SO COOL!! TYSON AND AILSA IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

Hey there. We took off from Spokane and travelled to Seattle where we visited briefly with Renata and Tim before staying a night with Pavel and Danielle and then a night with Ray, Jessica, Julia and Noel. We had a great time. It was great to see all the improvements Pav and Danielle have made to there house in Bellevue. Great signiture bathrooms. Ray and Jessica's girls have boomed in size and character and we had a great time catching up.
In Spokane, I had the chance to go out for a boys night with Ray a good buddy of his, Nick and an old buddy from highschool, Matt Monigold. We haven't seen Matt for about 14 years or so and entertained ourselves with many, quite embarrassing, stories from the mid-teens.
After a couple nights in Seattle, we flew to Boston and caught a bus up to Canada (New Brunswick) to visit with the Maclean household. We are there currently and are loving it. There is a possibility that we are eating too much, which is taking away from the glory of Ailsa's belly, please see pic.













We said goodbye to our wonderful weiner, Spencer the permapup (wardrobe provided by HillyMaclean's Fashion for weiners). We Spent the day in Boston before catching our bus, going to Quincey Market for breakfast and coffee. A wonderful morning. I wrote a giant post that morning and lost it all to the wireless internet monster.
We are travelling light for this trip, which took some strategic sorting. We want to be able to go on foot to many places and store our stuff in lockers in many of the major cities, so a pack each was the maximum load. We each have a few t-shirts, a couple pairs of hiking pants, a good base layer, the appropriate socks, undergarments and hygiene equipment. One sweet down sleeping bag each, coupled with a thermarest each. I am also stuffing a computer and the tent in my bag, putting it over the desirable weight limit but I need the excercise. Still, we did quite well with the packing:


We are already beginning to enjoy the little places that pop in front of us, such as coffee shops, parks and shops. We are great "browsers" who have to be selective in what we buy with uber-expensive countries like England, Switzerland and the whole of Scandinavia ahead of us. Canada has recently proved to be more expensive than ever with the American dollar deflating in front of us; I don't even want to think about the U.K. Beer is expensive here (and there is not such a grand selection, either).

Our tenants move in tomorrow, starting their 7 month lease. We have learned that moving, be it for only months or forever, is quite the hassle. There's the "trustworthy" tenants to find, who wish to only rent for the winter. There's the money needed for broken appliances, for in case the tenants wish to leave and we must reassume the mortgage (a nightmare), the transferring of all the bills (utilities), long-distance hot-tub maintainance, management of all inquiries for next summer's vacation renting, planning the itinerary for this trip, money for tickets and for three months of ballihoo. We also have to decide where we are having the baby (or the wifey does). Well, it's almost all taken care of. However, I still need some idea of what our itinerary will look like. Suggestions are welcome. Time for a movie. This one's called, "The Invisible".

I'll post this and then add some pics from our stay here, so far.

Bye for now