Mike, my daughter’s boyfriend, now her husband, was talking about racing in the Tour Divide when they visited, Christmas 2014. This is a self-supporting bike race from Banff, Alberta, Canada along the Rockies to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, 2745 miles. He was talking about flying up and wondering how to pack his bike and his supplies. I, mostly joking at that point, said, I’ve never been to Banff so if you need someone to drive you there, I will. He…
We visited New York City July 18th through the 23rd. I wanted to visit since I was just 3 the last time I was here and Alex had never been here. However, the main “reason” was so we could do a college visit to NYU campus where Alex wanted to attend college. We did that and so much more. We saw all the main tourist sites and did the typical tourist activities. But you definitely need more than a week…
Alex and I spent a week in Toronto, we drove up from Illinois. We visited the Fort York Historical Site. We had a tour, there were plenty of soldiers dressed in period uniforms, also, to answer questions about the history and use of the fort. Americans attacked this fort during the War of 1812. The British occupied Washington, DC and set fire to the President’s House, Canadian legend says the Americans covered up the blackened soot covered walls with white…