

Newfoundlanders

The moment you lose your faith in people, I recommend you save up your pennies and take a trip to Newfoundland. Meet the Newfoundlanders and your faith will be restored. You will meet total strangers and they will become friends. You will walk in as an unknown soul and come out with buddies who'll stand up for you in any fight. You will hear them laugh at themselves, sing songs and tell tales. They will take life's curves with grace and know that being alive is a whole lot better than being dead. They will treat you for who you are and not put on phony airs. If you need a hand, you get an army. They will take you in, buy you a round, make you part of the family and by the time you leave the Rock, you'll fall in love with the place. You see, Newfoundlanders are Newfoundlanders wherever they go. After all, as John Crosbie once said, you can always tell the Newfoundlanders in Heaven, they're the ones who want to go home!
 

If Your Faith is Sagging, Hug a Newfoundlander!!!

Rick Bell. Calgary Sun